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Send us your questions on challenges you face in your business. Journalist Karen E. Klein will interview experts and distill their insights into answers.
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Prices of some small stocks may soon be measured in nickels, dimes, or quarters, not just pennies -
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Yellow Pages Bankruptcy, Lobbying Controversy, Tax Season Stress: March 19
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'Smart Guns,' Paying Too Much for Financing, Solar Islands: March 18
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Financing
Food Trucks Are Stale. Line Up for Food Scooters
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Smart Answers
How Are the SBA’s Loan Programs Doing?
The Small Business Administration is pushing to expand loan availability and streamline its loan-guarantee approval process. Approvals in the last two years set records, but it's unlikely that pace will continue -
Financing
An Uptick in Small Business Loans from Big Banks
Large lenders are approving a greater percentage of loans as competition picks up in a more stable economy -
Policy
Small Caps Stall, NYC's Soda Ban Blocked, NVCA Seeks New Chief: March 12
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Taxes
Tax Prep Basics for Small Business Owners
A tax pro urges employers and the self-employed to organize paperwork, raise questions, and understand deductions -
Commentary
The Broken Small-Cap Market Undermines the Recovery
Small public companies are increasingly hobbled by capital markets that aren't working for them. This impedes their growth—and their hiring -
Benefits
Small Employers Add Jobs, Obamacare Opportunities, SBA Cuts Overblown: March 11
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Financing
Coming to a City Near You: Chinese Business Incubators
Investors from China are building space to house U.S. startups that want to do business across the Pacific -
Policy
Sequestration Cuts $92 Million From the SBA's Budget
Government contractors aren't the only folks affected—the cuts also shrink entrepreneurs' access to capital -
Profiles
Back in the Startup Game After Billion-Dollar Exits
Selling their companies for more than enough to retire comfortably didn't dissuade these entrepreneurs from returning to startup life
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