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3 hrs ago | The New Zealand Herald

Small Business: Sugar firm aims for sweet result

Co-founder Hamish Gordon says the firm is trying to achieve a point of difference in packaging.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance

5 hrs ago | New York Post

Big Apple is hard on small startups

But according to recent polls looking at entrepreneurship, there are many huge hurdles facing small startups, starting with a state and local tax rate of almost 16 percent, compared with the US average of 6.8 percent.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Outsourcing

9 hrs ago | Examiner.com

$500 million dollar rooftop solar leasing program launched

A program that could lead to 110 megawatts of new solar electrical generation across the nation was announced by Goldman Sachs and SolarCity .

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Related Topix: Startups, SolarCity, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services, Personal Finance

13 hrs ago | Patch.com

Introducing Small Business Patch

Patch has launched a new site, Small Business Patch , to educate and empower small businesses with the digital tools, social media strategies and marketing know-how needed to ensure long-term growth.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Marketing, Corcoran Group, Real Estate

16 hrs ago | Daily Herald

Retiring boomers driving sales of small businesses

Roberta Bonoff, president and CEO of Creative Kidstuff, a toy store chain, at the store in St.

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20 hrs ago | The Beaumont Enterprise

QuickBooks Customers Can Print Checks On Multiple Computers With EzCheckPrinting Software

QuickBooks Customers Can Print Checks On Multiple Computers With EzCheckPrinting Software New and improved EzCheckprinting software now allows Quickbooks customers to print checks even more easily by allowing for multiple printers to be utilized.Halfpricesoft.com's Ezcheckprinting cheque writer allows QuickBooks customers a better and less ... (more)

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Related Topix: Computers, Personal Finance

Sat May 18, 2013

Patch.com

Municipal Government Committee OKs Baldelli Hunt Tax Rate Bill

The House Municipal Government Committee has approved legislation sponsored by Rep.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Woonsocket, RI

Small Business Trends

Twitter Suspension? First Step: Don't Panic

Since last week, lots of legitimate business accounts have been suspended and then unsuspended on Twitter.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance

Examiner.com

The 4 top small business advertising concepts

Every small business has to advertise to get consumer attention but the question each business owner asks themselves is how best to do bring attention and get sales.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance

Examiner.com

Small Businesses: Five Reasons to Jump on the Cloud

Understanding cloud computing can be a nebulous process-hence the name "cloud"-but its benefits are clear.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Science / Technology, Cloud Computing

Business Journal

State's marijuana rules to keep feds away may hurt small businesses

Embedded in Washington's planned rules governing the state's legal marijuana industry are attempts to keep the federal government from swooping in and shutting down businesses, arresting people and seizing property because marijuana is still illegal under federal law.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance

US News & World Report

What Makes a Small Business? Depends Who You Ask

Lawmakers spend a lot of time talking up the virtues of the American small business, and a lot of time finding new ways to define it.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, US Politics, Eric Cantor, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Dave Camp

Fri May 17, 2013

Small Business Trends

Top Small Business News This Week: May 17

This week's top small business news stories looked at the latest mobile technology, 3D printing, the future of the password, the latest in the battle over Obamacare and much more.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Cameras, Microsoft, Startups, Computers, Blog News

The Miami Herald

MDX courts local small business

The Miami-Dade Expressway Authority is well known for the busy toll roads it operates such as the Dolphin Expressway or the Gratigny Parkway.

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Small Business Trends

Groupon Expands Breadcrumb POS, Shifts its Small Business Strategy

Still thinking of Groupon as a company that sends out daily deal emails all the while incurring the ire of small businesses that lose money on one-time customers? Well, think again.

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Related Topix: Groupon, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Personal Finance, Strategy, Electronic

Fort Morgan Times

Colorado health insurance exchange for individuals, families, small businesses

State Policy Analyst Kyla Hoskins speaks about the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange at Progressive 15's Affordable Care Act Summit May 2, 2013, at the Country Steak-Out in Fort Morgan.

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Related Topix: Colorado, Colorado Government, Health Insurance, Health, Personal Finance, Fort Morgan, CO, US Governors, John Hickenlooper

The New Zealand Herald

Small business: Brand ambassadors - Scott Gardiner

For many small business owners, particularly those that have started out as sole operators, transitioning clients to work with other staff can be a challenge.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Marketing

Patch.com

Naperville Chamber Announces Small Business of the Year Award Winners

Small businesses are the engine that keeps a large city like Naperville running, so it's only fitting that they are honored every year.

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Related Topix: Naperville, IL, Personal Finance, Lisle, IL

Patch.com

Patch's New Site for Small Businesses Offers Tips, Info and More

Patch has launched a new site - smallbusiness.patch.com - to educate and empower small businesses with the digital tools, social media strategies and marketing know-how needed to ensure long-term growth.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Marketing, Corcoran Group, Real Estate

Patch.com

From Kitchen Table to Corporate World: Manassas Welcomes New Small Business

Corliss Udoema said she went from a makeshift office in her kitchen to landing multi-million dollar contracts with the federal government, all by using a simple method.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Manassas, VA, Prince William County, VA, Bristow, VA