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17 min ago | Black Enterprise

KeyBank Pledges Increase in SBA Loans to Veteran-Owned Small Businesses

Small Business Administration Director Karen Mills announced the national SBA Veterans Pledge Initiative Monday at Fort Bragg, NC.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Fort Bragg, NC

4 hrs ago | Bradenton.com

Manatee Chamber celebrates Small Businesses of the Year

All were named Small Business of the Year winners by the Manatee Chamber of Commerce.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Manatee County, FL, Wine, Drink, Sarasota County, FL, Social Software

4 hrs ago | KSL-TV

Cyber criminals targeting more small businesses

Small businesses are being targeted by cyber criminals more frequently and experts say business owners aren't doing enough to keep it from happening to them.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Science / Technology, Computer Security

8 hrs ago | The Gleaner

JBDC helping small businesses

THE JAMAICA Business Development Corporation staged its sixth annual Small Business Expo at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, recently, that saw many small, micro and even large corporate entities turning out to partake of the training opportunities that were available along with the various avenues to promote their companies.The event, which began in ... (more)

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Marketing

9 hrs ago | CIO

Windows 8 Users Snub 'Modern' Apps, Stick to Desktop

Computerworld - A majority of consumer and small business Windows 8 PC users launch fewer than one "Modern" app a day, signaling that they're spending most of their time on the classic Windows 7-style desktop, according to data released Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Microsoft, Startups

Thu May 23, 2013

The New Zealand Herald

Small Business: Shannon Auton - OOB Organic

Shannon and Rob Auton, founders of OOB Organic icecream on their small Matakana-based organic ice cream and blueberry company OOB Organic icecream is taking on some big competition with considerable success in New Zealand, Australia and further afield.

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Related Topix: Life, Dessert, Food, Ice Cream, Personal Finance

CNet News

SolarWinds Acquires N-able, Sets Sights on Small Business Cloud Space

The acquisition allows SolarWinds to leverage the opportunity associated with growing adoption of the cloud and SaaS-based services among SMBs.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, N-able Technologies

The City Wire

Small businesses find success, challenges with social media

The "omni" approach to social media includes a blend of several facets including establishing brand advocates in the blogosphere, social media platforms and, where applicable, developing an app.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Blog News, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Instagram, iPod touchiPad App, Pinterest, Social Software

CBS Local

Your Small Business Retirement Plans

If you are smart enough to start your own business, you should be smart enough to start a retirement plan as well! Here are some ideas to get your retirement savings started.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, IRA, Pension

WSFA-TV Montgomery

Facebook & Twitter impacting credit reports

Did your credit take a nose dive in the recession? Or perhaps you're young and haven't had time to build a solid financial history? We found some financial companies are using social media to connect to their customers, even using it to evaluate if they're credit worthy! For example, BMX biking is Adam Grandmaison's passion and business.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Twitter, Personal Finance

Detroit Free Press

Michigan lawmaker seeks to make small business office

A Michigan lawmaker wants to create a new state office with the goal of helping small businesses get started and thrive.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Michigan

Small Business Trends

Small Businesses Dodged a Bullet on E-Verify - For Now

If you haven't heard of the E-Verify system yet, chances are you will in the future.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Mary Landrieu, US Senate, Democrat

UnionLeader.com

Ignorance abounds: Obamacare and small businesses

Small Business Week in Manchester kicked off on Monday with a forum on what businesses can expect from Obamacare.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Opinion

Wed May 22, 2013

The Moultrie News

HR How to - what you need to know

Are you a small business owner with questions about your rights? Are you a supervisor whose employee is unhappy with the dress code policy? Or perhaps your company social media policy is not as enforceable as you might think.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Human Resources, Charleston, SC

Patch.com

Introducing Small Business Patch

Patch has launched a new site to educate and empower small businesses with the digital tools, social media strategies and marketing know-how needed to ensure long-term growth.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Marketing, Corcoran Group, Real Estate

The WHIR

Go Daddy Aims to Get Indian Small Businesses Online with New Hands-on Campaign

Go Daddy has launched a new campaign in three Indian cities to show small businesses how to create a web presence Go Daddy announced on Wednesday that it has launched a new campaign in three Indian cities to show small businesses how to create a web presence in the time it takes to finish a cup of coffee.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, World News, India,

The Washington Post

Hurricane Sandy aid for small business is moving slowly, raises concerns in Oklahoma

Some are concerned there will not be enough federal resources avaiable to meet a surge in demand from tornado-struck areas of Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, Business News

Fortune

Even small business is bigger in Texas

But over the past few years, from the inner cities to out-on-the-range, smaller firms have been stirring the Lone Star State economy.

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Related Topix: Texas, Personal Finance, Country, Lonestar

GigaOM

Vermont sues patent troll over small business shakedowns

Patent trolls have been bleeding legitimate businesses for years - now a state government has turned the tables and asked a troll to pay $10,000 for each of the hundreds of threatening letters it has mailed out.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Internet Troll

OregonLive.com

Rogue Creamery in Central Point wins Small Business Administration award

Rogue Creamery's co-owners, David Gremmels and Cary Bryant, were presented the Small Business Administration Director's Impact Award by Oregon Gov.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Central Point, OR, John Kitzhaber, US Governors, Life, Food, Cheese, Rogue River, OR, Travel