Small Business News

With an end-of-February deadline approaching, House Republican leaders said today they may push a vote this week on extending the payroll tax cut -- but not unemployment benefits or a delay of cuts in fees to doctors who treat Medicare patients.

Alex Sink, former Florida gubernatorial candidate, pushed for more support for small businesses at Monday's Manasota SCORE luncheon, promoting her new organization, Florida Next Foundation.

Call it a thoroughly modern dilemma. You can get any style of shoe delivered right to your door in 24 hours via the Internet, but must sort through five pages of random Google results just to find the right number for the pizza joint down the street.

Whether they were discussing how to tackle health care, pension reform or unemployment, legislators at last Friday's Legislative Outlook kept returning to the same solution: more cooperation.

Lending by Britain's top five banks shrank every quarter last year - an embarrassing blow to the Chancellor's Project Merlin agreement.

Some of the 149 women who participated in the first leg of training under the Strengthening & Promoting Women Entrepreneurs in Jamaica project funded by the Multi-Lateral Investment Fund, a member of the Inter-American Development Bank.

You have fans. Do you know who they are? They're the people who root for you to do your best and... Sara Byers, a co-owner of Leonardo's Pizza in South Burlington has concerns about the structure of the health benefit exchange that small businesses like her family's will have to use to buy health insurance beginning in 2014.

The Small Business Network is a group of small business owners and provides a structured forum offering practical solutions for increasing revenue, decreasing costs, and enhancing business skills and knowledge.

The Zions Bank Small Business Index for Utah was 115.8 in January 2012, up from a revised 111.2 in December 2011.

In January, theA White House A Office of Digital Strategy reached out toA Patch A to obtain questions from its users.

OurA East End Report , a wrap-up of the week's news from Greenport to Riverhead to Montauk, recaps each Patch site's most compelling story.

If you own a business in Mayfield Heights, Mayfield Village, Highland Heights or Gates Mills, check out the Hillcrest Patch i»¿ Places tabi»¿ , and claim your listing.

With his sleeves rolled up and collar unbuttoned, Congressman Vern Buchanan visited Bradenton on Saturday as he spoke to more than three-dozen residents about the U.S. deficit, the creation of jobs and helping small businesses.

Can you imagine your small business providing that key product or service to the Department of Navy, the Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Agriculture?A We can!A The federal government spends more than $500 billion a year in contracts, making it the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world.

A client of the WESST Enterprise Center, a small business incubator in Albuquerque, is paying it forward with a gift that is the largest donation to date from a WESST client.

Ohio regulators say they recognize the approval of higher rates for American Electric Power hurt small-business customers who saw their bills increase by up to 40% or more after the rates took effect last month.

The U.S. federal government said the Great Recession was over in June 2009. Unfortunately, it's at least year three and counting of a very difficult economic climate for many people .

In this week's Republican address, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell touts the various achievements of GOP leadership on the heels of President Obama's 2013 budget announcement.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor made the announcement during Friday's mock convention at Washington and Lee University in Lexington.

Owner Ron Emery helps Judy Rentz, right, during the "Cash Mob" at Emery's 5&10 on Chapman Highway in South Knoxville Friday, Feb.