Small Business News Archives
Microbusiness News Briefs: Senate Panel Reviews Small Business Health Costs
Microbusiness News Briefs: Senate Panel Explores Getting Health Reform Right
Microbusiness News Briefs: Microloan Seen Through A Different Lens
Microbusiness News Briefs: Senate Committee Scrutinizes ARRA Spending
Microbusiness News Briefs: Lawmakers Eye Small Biz, Credit, and Financial Reform
Microbusiness News Briefs: Feds Want Small Firms Prepared For H1N1
Microbusiness News Briefs: Small Biz Lobby Reacts To Obama Health Care Speech
Microbusiness News Briefs: Self-Employed MIA From Health Care Proposals
Microbusiness News Briefs: Credit Card Debt Increases Chance of Firm Failure
Microbusiness News Briefs: Senate Panel Vets Advocacy Chief and SBA IG Nominees
Microbusiness News Briefs: Obama Seeks Small Biz Support For Health Reform
Microbusiness News Briefs: Health Reform Focus Shifts to Micros and Self-Employe
Microbusiness News Briefs: Micros Say No Mandates, Frown On Public Option
Microbusiness News Briefs: Signs of Economic Recovery Abound
Microbusiness News Briefs: SBA Reauthorizaion Begins in the Senate
Microbusiness News Briefs: Health Care Consensus Emerges Against Mandates
Microbusiness News Briefs: Predicted 'Wave' of Microbiz Foreclosures Not Showing
Microbusiness News Briefs: Senate Committee Looks Into Alternative Financing
Microbusiness News Briefs: Health Care Reform For Real This Time?
Microbusiness News Briefs: Will Obama Blow It With Small Businesses?
Microbusiness News Briefs: Self-Employment May Do What Card Check Won't
Microbusiness News Briefs: SBA No Longer A Rudderless Ship
Microbusiness News Briefs: House Panel Almost Triples SBA Budget
Microbusiness News Briefs: Once-Promising Biofuels Industry Hampered By All
Microbusiness News Briefs: Obama's Agenda From The Small Biz Angle
Microbusiness News Briefs: Glimmers of Hope in the Economic Doldrums
Microbusiness News Briefs: Spotlight on SBA Business Counseling Programs
Microbusiness News Briefs: House Committee Looks First At Health Care
Microbusiness News Briefs: Landrieu's First Hearing Shows Promise
Microbusiness News Briefs: Small Business Needs Voice On The Inside
Microbusiness News Briefs: Recovery Bill Thin on Micro Policy Goodies
Microbusiness News Briefs: NSBA Urges Congress to Remember Small Business
Microbusiness News Briefs: Obama SBA Pick Has Much To Prove
Microbusiness News Briefs: Can SBA Loans Help When Banks Aren't Around?
Microbusiness News Briefs: Time To Bring Microlenders To The Table
Microbusiness News Briefs: Second Wave of Foreclosures Threatens Micros
Microbusiness News Briefs: Will Ambitious Obama Plan Skip Small Businesses?
Microbusiness News Briefs: Change We Might Be Able To Believe In
Microbusiness News Briefs: Here Comes The Microbusiness Credit Squeeze
Microbusiness News Briefs: Low, Moderate Income Micros Struggle With Extra Costs
Microbusiness News Briefs: Self-Employment As Middle Class Lifejacket
Microbusiness News Briefs: Small Business Lobby Approves Bailout
Microbusiness News Briefs: Needs Assessment Captures Micro Reality
Microbusiness News Briefs: McCain Versus Obama on Health Insurance
Microbusiness News Briefs: Capital Gains Non-Starter for Microbusinesses
Microbusiness News Briefs: Second Stimuls Guts Rural Micro Program
Microbusiness News Briefs: Employers Are Not Like Nonemployers!
