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Charles C

Snow, Parking and Small Business in the City

You can build a wonderful little business but what happens if your municipality makes it harder for customers to reach your business by raising parking meter prices or cutting down on snow removal? If Chicago's Mayor, Richard Daley, has his way, we are about to find out.


Tags: small business, chicago, mayor richard daley, parking, parking meter rates, snow, snow removal

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Posted: 12/3/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Richardson Named Obama's Commerce Secretary

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Richardson is the new Commerce Secretary; the economy is going dark inspite of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and bright spots in the Fed's Beige Book; the UAW is talking concessions; new rules for credit rating services; and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, richardson, economy, cyber monday, china, fed, beige book, labor, green, environmentalists, health insurance, uaw, concessions, sec, credit ratings, honesty, venture capital, on-demand manufacturing, spending, email, e-marketing

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Posted: 12/3/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 12/02

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Treasury to bolster small business, NASA contracts go to small businesses, healthcare costs and specialty drugs, ADA changes, Milwaukee's sick leave law and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, milwaukee, sick leave, sba, treasury, small business loans, nasa, contracts, specialty drugs, ada, recognition, reward, patriot loan, sales, advertising, avatar

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Posted: 12/2/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Automaker Leadership Vows Cuts: Are They The Right Cuts?

Management is making cuts and concessions to wring another $25 billion from Congress, but is the key to success selling off their jets and canceling bonuses, or gaining the cooperation of the UAW to save their companies once and for all?


Tags: small business, uaw, ford, chrysler, gm, mulally, wagoner, nardelli, loans, bailout, union

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Posted: 12/2/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Janelle
Janelle M

America’s Best Companies’ President Live on “Dresser After Dark” Radio Show

Don’t miss an opportunity to listen live to ABC’s president at 11:30pm CST on WJOB 1230 AM tonight.


Tags: americasbestcompanies, radio, interview, jim, tracy, president, dresserafterdark

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Posted: 12/2/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Tis The Season for Some Phishing

As the year winds down to what is called the “happiest time of the year,” the criminals you normally hear scurrying around like rats in the walls are poking their heads out to try to steal a little holiday cheer from you and yours. You are a target, your business is a target. Tis the season to protect yourself.


Tags: small business, fraud, phishing, holiday season

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Posted: 12/1/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 12/01

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Bush apologizes for the economy, other rescue options are in the cards, Obama wants to spend another half-trillion to fix the economy, tax changes, handling email mistakes and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, recession, depression, congress, democrats, marketing, paulson, fed, bernanke, bailout, email, advertisements, taxes, ada

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Posted: 12/1/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Happy Thanksgiving from ABC!

Thanksgiving is a time to let go of the bad news around us and focus on what is positive in our lives. The following is a little reminder that there are good things happening in the world.


Tags: small business, good news, thanksgiving

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Posted: 11/26/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/26

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: the Obama says that help is on the way, names Paul Volcker as head of his new economic panel; Treasury wants to print more cash for bailout; prosecutors looking at former AIG exec Cassano for “misstatements” and much more. Also, please note that the ABC Small Business Brief will not be published on Thursday, November 27 or Friday, November 28, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, venture capital, volcker, fed, treasury, aig, cassano, layoffs, lawsuits, taxes, biodiesel, subprime mortgages, email, search marketing, behavioral marketing, branding

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Posted: 11/26/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Fraud Hits the SBA

In times of trouble, fraud is always rampant, and government agencies with billions of dollars to throw around in hopes of stimulating the economy make very tempting targets. Now it is the HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program.


Tags: small business, sba, hubzone, fraud, aig

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Posted: 11/25/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/25

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: the Obama stimulus package, great entrepreneurs, more SBA loans, holiday season shoplifting, ego and customer service and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, stimulus package, healthcare, entrepreneurs, sba, loans, consumer lending, fdic, problem list, osha, start-ups, taxes, customer service, shoplifting, public relations, social networking, export

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Posted: 11/25/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Janelle
Janelle M

ABC on Startup BizCast

Startup Bizcast host Steve Mullen interviews Jim Tracy, president of America's Best Companies, in a podcast today on five strategies to assist entrepreneurs and small business owners to improve their business.


Tags: podcast, jim tracy, interview, press, media, americasbestcompanies

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Posted: 11/25/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/24

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: A new economic team takes over, more bailout talk, business partnerships and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, bush, bailout, paulson, partnership, marketing, fed, email, search marketing

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Posted: 11/24/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

A Trillion Here, A Trillion There and Pretty Soon We're Talking Real Money

Recently, Bloomberg reported that the Federal Reserve has pledged more than $7.4 trillion to help work the credit markets loose. They are doing this while the FHA is backing more subprime loans, many of which originating with the same people who brought us to this crisis, are being made—loans that could finally kill the US economy for good.


Tags: small business, bailout, fed, fha, credit, credit crisis, subprime mortgages

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Posted: 11/24/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

The Green Revolution gets Personal: Pushing Hard for a Dry Toilet

There are business opportunities all over if you keep your eyes open and with the new administration coming in, many of those opportunities are going to be green and one such opportunity, supported by environmental experts, is the dry toilet. Still, is it a viable opportunity or an idea you should flush? That is the question.


Tags: small business, opportunity, world toilet organization, dry toilet

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Posted: 11/21/2008 | Comments Comments (2) | Print Print Article

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