Small Businesses are Still Hiring: Survey – NBC Chicago

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 …

Peoria man shot in arm outside business – Peoria Journal Star
Hector D. Compres, 41, was shot while sitting in front of a business. He said he heard a shot and looked down, thinking he had been shot in the hand. The bullet struck him in the right forearm and traveled to his hand, according to the police report.

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 state …

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 …