Microbusiness News Briefs: Vigilance Needed To Reduce Regulatory Burdens
Microbusiness News Briefs: Small Biz Panel Considers Further Stimulus
Microbusiness News Briefs: FTC Red Flag Rules Due To Kick In
Microbusiness News Briefs: Tax Gap Panel Says Show Me The Money
Microbusiness News Briefs: Scammers Prey on Would-Be Self-Employed
Microbusiness News Briefs: NASE Updates Micro Health Coverage Picture
Microbusiness News Briefs: Panel Explores Future Biofuel Technologies
Microbusiness News Briefs: Hearing Explores Easing Energy Cost Pain
Microbusiness News Briefs: Another Scuffle Over 7(a) Loan Caps
Microbusiness News Briefs: Small Firms Avoid Debt When They Can
Microbusiness News Briefs: Food Prices Prove Knotty Problem For All
Microbusiness News Briefs: Fed Forestalls Congress with Credit Card Regs
Microbusiness News Briefs: Smaller Lenders Stand Ready But Need Help
Microbusiness News Briefs: Senate Dems Claim Small Biz Bragging Rights
Microbusiness News Briefs: Slouching Toward Capital Access for Micros
Microbusiness News Briefs: Panel Tax Code Plan Has Micro Goodies
Microbusiness News Briefs: Connecting the Micro Dots on Credit Cards
Microbusiness News Briefs: Last Minute Tax Tips for Microbusinesses
Microbusiness News Briefs: Contentious Budget Plan May Help Micros
Microbusiness News Briefs: Panel Reviews Credit Card Consumer Protections
Microbusiness News Briefs: Panel Focuses on State-Led Health Care Reform
Microbusiness News Briefs: NSBA Launches Awareness Campaign
Microbusiness News Briefs: Micros and Capital: Is Anybody Listening?
Microbusiness News Briefs: Bill Seeks To Halt Small Biz Credit Crunch
Microbusiness News Briefs: Opening Doors for Woman-Owned Businesses
Microbusiness News Briefs: Do Micros Figure Into Stumulus Plans?
Microbusiness News Briefs: Early Innings in Expected Funding Fight
Microbusiness News Briefs: Last Minute Chores for Congress
Microbusiness News Briefs: Holiday Shoppers Have Barely Started
Microbusiness News Briefs: Congress Tries To Keep Up On Energy
Microbusiness News Briefs: Entrepreneurs Overlooked in New Bankruptcy Reforms
Microbusiness News Briefs: Fraud Case Sparks Lender Oversight Inquiry
Microbusiness News Briefs: Tax Bill Won't Hurt Most Small Firms
Microbusiness News Briefs: Eyes on 7(a), Hostile and Friendly
Microbusiness News Briefs: Panel Views Nonemployer Health Care Issues
Microbusiness News Briefs: Off To The Holiday Shopping Races
Microbusiness News Briefs: Microbiz Innovators Want A Wireless Home
Microbusiness News Briefs: Micro Health Care Tax Relief Proposed in House
Microbusiness News Briefs: SBA Launches New Rural Lending Program
Microbusiness News Briefs: Small Firms Take a Back Seat on Health Care
Microbusiness News Briefs: In the Senate, Funding the Farm Bill Gets Messy
Microbusiness News Briefs: Major Microloan Tweak Passes House
Microbusiness News Briefs: SBA Plan Has Big Holes
Microbusiness News Briefs: Microbusiness Capital Woes, Explained
Microbusiness News Briefs: Patent Reform Falls Short For Small Inventors
Microbusiness News Briefs: SBA Still Accounting for Katrina Response
Microbusiness News Briefs: Enzi Tries Again on Health Care
Microbusiness News Briefs: FTC Red Flag Rules Due To Kick In
Microbusiness News Briefs: House Panel Offers Microloan Improvements
Microbusiness News Briefs: Micros Absent from FTC Spam Summit
Microbusiness News Briefs: Grasping At Straws on Health Care
Microbusiness News Briefs: Energy Bill Shoots, But Misses Micros
Microbusiness News Briefs: Small Firms Can Jump-Start Rural Economies
Microbusiness News Briefs: Proposal Lets States Try Health Care Reform
Microbusiness News Briefs: Panel Punts on Minority Access to Capital
Microbusiness News Briefs: Senate Panel Clears Loan Reauth
Microbusiness News Briefs: Micros Speak Up About The Tax Gap
Microbusiness News Briefs: New Health Care Proposal Has Minimal Promise
Microbusiness News Briefs: Micro-Friendly Lending Bill Clears House
Microbusiness News Briefs: Good Stuff, But Not For Micros
Microbusiness News Briefs: A Different Tune on Health Insurance
Microbusiness News Briefs: Kerry Proposes More Support for Entrepreneurial Vets
Microbusiness News Briefs: Lending Bills Look Good for Micros
Microbusiness News Briefs: Can Congress Stop Fighting and Fix the AMT?
