Business Interruption Insurance Doesn’t Apply For Power Outages Alone – Hartford Courant
Many of the businesses sitting empty and dark this week won’t be able to recoup lost income or expenses from their insurance company. If the lights went out, but there wasn’t physical damage to the property caused by last weekend’s snowstorm

Fraud and Loopholes Deliver Small-Business Contracts to Big Firms – New York Times Blogs
It s been a busy season for combating fraud in government contracts for small business, for prosecutors enforcing the law as well as the legislators trying to improve it. But for both, it appears to be an uphill battle. In June, the federal