Businesses digging out, pondering future – Scranton Times-Tribune

Businesses digging out, pondering future – Scranton Times-Tribune
It is too early to tell if the stores will reopen, they said. Other businesses in the flood-ravaged plaza also will remain closed indefinitely. Redner’s has floodgates that can protect the store until the Susquehanna River rises to 37 feet. The river rose …

Downtown Lincoln businesses flooded by main break – Sioux City Journal
(AP) – Businesses in downtown Lincoln are cleaning up a mess … Zoo Bar co-owner Pete Watters told the newspaper that most of the bar’s basement was flooded, leaving a pool at least shin-deep.

Massachusetts to get $22M from feds for small businesses – My Fox Boston
CAMBRIDGE (AP) – Gov. Deval Patrick says Massachusetts will be receiving $22 million through a federal program aimed at helping small businesses grow. The governor announced on Thursday that the state has been awarded the funds through the State …

New Research From Carbonite Shows Majority of Small Businesses Are Not Prepared for a Data Disaster – Yahoo Finance
CARB – News), a leading provider of online backup solutions for consumers and small and medium sized businesses. The Carbonite study, which surveyed 130 small business owners in August 2011, revealed that 81 percent of small businesses consider data to be …

National Solid Wastes Management Association: City of Dallas Admits Flow Control Tax Will Cost North Dallas Businesses the Most – Yahoo Finance
“The actual cost of the flow control tax,” said Brown, “will be $19 million dollars a year placing a real burden on businesses struggling to succeed in a difficult economy and making Dallas even less competitive with suburban communities.” “Green …

Bloomsburg Residents, Businesses React to Fair Cancellation – msnbc.com
Bloomsburg, Columbia County — The official decision to cancel the 157th Bloomsburg Fair is drawing mixed reviews around town.As expected, the response to the news has run the gamut– a virtual split between those who agree with it, and those who don’t.One …

SBA offers weather disaster loans for small businesses – The Business Journal
The loans help both businesses depending on farmers and ranchers that have had agricultural production losses, as well as businesses directly hurt by the weather, according to Alfred Judd, director of the SBA s Disaster Field Operations Center West.

Candidates bash stimulus, campaign at companies – San Jose Mercury News
But since February 2009, Texas government agencies and businesses have received more than $17 billion … said last month on Fox News Sunday. “After the stimulus was passed and the money was there, why should my constituents or anyone else …