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The crumbling condition of small business loans is threatening to hamstring the recovery of the U.S. economy, and tag banks with rising losses over the coming year. The U.S. government's Small Business Administration said losses from loans made through its lending programs more than doubled in 2008, reaching nearly $1.3 billion. In 2007, the S Read More

Carry back, no SBA fees...BizBox runs down what the proposed stimulus will do for small businesses, and whether it will be enough. Read More

At the beginning of each year, I like to take a spin around the virtual world and see what other designers predict as hot trends for site design. Read More

These are, in order, the twenty most popular Small Business related articles from January 2009. Read More

As American consumers grow ever more familiar with, and dependent on, online shopping, expectations about the quality of their online shopping experience increase dramatically, and the stakes get higher for retailers. Power shoppers—those who shop online at least three times per month—have the highest expectations, according to the fourth annua Read More

The number of social networking site users continues to grow. Who are these consumers? The share of adult Internet users who have a profile on an online social network site has more than quadrupled since 2005, from 8% to 35%, according to a November—December 2008 Pew Internet & American Life Project survey. Pew said adults still make up the Read More

The Small Business Administration (SBA) will get a beefier post in the Obama regime. Under President Bush, the agency saw its funding fall, was plagued by a host of controversies and lost the prestigious Cabinet level status conferred on it by President Clinton. But Barack Obama is signaling greater respect for the agency. Read More

Credit card volume share from online purchases is predicted to fall nearly 50% by 2013. One would think in tight times that consumers might use more credit. What's going on? Read More

As the president-elect and members of Congress consider what type of tax provisions should be included in the stimulus package, NFIB is diligently working to convince lawmakers that the best way to help small business owners and employees is to pass a six-month payroll tax holiday. Read More