Microbusiness News Briefs: Tax Breaks Inch Through Congress
Microbusiness News Briefs: Why Micros Need to Go Green
Microbusiness News Briefs: Microbusinesses Dominate Online User Profile
Microbusiness News Briefs: In Financing, Relationships Work For Micros
Microbusiness News Briefs: Data Protection Bill Could Hammer Micros
Microbusiness News Briefs: Proposed SBA Budget Continues Cutting Trends
Microbusiness News Briefs: Micros on the International Stage
Microbusiness News Briefs: Bush Floats An Almost-Good Health Care Plan
Microbusiness News Briefs: Lawmakers Spat Over Small Business Tax Cuts
Microbusiness News Briefs: Velazquez Starts Out With A Steady Hand
Microbusiness News Briefs: Net Neutrality Win Rings In New Year
Microbusiness News Briefs: Credit Card Use by Micros Was Up in 2005
Microbusiness News Briefs: Small Business Tortoises Beat Hares
Microbusiness news Briefs: Micros and Credit Cards, Mixed Blessing
Microbusiness News Briefs: Small Business Finances Survey Released
Microbusiness News Briefs: Kerry Outlines Senate Panel Agenda
Microbusiness News Briefs: New Gizmos, Old Issues in the Next 'Tech-ade'
Microbusiness News Briefs: FTC Welcomes The Micro Perspective
Microbusiness News Briefs: Small Business Policy in a Democratic House
Microbusiness News Briefs: Bush Addresses Small Business Groups
Microbusiness News Briefs: Microloan Substitute In The Works?
Microbusiness News Briefs: SBA Lending Sets New Records in FY2005
Microbusiness News Briefs: Census Finds Fewer Home-Based Firms
Microbusiness News Briefs: Small Firms More Practical Than Partisan
Microbusiness News Briefs: Bill Prods Angel Investments in Small Businesses
Microbusiness News Briefs: The Evolving Microbusiness IT Market
Microbusiness News Briefs: Small Businesses as Fall Guys
Microbusiness News Briefs: Disaster Response, A Year Later
Microbusiness News Briefs: EMI Versus Scott Smith, Round Two
Microbusiness News Briefs: Where's The Will To Fix Microloan?
Microbusiness News Briefs: Congress Quietly Proposes Almost-AHPs
Microbusiness News Briefs: Home Based Micros Skip Tax Break
Weekly News Briefs: Dark Clouds on the Economic Horizon
Weekly News Briefs: Weathering the Great Flood
Weekly News Briefs: Net Neutrality Advocates Need Micro Support
Weekly News Briefs: Small Biz Lobby Silent on Net Neutrality
Weekly News Briefs: Home-Based Business Get Better Return on Revenue
Weekly News Briefs: SBA Shuffles Services to Vets
Weekly News Briefs: Tax Bill May Penalize Telecommuters
Weekly News Briefs: Health Insurance Bill Dies on the Floor
Weekly News Briefs: Stalemate Over Health Plan Bill Finally Ends
Weekly News Briefs: SBA Administrator Hector Barreto Resigns
Weekly News Briefs: Multiple Liability Makes ID Theft Costly For Micros
Weekly News Briefs: Identity Theft Hits Small Businesses Too
Weekly News Briefs: House Panel Wonders If IRS Is Picking On Small Business
Weekly News Briefs: The Beginning of the End for SBA?
Weekly News Briefs: For The Economy, January May Be As Good As 2006 Gets
Weekly News Briefs: Senate Budget Moves Bode Well For Micros
Weekly News Briefs: Health Care Bill Won't Gather Dust This Time
Weekly News Briefs: The SBA Gets A New Inspector General
Weekly News Briefs: Internet Sales Tax: A War of Words
Weekly News Briefs: The Contracting Program The Feds Forgot
Weekly News Briefs: SBA Budget: Same Stuff, Different Day
Weekly News Briefs: Internet Sales Tax: A War of Words
Special Edition: Five Long Months After The Storm
Weekly News Briefs: Surprise Sluggish 4th Quarter Growth Is A Puzzle
Weekly News Briefs: Access to Capital Is Recurring Theme For Micros
Weekly News Briefs: Non-employers Burned By A Broken System
Weekly News Briefs: FTC Reports on CAN-SPAM Effectiveness
Weekly News Briefs: What Economic Role Do Microbusinesses Play?
