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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Who Gets Credit?

There is a lot of talk about small business and the need it has for credit to survive the recession. We hear that small businesses are having trouble, yet we also get news of small businesses successfully finding the credit they need. A new report from the SBA Office of Advocacy has the answers.

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Cheryl Sowa
Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Pre-Screening Employees: The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)

Small Business tips about the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

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.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Reminding Congress Who It Works For

Was it constituent pressure, political games or simply that it was a bad bill that killed the bailout for Wall Street yesterday? Now that it's dead, what does it mean for your small business?

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