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4 hrs ago | Ledger Dispatch

Man charged in labor inspection scam

Flashing a badge and toting official-looking documents, the man would show up at small businesses across Oakland clad in a blazer and tie claiming to be a state or federal Labor Department inspector.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Personal Finance, Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA, Hayward, CA

8 hrs ago | KTVU

Man Arrested, Charged For Shaking Down Businesses

A man is facing charges of theft, extortion and impersonating a state officer for allegedly pretending to be a Labor Department inspector and charging small businesses hundreds of dollars.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance

13 hrs ago | KQED-FM

How Health Overhaul Might Impact Premiums

As the health care battle rages on, one central question keeps popping up: How would legislation affect premiums paid by individuals and small businesses, two groups that currently face wildly unpredictable rate increases year to year? Republicans say premiums would go up, partly because of the possibility of new taxes on insurers.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, US News, Health Care Policy, Health

17 hrs ago | The Dallas Morning News

Kay Bailey Hutchison admits to mistake supporting bank bailout

Kay Bailey Hutchison said Wednesday that she made a mistake by supporting the initial $700 billion bailout of the nation's financial industry and would change her vote if she had the chance.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Personal Finance, Texas Government, Texas, John Cornyn

21 hrs ago | CBC News

Year-end agenda: Company owners should meet with advisers, bankers, staffers

With the end of the year approaching, small business owners should be scheduling meetings to help them plan for what is hoped to be a stronger 2010.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Business News

Wed Nov 25, 2009

KTVU

Oakland Police Arrest Man In Bogus Inspector Case

Oakland police have arrested a man they say was shaking down business owners by pretending to be a labor inspector.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance

KCBA

Big help for small business

California State University, Monterey Bay invites the community to attend the grand opening of its Small Business Development Center, an innovative program that provides counseling and training to small businesses or people who are trying to start them.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Cal State Monterey Bay, Gonzales, CA, Gilroy, CA, King City, CA, Monterey County, CA

Bay Guardian

Obama alert: Restore funding for small business

As small business people know, the Obama administration has spent its capital largely on Wall Street and neglected the real job creation engine of the U.S. economy: small business and loans to small business.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, California

Wcbs880.com

Business Owners Pessimistic About Turnaround

Small business owners in New Jersey are not bullish about the economy in the coming year.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance

ClipSyndicate

Health Care and Small Businesses

Health care forums across North Dakota are bringing small business owners together.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Video, Health

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Think eBiz

Social Media Marketing: Big Opportunity for Small Business

Do small businesses leverage social marketing for their lead generation? A Citibank Small Business survey reports that most do not use or find social media marketing effective.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Personal Finance

The West Virginia Record

Their View: Capito is right about health reform

By STEVE ROBERTS CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce would like to thank Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Shelley Moore Capito, Health Insurance, Health, Personal Finance, Ben Chandler, Democrat, Dan Boren

R & D

DOE to Invest $18 Million in Small Business Clean Energy Innovation Projects

WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $18 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support small business innovation research, development and deployment of clean energy technologies.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Personal Finance, Energy, Global Warming

Los Angeles Times

Loan funds feel cash squeeze

Saul Gamboa was ready to break ground on a 44,000-square-foot plant in Vernon for his growing small business, Pacific Commercial Truck Body Inc., when he realized he'd missed a key deadline and lost his construction loan.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Los Angeles Metro

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Columbus Internet Marketing Association Helps Small Business Owners...

Does it seem that there are simply not enough hours in the day to do the things you need to do? Is your small business spinning out of control? Are you behind on your internet marketing and other projects and don't know where to turn? Read on... Columbus Internet Marketing Association Where Columbus Ohio small business owners turn to get online ...

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Related Topix: Internet, Science / Technology, Marketing, Columbus Metro, Columbus, OH, Personal Finance, Pop/Rock, The Association

NewsBlaze

SBIR Program: A Highly Competitive, Three-Phase Award System

NASA has selected for development 368 small business innovation projects that include research to minimize aging of aircraft, new techniques for suppressing fires on spacecraft and advanced transmitters for deep space communications.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Personal Finance, Space

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Central Asia News.Net

Newspaper critical of Goldman Sachs bonus mentality

The New York Times has damned Goldman Sachs for its role in the financial crisis and has told it to pay the government rather than its big bonus employees.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Publishing, New York Times, Personal Finance, US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Health Insurance, Health

Q13.com KCPQ TV

Businesses face rising unemployment insurance taxes as job market struggles to recover

As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, 9, Plymouth, IN

NPR

Small Business Stays 'Attached' To Laid-Off Workers

Katie Tyler is the founder and president of Tyler 2 Construction in Charlotte, N.C. Some of her employees have been on and off her payroll multiple times.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance

Del Mar Times

Candidates for the 50th Congressional District give their opinions on healthcare reform

We asked the candidates for the 50th Congressional District seat for their opinions on healthcare reform.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Brian Bilbray, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Personal Finance, Tax, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, Opinion

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