Weekly News Briefs: 2005 Microbusiness Legislative Review
Weekly News Briefs: Minority Owned Micros Get No Help From New Bills
Weekly News Briefs: The Curious Mix of Religion and Microbusiness
Weekly News Briefs: Divergent Conclusions From The Same Numbers (Almost)
Weekly News Briefs: Senate Panel Finally Moves on Health Insurance
Weekly News Briefs: SBA Takes Massive Budget Hit — Again
Weekly News Briefs: Micro Cries For Broadband Fall on Deaf Ears
Weekly News Briefs: Non-Employer Numbers See Explosive Growth in 2003
Weekly News Briefs: Health Coverage Study Paints A Grim Picture
Weekly News Briefs: New Credit Alliance May Ease Reporting Woes
Weekly News Briefs: Pension Reform Still Leaves Out Small Employers
Weekly News Briefs: Small Business Committees Get Back To Work
Weekly News Briefs: Advocacy Commemorates 25 Years of RegFlex
Weekly News Briefs: Small Biz Support Outfit Hits The Ground in Katrina's Wake
Weekly News Briefs: Preparing for the Economic Storm After The Hurricane
Weekly News Briefs: Economic Conditions Were Great Last Quarter, Says Advocacy
Weekly News Briefs: Everybody Remains Calm As Clouds Gather on Economic Horizon
Weekly News Briefs: The Proper Care and Feeding of Congressional Staffers
Weekly News Briefs: Microbusiness Owners Weigh In On Tax Reform
Weekly News Briefs: House Passes AHP Legislation — Again
Weekly News Briefs: Small Businesses and the Energy Bill
Weekly News Briefs: Small Business Development Center Bills Get Another Shot
Weekly News Briefs: More on Child Protection Registry Compliance
Weekly News Briefs: New E-mail Laws Poised to Kill the 'Killer-App'
Weekly News Briefs: Parents' Tax Break Gets It Right This Time
Weekly News Briefs: Budget Surprises on the House Floor
Weekly News Briefs: LowDoc Provokes Another Loan Fight
Weekly News Briefs: Jonsers Fulfill A Microbusiness Jones
Weekly News Briefs: House Appropriators Poised to Restore Microloan
Weekly News Briefs: Rural Development in the Information Age
Weekly News Briefs: Gauging the State of Women's Entrepreneurship
Weekly News Briefs: Where's the Beef on Social Security and Micros?
Weekly News Briefs: Capitol Hill Performs For Small Business Week
Weekly News Briefs: Special Issue - Focus on Health Care
Weekly News Briefs: Battered Consumers Grow Skittish
Weekly News Briefs: Micro-corporations On The Rise
Weekly News Briefs: Banking Mergers Continue To Impact Small Businesses
Weekly News Briefs: AHP Legislation Clears First Hurdle in the House
Weekly News Briefs: Regulatory Reform Gets Early Attention in the House
Weekly News Briefs: NAS Reports on SBA Women-Owned Contracting Report
Weekly News Briefs: Small Business Advocates Talk Taxes
Weekly News Briefs: The Politics May Be Ripe For Movement On AHPs
Weekly News Briefs: The Pros and Cons of Microloan
Weekly News Briefs: Bush Proposes Further Cuts To Small Business Programs
Weekly News Briefs: Bush Addresses Small Business Issues Early in Speech
Weekly News Briefs: Credit Reporting Rules Hamper Microlender Efforts
Weekly News Briefs: Taxpayer Advocate Trashes Tax Complexity
Weekly News Briefs: Social Security Reform and Microbusiness Fallout
Weekly News Briefs: Small Business Lobby Gathers 2005 Agenda
Weekly News Briefs: The 109th Congress: Small Business Legislative Preview
Special Issue
2004: The Year in Microbusiness Policy
Weekly News Briefs: Micro-Friendly Email Accreditor Opens Its Doors
Weekly News Briefs: Advocacy Releases New Number Set on Women, Minorities
Weekly News Briefs: Appropriations Dust Starts To Settle — Sort Of
Weekly News Briefs: Omnibus Appropriation Cuts SBA by 19 Percent
Weekly News Briefs: Microbusiness Joins Discussion on Email Authentication
Weekly News Briefs: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
Weekly News Briefs: Loan Volume Falls As Fees Increase
Weekly News Briefs: Committee Republicans Call 108th A Job Well Done
Weekly News Briefs: Another Fight Brews Over 7(a) Subsidies
Weekly News Briefs: Congressional Late-Season Wrap Up
Weekly News Briefs: SBA Reauthorization, the Second Time Around
Weekly News Briefs: Senate Appropriators Back a Bigger SBA Budget
Weekly News Briefs: White House Releases Details on Opportunity Zone Plan
Weekly News Briefs: Congressional End-of-Session Preview
Weekly News Briefs: African-American Woman-Owned Businesses Lag in Growth
Weekly News Briefs: FTC Posts Initial Proposed CAN-SPAM Regs
Weekly News Briefs: SBA Sets Loan Records and Spins Microloan Decline
Weekly News Briefs: Small Business Politics Gets A Bit Messy
Weekly News Briefs: Issues 2004: Direct Assistance Programs
