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What are small businesses up to over the Thanksgiving weekend and moving into the Holiday season, and how can you boost your small business's Holiday performance this year? You've come to the right place with this special SMB Thanksgiving roundup. Be sure to save room to digest these awesome small Read More

Is small business important to the economic recovery? Few small business owners have any doubt. But what about the experts? We've heard plenty of question raised in recent months about whether small business is really the key to recovering from recession. No longer! Chairman of the Federal Reserve Read More

Organizers of the grass roots Occupy Wall Street movement may claim they are acting on behalf of 99 percent of the American public, but small business owners, many of whom also fit into this category, are beginning to complain that they are being hurt by the movement too. Protests have disturbed ma Read More

Why is it that some employees blindly follow the most meager parameters for providing customer service, while others go the extra mile with seemingly no skin off their noses? Lehigh Valley opinion and news blogger Shakur Pfist recounts one interesting customer service story amid minor ranting and raving, illustrating what it takes to provide exceptional customer service in small business.. Read More

Health care reform may help some older workers overcome obstacles to getting hired. By reducing health care costs for some businesses, employers may find older, more experienced workers a better fit, however it seems uncertain how reform will affect small businesses. Promising information about the current health care reform proposal in relation t Read More

The popular belief may be that most inexpensive manufacturing is now in China, but this BusinessWeek article looks at the options for using U.S. manufacturers for your product idea. The U.S. manufacturing base remains strong and something to consider before planning to ship your business overseas. You may be surprised at the manufacturing services Read More