Small Business News
- Small manufacturing firms want more from Obama3 February 2012, 3:46 am
A new Obama administration push to strengthen U.S. manufacturing has the support of smaller firms, but it might not be enough to stir many into action.... - Small biz scores huge Angry Birds deal2 February 2012, 4:09 pm
A small Seattle-based company hit it big after snagging the first-ever license to make Angry Birds baby products.... - Small biz loan demand up, Federal Reserve says1 February 2012, 7:19 am
A growing portion of the nation's banks saw a spike in demand for loans to smaller firms late last year, according to the latest Federal Reserve figures.... - Kauffman Foundation Super Bowl ad calls on entrepreneurs1 February 2012, 3:22 am
Not many people know the Kauffman Foundation, but after this Sunday a lot more will have an idea.... - Revive Made in USA? Easier said than done31 January 2012, 7:51 am
President Obama wants companies to manufacture their products in the United States, but small business owners say that's about as easy as walking a minefield.... - $34,000 in debt, wants to start a business27 January 2012, 10:53 am
Michele Heyward has a big heart. When friends or family struggle financially, she is always there to help with a mortgage or car payment or clothes for the kids. Recently she has been spending more than $1,800 a month on others.... - Men's underwear leaves the Stone Age27 January 2012, 9:27 am
FORTUNE -- The days of over-sized jeans sagging from the derrieres of men everywhere are no more. Skinny jeans, tailored pants, and fitted oxfords are de rigeur, leaving little room for excess fabric in the undergarment department. Boxers or briefs used to be the only question men needed to ask themselves, but today, the options have grown. Five years ago, Tom Patterson was a medical-device sales rep by day and an avid-viewer of CNBC's The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch by night. "All of the featur... - Chinese New Year makes U.S. biz uneasy25 January 2012, 2:53 pm
As China celebrates the New Year by ushering in the Year of the Dragon, U.S. small companies with exposure to the country are doing more hand-wringing than rejoicing.... - Behind an expat's wine startup success25 January 2012, 7:33 am
FORTUNE -- Language and cultural differences make it hard to be an expat entrepreneur under any circumstances. It's doubly hard if the main market for your product plunges into a wrenching economic crisis. And it's even more difficult if your costs are in a country that suffers incredibly high inflation. That's the position in which Michael Evans has found himself during the last few years. The Mendoza, Argentina-company he co-founded, Vines of Mendoza, was selling turn-key "vineyard estates" la... - Furniture maker lands coveted spot at State of the Union24 January 2012, 7:32 pm
Bruce Cochrane relaunched his family's furniture company in Lincolnton, N.C., last year, because he wanted to create jobs for Americans instead of setting up shop in China to take advantage of the cheaper labor.... - Doctors living on loans20 January 2012, 10:46 am
Government-backed loans to doctors have surged more than 10-fold in the past decade, a trend industry insiders say is a red flag that doctors in America are in financial distress.... - Obama's Keystone pipeline nix worries small business19 January 2012, 10:04 am
The hopes of some small business owners in the Nebraskan towns of Fairbury and Steele City were crushed when the Obama administration rejected a proposed expansion of the Keystone oil sands pipeline....
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