Weekly News Briefs: Microloan's Fate in the Senate's Lap
Weekly News Briefs: The Value of Coming Out of Hiding
Weekly News Briefs: New Life Breathed Into Microloan
Weekly News Briefs: Issues 2004: Regulatory Relief
Weekly News Briefs: Panel Approves Zero Funding For SBA Loans
Weekly News Briefs: SBA's Fate Remains Murky
Weekly News Briefs: Hitting the Ground for Microloan
Weekly News Briefs: Curiouser and Curiouser SBA Reauthorization
Weekly News Briefs: Issues 2004: Jobs
Weekly News Briefs: GOP Spat May Stall Health Care Bill
Weekly News Briefs: The Fantasy and Reality of Women-Owned Businesses
Weekly News Briefs: Issues 2004: Taxes
Weekly News Briefs: If It Ain't Broke, Break It
Weekly News Briefs: SBA Focuses on Home-Based Business
Weekly News Briefs: The Oft-Ignored Potential of Microbusinesses
Weekly News Briefs: Trends: Not Everybody Is Leaving The Rural Life
Weekly News Briefs: Issues 2004: Health Care
Weekly News Briefs: HUD Cans Proposed New RESPA Regs
Weekly News Briefs: Updated Stats Show Things Trending Micro
Weekly News Briefs: The SBA Legislative Drama Continues
Weekly News Briefs: New Health Insurance Plan Floated by Senate Democrats
Weekly News Briefs: Adding Microenterprise to the Development Mix
Weekly News Briefs: The SBA-Capitol Hill Saga Continues
Weekly News Briefs: Budget Proposal Prompts High-Speed Hearings
Weekly News Briefs: Proposed SBA Budget Hammers Microenterprise
Weekly News Briefs: NASE Announces 2004 Legislative Agenda
Weekly News Briefs: Questions Remain About 7(a) Program
Weekly News Briefs: They're Ba-ack: SBA 7(a) Program Resumes
Weekly News Briefs: Manzullo To The Rescue on RESPA Regs
Special Report: Year-End Legislative Review
Weekly News Briefs: Anti-microbiz HUD Rule Gets The Go-Ahead
Weekly News Briefs: FTC Report May Signal Movement on IP Issues
Weekly News Briefs: GAO Says Budget, Feedback May Hamper SBA
Weekly News Briefs: Big Doings From Small Packages
With the holidays looming and U.S. armed forces in harm's way overseas, the time is ripe to help our boys in uniform as they help us here at home
Weekly News Briefs: U.S. Economy Back In The Fast Lane
Weekly News Briefs: Herding Entrepreneurs Into Teams
Weekly News Briefs: Senate Taskforce May Signal Movement on Health Care
Weekly News Briefs: Blistering 3rd Quarter Growth Wows The Wonks
Weekly News Briefs: A Day with SBA Administrator Hector Barreto
Weekly News Briefs: Microloans Decline in Fiscal 2003
Weekly News Briefs: On The Road To Tax Code Reform
Weekly News Briefs: The Economy May Be Turning The Corner At Last
Weekly News Briefs: Another Brick in the Remote Sales Tax Wall
Weekly News Briefs: September 22, 2003
Weekly News Briefs: September 15, 2003
Back To Work on Capitol Hill
Legislators will be a busy bunch now that they're back, but quite a few small business bills will stay on the back burner
Advocacy Touts More We-Knew-That Research
Contrary to the spin, this new report from Advocacy paints as mixed a picture for small business as there is for the whole economy
How Small Town USA Becomes An Entrepreneurial Magnet
The winner of this award demonstrates that the nation's hotbeds of entrepreneurship needn't all be found on the coasts
Congressional Unfinished Business
As viewed from within the small business universe, Congress has an awful lot of work left to do when they get back from vacation
Progress Report on Bush Small Business Agenda
They don't criticize the agenda, but House Small Business Committee Democrats question White House commitment
Bill to Reauthorize A New and Improved SBA
The House version of the SBA reauthorization is comprehensive, so that we'll hardly recognize the agency if the bill becomes law
Advocate Seeks To Create A Voice For Home Business
This year's Home-Based Business Advocate lives up to the title by urging Washington to do more for home business
Fighting Back (and Winning) in Trademark-land
Might doesn't always equal right and microbusinesses can fight back against the legal heavyweights
AHP Opponents Grow More Aggressive
The industry groups in opposition to Association Health Plans are getting bolder and playing dirty
SBA Proposes Major Changes To SBDCs
The flap over the WBC program has gotten all the attention, but the proposed changes to the SBDC program would be more profound
Economic Reports Still A Mixed Bag
Advocacy reports that we're poised for growth, but we may stay 'poised' for awhile yet
Survey Says ... Bush Plan is So-So
That "small business friendly" stimulus plan that just got signed isn't so friendly, say microbusiness owners in this NASE survey
WBC Grants Become Bone of Contention
