Small & Medium Businesses

The CEO and the owner broke up

The news that Los Angeles Dodgers owners Frank and Jamie McCourt are divorcing came with a bitter kick: Team chairman Frank's first move against his soon-to-be-ex was to fire her from her job as the Dodgers' chief executive.

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An Increasing Number of Hackers Targeting at Small Businesses

online threats such as hackers. Small businesses are now facing the same security threats as large corporations. Reports are now coming out showing that more hackers are targeting small businesses. The reason that there is an...

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Half of the Smallest Businesses Use Email

Nearly half (46%) of the smallest businesses in North America say they currently rely on email marketing to help them find new customers, keep existing ones and grow their businesses, and 36% plan to...

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Stimulus package should focus on jobs. Now.

Stimulus package should focus on jobs. Now. San Francisco Chronicle Janet Yellen, president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, had bad news last week for the 16 million out-of-work Americans: The nation's moribund job...

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Oprah's new TV partner came from humble roots too

Oprah Winfrey's new partner on cable TV is a bit like her: It came from humble beginnings to become a big force in the media business. By RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES — Oprah Winfrey's new partner on cable TV...

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Mom and Pop Go to City Hall

On Friday, Nov. 20, Councilman Robert Jackson was exasperated. The Harlem Democrat had put in a call to the chair of the Council’s Small Business Committee, David Yassky, asking for a vote on the Small Business Survival Act, a...

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The Importance of IT

Study shows small businesses plan to keep spending on hardware and software. Smart business owners know it's always critical to be technologically prepared, despite tough economic times. That's the lesson from the results of a...

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A man with a plan to get jobless working stiffs back to work

Minnesota business by the numbers See Minnesota's top earning companies, CEOs and non-profits Andy Vander Woude runs a small company that converts old tires and plastic bottles into composite pavers for the landscaping and...

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Talking Business: Small enterprises flock to strip mall

The vacancy in the strip mall next to the West Side Shopper in Longview was a perfect fit for Vanessa Aiken. It’s near Lower Columbia College, where Aiken is studying nursing, and it’s not far from her home, where the single...

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PC World Labs Releases WorldBench 6 Test Software

SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)-- WorldBench, the benchmarking software developed and used by PC World Labs for testing hardware system performance, is now compatible with all editions of Windows 7. "The first WorldBench was...

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