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LOST JOBS According to Sen. Gillibrand, Western New York lost 23,627 manufacturing jobs from 2001-2008. Jobs lost by county include: - Allegany 247 - Catt.

Boehner: DEMOCRATS' DISCUSSION OF A "SECOND STIMULUS" IS AN ADMISSION THAT THE FIRST ONE ISN'T WORKING House Minority Leader and Great American, John Boehner, is on the march against the socialist fascist regime of Barack Obama and Bullwhip Pelosi.

Small businesses in seven Louisiana parishes and five Mississippi counties are eligible to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans.

As more specific legislative language emerges on health care, "small business organizations are encouraging members to make their views known through e-mails, letters, phone calls and personal visits" to members of Congress, but "the message is a decidedly mixed one," Kaiser Health News reports.

The Obama administration is considering using money from the $700 billion financial bailout fund to provide further assistance to the nation's struggling small businesses, in a continuing attempt to find a way to make up for clogged credit.

Vice President Joe Biden listens to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speak to small business leaders Friday about the rising costs of health care for people who work in small businesses and their small business employers.

At its most recent meeting, the City Council voted in two pieces of legislation to help small businesses.

Effective today, small businesses that would otherwise have difficulty securing private equity or venture capital may find funding easier to get as a result of changes made as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Investment Company program.

By JEANNINE AVERSA A government program intended to spark lending to consumers and small businesses at cheaper rates supported nine deals worth a total of roughly $12 billion this month, down about 27 percent from June's total.Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that investors requested $5.4 billion worth of loans in ...

The Small Business Administration says the deadline for drought disaster victims in 11 counties to apply for disaster loans is Aug.

The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding disaster victims that Aug. 12 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in Georgia.

On Wednesday the U.S. House passed the Enhancing Small Business Research and Innovation Act, a bipartisan bill that will better assist small businesses in developing cutting-edge commercial technology.

Riding a wave of public outrage over credit card practices, 7-Eleven Inc. wants to show merchants are victims of the industry too.

The drive to remake the nation's health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group of House Democrats demanded numerous changes in legislation the leadership was drafting on a fast track.

After months of hounding President Barack Obama as someone who "spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much," the GOP is trying a new approach: Democrats are job killers.

The 2009 edition of The Small Business Economy documents the 2008 recessiona s effects on small business as well as their role in the 2008 economy.

The web of bureaucracy surrounding bids on government work is so complex that small Canadian businesses need a special independent agency to help them navigate it, says a new parliamentary report.

Blogs are powerful. As a small business owner, you can use blogs to build exposure for your business, to attract new customers and to establish yourself an expert in your niche.

It's something many small business owners across the country are dreading: Telling staffers they won't be getting a raise for a second straight year.

A survey of Utah small-business owners should erase any doubt that the country needs to reform health care, and reform it now.