Senator Snowe wants to increase WBC funding but SBA Administrator would rather dispose of WBC sustainability grants
Suing For The Right To Recycle
This self-described capitalist took a load of trash and made a business from it, but a couple of companies want to stop him
Snowe Introduces First of SBA Reauthorization Bills
With its focus on what real business owners really need, this bill augurs well for remaining re-authorization requests
Self-Employment Help Added to Vets Benefits
New legislation will let vets use their benefits for entrepreneurial training but disabled vets are still punished for opting to start microbusinesses
Small Business Lending Really Is Profitable
A new report gives the SBA some good ammunition to use in their efforts to recruit more lenders for their programs
Major New Microbusiness Bill Introduced
It looks like the self-employed and microbusiness owners may be getting Congress to recognize unfair taxing practices and fix them
Gearing Up For The Main Event
The brewing battle over the size and shape of a new round of tax cuts has little to do with the economy and everything to do with politics
Manzullo Hopes To Engineer Manufacturing Recovery
Given recent events, this bill enjoys wildly bipartisan support and may actually succeed in doing nice things for the economy while mending fences abroad
A Flurry of Pre-Recess Small Business Bills
Once again, everybody has chores before recess; Snowe and Kerry seem to be clearing the decks for post-recess action
Small Biz Doings On Capitol Hill
Between STAR loan subsidy rates and an independent Office of Advocacy, it was a productive week for House and Senate Committees
Will Small Business Goodies Survive Tax Cut Trim?
If history repeats itself, those small business targeted tax cuts will fall by the wayside on their way through Congress
Predicting the War's Impact on the Net
Just in time for the initial offensive, Forrester Research releases its predictions for what the military action will mean for the Net
Proposed HUD Rule Draws Protests
This piece of a big ticket reform effort over at HUD is bad for consumers and bad for small businesses
NASE May Have Scored In Congressional Hearing
Amid the various AHP cheering sections in Washington last week, NASE President Bob Hughes may just have nailed one for microbusinesses
SBA Budget Proposal Doesn't Walk The Talk
For all the talk about the value of small business, neither the President nor Congress will put their money where their mouths are.
SBA Still Playing Games With 7(a)
The more you watch the antics of the SBA, the more you get the feeling that they just don't WANT to guarantee small business loans anymore.
AHP Legislation Introduced In The House
Congressman Don Manzullo introduces a bill in the House that would allow AHPs and all parties rejoice -- almost
NASE Proposes Micro-Business Stimulus Plan
What a relief that there's finally somebody in our corner in the small business lobbying universe
The State of the Union of Guns and Butter
Our fortunes as business owners are tied to impending war, with uncertainty about Iraq being one of the main albatrosses around the economy's neck
The Neverending Patent Story
Another seemingly bizarre patent enforcement case may cause frames-based web site navigation to become become scarce among microbusinesses
Senate Finally Passes 7(a) Loan Fix
All that brangling last year led to nothing, but now the Senate passes this bill without a squawk
Stimulus Plan A or Plan B?
Partisan politics has produced competing economic stimulus plans but neither scheme is of much use to microbusinesses
Holiday Season Brings Mixed Economic Results
Microbusiness retailers did well online this holiday season, but the current numbers indicate continued economic uncertainty
Bush Administration Seeks Input From WIPP
White House staffers went looking for innovative ideas to spark economic growth and that's what they got from these women business owners
The Unshakable Past That Needs Shaking
The usually adroit GOP just keeps on getting bitten by their own appendage-eating leaders on the issue of race
Study Reveals Best Practices For WBOs
The NWBC releases its first study under the auspices of Chairwoman Marilyn Carlson Nelson, on women and access to capital
Wounded In Action In The Junk Email Wars
In their efforts to rid the Internet of junk email, the warriors against UCE have been forcing some microbusinesses out of business
7(a) Rate Fix Limps Into The Sunset
Political manouvering marred attempts to fix those subsidy rate calculations; has the SBA adopted a workable, long-term solution?
