Small Business Finance

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If you're a small business owner, you may have not heard of the 10,000 Small Business program, but I'll bet you've heard about Goldman Sachs planning to give away $500 million to small businesses.

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Finding the right small business checking account can be tricky, so obviously you want to get it right. If you're going to choose a new, or first, small business checking account, there's plenty to consider first. Remember, there are a few important questions you should ask yourself before you begin forking over your company's revenue.

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The job market may reek, and personal bankruptcies have been climbing, but most economists feel that the recession is over in the technical sense, and that we're starting a slow climb outward and upward. If you're wondering which businesses are going to fare well in the recovery period and whether you should ramp up, here's what we're thinking.

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It's a little surreal to imagine the Small Business Administration (SBA) amidst videos of Susan Boyle and animated dancing pandas, but they've been part of the YouTube generation for two months now. It's not setting the world on fire, but it is there, where the SBA can put its videos within reach of anyone, of course, but particularly those under 35, which the agency has made clear they'd like to reach.

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Although the SBA got $1 billion from the stimulus package earlier this year, it can still be difficult to get money to start or expand your business -- unless you know where to look. Read as Steve Strauss shares tips on often-overlooked financing ideas that could be just the thing for you.

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While many people expect a slow Christmas selling season thanks to the recession, retailers fear the situation could be even worse than expected if CIT Group is allowed to fail.

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Thanks to new health-care legislation, small business owners would bear the brunt of new taxation. Some would have to pay an 8 percent of payroll penalty if they don't already offer health insurance. Click to see what you can expect from these new tax laws.

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Madonna and actress Gwyneth Paltrow's celebrity fitness trainer is making news lately, not for helping stars lose fat but causing ordinary people to lose money. Incidentally, you quite possibly have heard of Anderson and don't realize it. Click to see this fitness trainer's story.