Business news networks rush in with S&P downgrade coverage – YAHOO!
When earth-shattering financial news breaks, the cable business news networks get their chance to shine. So one would have expected to see all three of them spring into action three days ago, when Standard & Poor’s lowered the United States credit rating …

Firestone named News business editor – Detroit News
Veteran journalist Joanna Firestone has been named business editor of The Detroit News. Firestone, 61, joined the newspaper in 1981 as a political writer. She subsequently served as Lansing bureau chief, Detroit City Hall editor and autos editor. In the …

Morning business round-up: Rally on short-selling ban – BBC
has boosted Sunday paper sales at rival newspaper group Trinity Mirror. Shares in Trinity Mirror jumped 16% after it said circulation of its Sunday papers rose 4% in July. Today’s Business Daily programme from the BBC World Service looks at three different …

Small Businesses are Still Hiring: Survey – NBC Chicago
Small businesses are lagging behind the economy, but it’s not all bad news. Although small business owners are slowly proceeding with growth plans in 2011, 40 percent are now delaying their expectations of an economic rebound to the first quarter of 2012 …

Businesses Bouncing Back After Heat Wave – FOX2now.com
The folks that operate area swimming pools have been giving summer high marks. But too much of a good thing can be bad for business. A break in the summer sizzle will allow pool water to cool and business to heat up again. “In the last week or so about …

SBA loans show increase for New Jersey small business – msnbc.com
With the stock market reeling from the recent downgrade of American debt, a tiny bit of good news for small-business owners has been released by the federal Small Business Administration. The agency s New Jersey district office reported that …

Godbee, businesses to announce downtown safety campaign – Detroit News
Lighthouse Project is a partnership between Detroit police and businesses such as General Motors Corp., Compuware … shootings and traffic issues related to several downtown bars and nightclubs. The News detailed some of the issues in a June 28 article.