Can Small Businesses Fight Back On IP Issues?
In fairly low-key fashion, Scott Smith fires the first shot in what he hopes will be the small business IP revolt
OMB Procurement Proposals Make Waves
Will these long-awaited OMB recommendations to combat contract bundling work to get microbusiness into the federal marketplace?
Fading Confidence Dulls 4th Quarter Hopes
Consumer confidence plummets but some say they haven't buried their wallets completely
Grading The 107th: Was It Small Business Friendly?
Differing views on what is good for small business produce differing opinions on the success of the 107th
More Small Businesses Fall Victim To Patent Gouger
A string of questionable intellectual property suits is wreaking havoc among online small businesses
NASE Builds Awareness Through Microbusiness Pledge
The venerable small business lobbying organization hopes to focus legislative attention on mirobusiness and the self-employed
Does Contract Bundling Matter To Microbusinesses?
Contract "bungling" is on the rise, cutting microbusinesses out of federal procurement just when they've been invited in
Anti-Fraud Apps Leave Us Out In The Cold
MasterCard prepares to roll out a new authorization tool that would be a great weapon against the chargeback scam, but it's not available to microbusinesses
SBA Ponders Smaller 7(a) Loans
Every time you turn around anymore, it seems somebody else in Washington wants to make life harder for small businesses
Twice The Victim: A Tale of A 9/11 Survivor
This lady, with her incredible story, could be the microentrepreneur's "triumph over adversity" poster child
The Care and Feeding of Entrepreneurs
This NCOE guide to policy platforms that encourage job creation and growth would be useful to policy makers if they listen
The Most With The Least
A new estimate of current U.S. firm size and revenue raises questions about policy decisions for small business
Tort Reform: A Small Business Issue
People are sometimes inspired by legal actions against Ford and McDonalds to sue the auto mechanic down the street
Waco Summit Covers Small Business Ground ...
Contrary to what the media thought was going to happen, participants say the President's summit hit small business issues
Is It Micro-Business-Friendly Or Micro-Business Gouging?
A new report from Advocacy finds lots of big banks that give credit to microenterprises, but they push high-cost credit cards to do it
Efficiency Takes On Efficacy At Senate Roundtable
How many ways should the federal government use to get needed services into the hands of a scattered small business population?
Accounting Reform May Impact Smaller Firms, Too
Amid intensive partisan spin, the Office of Advocacy quietly reminds legislators that there are small stock issuers and small accounting firms, too
The SBA Almost Gets It Right
Following recommendations made by the GAO in a report last October, the SBA is restructuring but they're still managing to leave actual small business owners out of their planning
PayPal and eBay: Good or Bad for MicroBiz?
Will eBay use PayPal to mend its fences with the little guy or alienate him further? It's too early to say, but the auction giant knows it needs to do something
Leaving Lots of Stones Unturned
When it comes to helping welfare recipients towards self-sufficiency, business ownership often doesn't seem to show up on the radar
Paperwork Relief Bill Due To Become Law
After endless stalling, the smallest of businesses get some help with their administrative burden through the legislation passed by Congress last month
Does The Push For Procurement Help?
Policy solutions that don't rebuild the procurement system from the ground up probably don't help small business very much
Folks Trust The Boss But Not Business
Even though consumers say they trust their employers with personal info, they also say that corporate privacy policies are not to be believed
A Patent On E-Commerce?
This business method patent infringement case is likely to have broad implications for the future of e-commerce and small businesses
Advocacy Reaches Out To The OMB
The bad feeling between Advocacy and the OMB goes way back, but if the interests of small business are to be served they'll have to bury the hatchet
Capital Access Still Exercises Lawmakers
Experts discuss small business access to capital -- again -- while Senator Kerry stumps for a pair of bills he hopes will help -- again
Feds Fail The Scorecard
Federal procurement is an issue that few microbusinesses worry about but, if the feds can get their small business act together, procurement could be lucrative even for the smallest of businesses
Battle Of The Lobbyists Over AHPs
That's not spring warming the air, that's the lobbyists turning up the heat in Washington on the issue of Association Health Plans
Is The SBA Taking The Right Tack?
