| ISM: Economy to grow through this year | By SONIA PARKER
Posted: 5/18/2011 3:37:50 PM |  The same week as the National Association for Business Economics revised its 2011 growth projections for U.S. gross domestic product, the Institute for Supply Management reported that general economic growth will continue through this year... |
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| State of Lending Fund awakens credit questions | By JEREMY ARMSTRONG
Posted: 5/17/2011 3:58:17 PM | | The state of the credit market and its effect on small businesses has been somewhat controversial, with last fall's Small Business Lending Fund acting as something of a symbol of the ongoing debate... |
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| Small business conditions improving, Fed Gov says | By THOMAS GRANT
Posted: 5/10/2011 3:36:01 PM |  U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke maintained in a speech Tuesday that small business conditions are improving, despite recent fumbles in the unemployment rate, confidence and consumer spending... |
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| Gallup: Consumer spending flat in April | By JEREMY ARMSTRONG
Posted: 5/9/2011 4:11:18 PM | | Consumer spending in the U.S. remained level in April, according to a Gallup poll released this week, as high gas, food and other commodity prices likely restrained Americans' purchasing habit... |
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| Labor Department: Job creation, unemployment up | By DOUGLAS CHAN
Posted: 5/6/2011 1:01:36 PM |  The Department of Labor reported Friday that the U.S. economy added more jobs than anticipated in April, exceeding gains noted in the previous month, despite a growth in unemployment ... |
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| Small Business Lending Picks Up in March | By ANN SILVERSTEIN
Posted: 5/3/2011 12:14:46 PM | | Lending to small businesses was up in March compared to a year ago but down from the previous month, furthering the notion that the credit market is improving at a snail's pace... |
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| Intuit: Small business hiring up in April | By THOMAS GRANT
Posted: 5/2/2011 3:15:03 PM | | Hiring among small businesses increased slightly in April, according to a report released Monday by Intuit, providing further evidence of a gradually improving job market. The report also noted higher wages and hours worked among small business employees... |
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| The economic recovery and the commercial print industry | By JEREMY ARMSTRONG
Posted: 4/29/2011 12:03:18 PM | | On Thursday, the U.S. Commerce Department released economic data for the first quarter of 2011, noting gross domestic product slowed its pace of growth to 1.8 percent, having fallen from 3.1 percent in the previous quarter... |
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| GDP growth slows in first quarter | By J.S. VANDERBERG
Posted: 4/28/2011 3:06:58 PM | | The U.S. Commerce Department reported Thursday that economic growth in the first quarter of 2011 slowed, as gross domestic product expanded at a year-over-year rate of 1.8 percent, compared to 3.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010... |
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| Acquiring financing for a tech startup | By EDWARD CAVANAUGH
Posted: 4/28/2011 12:34:43 PM | | The World Economic Forum recently released a study on global entrepreneurial activity, finding the top 1 percent of startups create 40 percent of all new jobs in the sector and 44 percent of total revenue... |
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