Local businesses fear loss of NBA season – ABC 4
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 Sports) – The chances of there being an NBA season took a major blow today and that could mean more trouble for local businesses that are already struggling due to the lockout. “It’s definitely a concern because so much of our …

Small businesses get their own APEC forum in Honolulu – The Business Journal
In the midst of the high-level government meetings and the presence of big business in Honolulu this week, small- and medium-sized businesses had their own forum to talk issues, trends and opportunities. Small businesses represent 90 percent of …

Small Businesses Can Save with Visa Discount Program – Yahoo Finance
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Visa Inc. (NYSE:V – News) today announced the expansion of Visa … utility of its network to deliver more value and efficiency to small businesses, clients and merchants. Harnessing the analytics and …

Ben Bernanke urges banks to help small businesses – Boston Herald
WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says small businesses are struggling to get loans more than two years after the recession ended. He says banks could help them by easing overly tight lending standards. Bernanke says the Fed …

Businesses in Mexico hurt by fear of drug violence – WFAA
Now, the businesses that depended on tourists are struggling as Americans stay away. Border towns like Nogales, which is about an hour south of Tucson, have long relied on visitors from America. But, the good prices are not enough these days.

Rick Raulin: Seek new businesses, support existing ones – madison
Dane County must be willing to fight for businesses. We cannot be afraid to create controversies by luring business here. Our economic life is at stake. However, remember that it takes more of an investment to cultivate a new client than to keep an existing one.

Family businesses and families must sometimes part ways – The News & Observer
Many family businesses choose to overlook these areas of underperformance for the sake of maintaining “family harmony.” Certainly, as any parent of young children can tell you, you need to pick your battles. Nothing is ever going to be perfect …

Fla. businesses to pay out more for unemployment – Yahoo Finance
TALLAHASSE, Fla. (AP) — The toll of the recession and Florida’s high unemployment rate will hit businesses next year as they will have to pay higher unemployment taxes. For two years, state lawmakers have pushed back significant hikes in the …

Small Businesses Can Save with Visa Discount Program – Yahoo Finance
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Visa Inc. (NYSE:V – News) today announced the expansion of Visa … utility of its network to deliver more value and efficiency to small businesses, clients and merchants. Harnessing the analytics and …

Small businesses get their own APEC forum in Honolulu – The Business Journal
In the midst of the high-level government meetings and the presence of big business in Honolulu this week, small- and medium-sized businesses had their own forum to talk issues, trends and opportunities. Small businesses represent 90 percent of …

Ben Bernanke urges banks to help small businesses – Boston Herald
WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says small businesses are struggling to get loans more than two years after the recession ended. He says banks could help them by easing overly tight lending standards. Bernanke says the Fed …

11 highest profit businesses to start – msnbc.com
And California ranked last among the states in 2010 for new-business creation, according to Economic Modeling Specialists Inc. That’s not good news if you agree with the Kauffman Foundation study that businesses less than 5 years old are the primary job …

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Small businesses get their own APEC forum in Honolulu – The Business Journal
In the midst of the high-level government meetings and the presence of big business in Honolulu this week, small- and medium-sized businesses had their own forum to talk issues, trends and opportunities. Small businesses represent 90 percent of

Businesses brace for Gallatin Road construction project – msnbc.com
The work hasn’t even started, but there are already big concerns about the impact on traffic. And some businesses located in the Gallatin Road construction zone are bracing for what could be a rough few months. At Auto Trend Wholesale

Analysis: Olympus medical business too big to fail – msnbc.com
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Olympus Corp risks collapsing under a massive accounting scandal, but the company’s big and profitable medical business is likely to emerge from any wreckage unharmed. That is the view of both Olympus’s investors and customers as

Business Activity in U.S. Grows as Factories Lift Recovery – BusinessWeek
(Updates with economist comment in fourth paragraph and markets in fifth.) Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) — Business activity in the U.S. expanded in October at about the same pace as in the prior month, a sign overseas demand and business investment will

Canada’s spy watchdog resigns over business dealings – Calgary Herald
The head of Canada’s spy watchdog committee has resigned after coming under scrutiny for his business dealings with a controversial international lobbyist. Even though he maintains that his business affairs did not conflict with his duties as chair of the

Small Business of the Day: TMone – FOXBusiness
We re highlighting small businesses from around the country as nominated by you, our readers. If your favorite small business is using Twitter to communicate with customers, let us know about it @fbsmallbiz with the hashtag #mysbc, and it

American Business Media Names Matthew Kinsman Vice President, Content & Programming – msnbc.com
NEW YORK, NY American Business Media (ABM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Kinsman as Vice President of Content & Programming. Kinsman will oversee the department that defines all content and programming and identifies