There's a lot of talk about outreach to the business that need help most, but in many ways the agency is designed to be less responsive to smaller businesses
The Quest for Simplified Taxes
Pipe dream or realistic objective? Simplifying federal tax compliance is another item on the President's small biz agenda but will it happen?
The Debate Over Economic Gender Parity
Do women in business suffer from stereotypes or from the consequences of their own lifestyle choices? The answer depends on who you ask
Congress Gets Started On Bush Small Biz Agenda
Last week, House Small Business Committee Chair Manzullo introduced item one of Bush's plan: increased expensing for new investments
FTC Extends Comment Period On Proposed DO-NOT-CALL Registry
A national database may protect consumers from obnoxious telemarketers but do these proposed rules mean Big Brother hurts small business?
Small Biz Emergency Bill Finally Passes Senate
Procedural pussyfooting ceased and this much-needed legislation unanimously passes the Senate -- finally!
Bush Proposes Small Biz Agenda
After more than a year in office, President Bush has finally produced a plan to help small business
The Better-Late-Than-Never Stimulus Package
It couldn't get much more watery than this watered-down version of an economic stimulus package, but at least it will be useful for smaller businesses
EMI vs. Smith: The Fat Lady Hasn't Sung Yet
Wahmpreneur finally hears from Entrepreneur Media, with their own take on their trademark infringement suit and its current status
Senate Committee Sees Red Over Proposed SBA Budget
While acknowledging that it wasn't "as bad as last year", the President's budget proposal for the SBA was not a big hit in Committee
NAFE Looks At Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The National Association of Female Executives celebrates 30 years of 'Women@Work' at their annual conference this spring in New York
Victory For The Little Guy in Entrepreneur Ruling
In another David and Goliath story, small business owner Scott Smith triumphs in court over the trademark-wielding Entrepreneur Media
House Committee Urges Action On Small Biz Health Insurance
The House Small Business Committee listened to a number of different proposals to help small business get better access to insurance
State of The Union For Small Business
While President Bush said nothing about small business in his speech, interested parties had plenty to say to him when it was over
Partisan Sqabbling Mars Small Biz Agenda
Both sides of the aisle propose to help some of the businesses some of the time and ignore what would help almost all of them.
White House, SBA To Host WBO Conference
If this meeting goes as planned, policy makers will stop talking for a few minutes and listen to small business owners
Trademark Twilight Zone Surrounds
The legal fights over variations on the "entrepreneur" theme continue to beat up on actual entrepreneurs
SOHO Economic Forecast For 2002
What about 2002? Small businesses see recovery just around the corner
2001: The SOHO Year In Review
What with terrorist attacks and a recession, you wouldn't think it, but overall SOHO businesses have had a good year
Political Sleight of Hand Over Emergency Small Biz Bill
Small businesses are being forced to shut their doors while the Administration plays politics with emergency relief bill
Insurance Bias Against Small Biz Presents A Policy Dilemma
Insurers throw lots of hurdles at small employers and some want to figure out how to get those hurdles out of the way
Emergency Small Biz Bill Stalls In Senate
This small biz recovery bill is wildly popular in both houses of Congress but a lone legislator uses parliamentary procedure to delay what he can't defeat
Businesses Pressed Into Service For Homeland Defense
The newly enacted USA Patriot Act will require businesses to report "suspicious transactions" but somebody had better get around to telling the business owners about that.
Will Any Of That Stimulus Help Us SOHOs?
Current political reality for America's 22 million very small businesses is all about the "silent majority"
Why That Stimulus Package Might Not Work
Tax cuts or payouts to citizens? Neither, when the real problem is risk averse investors and corporations with damaged credit
Compliance Costs Are Killing Small Business
Advocacy reports that regulatory costs fall disproportionately on small business, but will these findings prompt action?
What's Up With Internet Sales Taxes?
The moratorium expired and there's no new taxes to collect, but that's going to change in the not-too-distant future.
Congress To Mull Small Biz Bills
There are plenty of nifty small business measures being considered in the House and the Senate, but will they help in the short term?
More Small Businesses Fall Victim To Patent Gouger
A string of questionable intellectual property suits is wreaking havoc among online small businesses
Holiday Season Brings Mixed Economic Results
Microbusiness retailers did well online this holiday season, but the current numbers indicate continued economic uncertainty
Weekly News Briefs: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
Weekly News Briefs: Weathering the Great Flood
Microbusiness News Briefs: Energy Bill Shoots, But Misses Micros
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