Stories Tagged as
Small Business
Now small businesses are receiving health insurance cancellation notices
Nov 7, 2013
A dental practice in Phoenix learns it's losing its health-insurance policy for the two dentists and 13 employees.
Hacked small-businesses often have no place to turn
by
Queena Kim
Oct 17, 2013
Unlike personal checking and savings accounts, business accounts are not protected from hackers.
Shutdown shakes comfort level of small business owners
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Kai Ryssdal
Oct 10, 2013
Small business owner Olalah Njenga says even if companies can recover quickly from the shutdown, it'll still weigh in the back of owners' minds.
Government shutdown impacts private companies too
Oct 3, 2013
The shutdown isn't only affecting federal employees -- the private sector is struggling too.
The rise of the small insurer
Oct 1, 2013
Several of the largest health insurers are sitting out Obamacare exchanges. It's created an opportunity for smaller insurance companies.
2 dreams, 2 new business owners
by
Adriene Hill
Aug 15, 2013
A sign of rising confidence? On Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, two new stores open a few months apart.
Looking at small town America, from a small plane
Aug 12, 2013
News coverage often tends to miss out on what's going on in small town America. A new project from The Atlantic and Marketplace hopes to remedy that problem.
For public good, not for profit.
The other revolution bubbling in the Middle East
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Kai Ryssdal
Aug 12, 2013
Author Chris Schroeder says there's another revolution that's quietly emerging that deserves attention: growing entrepreneurship.
States beat the SEC to the new frontier of crowdfunding
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Jim Burress
Aug 9, 2013
How Georgia is on the forefront of pushing equity crowdfunding. It's like Kickstarter, except that regular folk can invest in -- not just donate to -- a small, private company.
Is this recovery? Check the roads for campers, trailers
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Kai Ryssdal
Jul 24, 2013
After downsizing during the recession, one manufacturer sees signs of the recovery.