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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

SBA Expands Emerging 200 Initiative, New Labor Secretary to Hit The Ground Running

Everyone here at America's Best Companies wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous new year. Today: News from the SBA, insight on success from Sir Richard Branson, small business wins the space race against the likes of Boeing and Lockheed-Martin, and much more.


Tags: small business, sba, emerging 200 initiative, lending, treasury, federal reserve, retail, holiday season, last-minute shopping, richard branson, virgin, social media, space business, obama, solis, labor, starting salaries, branding, holiday e-cards, marketing

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Posted: 12/24/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Mills to Head SBA, Agency Gets More Lender Oversight

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: new SBA head and oversight, niche market strategies, confusing tech buzzwords and much more.


Tags: small business, karen g. mills, sba, kennedy, healthcare, reform, lender oversight, disaster loans, niche businesses, building a business, most confusing high-tech buzzwords, cloud computing, employee morale, congressional budget office, obama, social media, massaging, marketing

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Posted: 12/22/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Is a Payroll Tax Holiday the Answer?

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: A possible payroll tax holiday, key interest rates hit record low, an illegal monopoly on baby meds, recession hiring and much more.


Tags: small business, payroll tax holiday, consumer prices, veteran's corp., sba, monopoly, baby meds, partnerships, erp, healthcare, recession hiring, productivity, email, customer relations, innovation

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Posted: 12/16/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Business Structure and the Obama Tax Plan: How Will You Make Out?

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: the Obama tax plan and you, the fight over unions is warming up, the influence of promotional products and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, taxes, irs, schedule c, sba, loans, loan caps, unions, health plans, deductions, home office, email, behavioral marketing, productivity, promotional products

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Posted: 12/10/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

SBA Loan Default: Any Suggestions?

Sometimes bad things do happen to good people. Here we have a couple who cosigned on an SBA loan so the wife’s sister could open a restaurant. The sister came down with a terrible illness, the business failed, now here they are responsible for the loan and the bank is eyeing their home. Folks, we are looking for suggestions on this one.


Tags: small business, economy, sba, loan, default, cosigner

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Posted: 12/9/2008 | Comments Comments (3) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 12/02

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Treasury to bolster small business, NASA contracts go to small businesses, healthcare costs and specialty drugs, ADA changes, Milwaukee's sick leave law and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, milwaukee, sick leave, sba, treasury, small business loans, nasa, contracts, specialty drugs, ada, recognition, reward, patriot loan, sales, advertising, avatar

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Posted: 12/2/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Fraud Hits the SBA

In times of trouble, fraud is always rampant, and government agencies with billions of dollars to throw around in hopes of stimulating the economy make very tempting targets. Now it is the HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program.


Tags: small business, sba, hubzone, fraud, aig

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Posted: 11/25/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 11/25

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: the Obama stimulus package, great entrepreneurs, more SBA loans, holiday season shoplifting, ego and customer service and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, stimulus package, healthcare, entrepreneurs, sba, loans, consumer lending, fdic, problem list, osha, start-ups, taxes, customer service, shoplifting, public relations, social networking, export

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Posted: 11/25/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 11/20

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Treasury testimony before the House Small Business Committee, Oil hits a 3-year low, an uptick in trade with China for small businesses and much more.


Tags: small business, treasury, house, small business committee, ramanathan, kroszner, fed, bush, economy, sba

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Posted: 11/20/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 11/14

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Bush talks up free market economics, Obama pushes to double the automaker bailout, SBA works to increase loan capital, small business proves to be the greatest innovative force in the economy and much more.


Tags: small business, bush, obama, paulson, capitalism, automakers, bailout, sba, taxes, patents, innovation, treasury department, consumer spending, unemployment, family leave, midnight rules, 401(k), barter

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Posted: 11/14/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 11/13

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: entrepreneurial immigrants, a bailout for automakers, stocks rebound, Bush comments on the economic crisis, unemployment rises, advice from the SBA, digital marketing and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, entrepreneurial immigrants, democrats, automakers, bailout, free market, financial crisis, stocks, consumer spending, unemployment, insurance, healthcare, competition, sba, capital, microsoft, cybercrooks, direct mail, email, e-mail, digital marketing, dollar menu

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Posted: 11/13/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 11/10

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Obama on the fast track, healthcare and unions, post disaster contracts for small business, productivity and cutbacks, running your business like the mafia and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, unions, healthcare, sba, post-disaster contracts, productivity, mafia, layoffs, tax deductions, legal advice, lawsuits, travel deduction, hsa, sales, online sales, niche marketing

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Posted: 11/10/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 11/06

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Small business reflects on the new administration and how Obama should help, oil keeps dropping, tax breaks, government contracts, social media, Family Guy and much more.


Tags: small business, obama administration, entrepreneurs, financial crisis, oil, unemployment, credit cards, sba, government contracts, women business owners, irs, taxes, scheduling, commissions, crm, stolen equipment, family guy, performance advertising, social media, email, behavioral targeting, google adwords, marketing, local search

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Posted: 11/6/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Ed
Ed

Opportunities for Small Business on the Horizon

Chad Moutray from the SBA's Office of Advocacy has identified five opportunities coming in the next decade that small business owners can look forward to exploring.


Tags: small business, sba, office of advocacy, chad moutray, investment, technology, innovation, economic gardening, international markets, women, minorities, education, training

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Posted: 11/6/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

SBA Asks Lenders to Offer Loan Deferment Relief

The SBA is now working with its lenders to provide some relief for small businesses hit hard by the current economic climate, but is it enough? You be the judge.


Tags: small business, sba, loans, deferment, relief

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Posted: 10/22/2008 | Comments Comments (1) | Print Print Article

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