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National Survey on Smartphone Usage and Challenges by SMBs Says 88% of Small Businesses View Mobile File Access as Critical
Mountain View, California (PRESS RELEASE – November 7, 2009) – Egnyte, a leading provider of on-demand file server solutions, today introduced Blackberry and Android device interfaces that allow small business users secure access to all their

Mikulski Fights for Maryland's Small Businesses in Health Care Reform
“We can’t fix the economy without fixing health care costs for small businesses,” Senator says WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), a senior member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today spoke

East-central Indiana a hub for small business development
MUNCIE, Ind. — Small businesses and towns in east-central Indiana will benefit from the availability of the new Rural Revolving Loan Fund program, a Rural Business Enterprise Grant that assists emerging businesses in rural areas. Phil Lehmkuhler, the

BRIEF: NFIB Hawaii says health reform bill would hurt small business
(The Honolulu Advertiser - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A health care reform bill to be voted on by the U.S. House of Representatives would hurt Hawai'i's small businesses, according to Melissa Pavlicek, state director for the

'To Stimulate Industrial Growth, SME Funding Must Be Taken Serious'
Mr. Duro Kuteyi is the chairman, Nigerian Association for Small and Medium Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Lagos State chapter and Managing Director, Spectra Nigeria Limited, a food and beverage manufacturing company. Speaking on essentials for industrial

Gubernatorial candidate Poizner talks tax cuts, budget fixing with business owners in Walnut
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SME Opportunities in Global Defence and Security
Richard Paniguian is Head of UKTI's Defence & Security Organisation. Although for smaller businesses the global defence and security market can appear to be a daunting arena, he explains how, with Government support, our SMEs can make a vital

New Bill Introduced to Reform Disaster Recovery Programs Offered by SBA
Bill would also provide assistance to families impacted by Chinese-made drywall United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today introduced 'The Small Business Administration Disaster Recovery and

Is the Economy Really Improving for Small Business? You Decide
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Gubernatorial candidate Poizner talks tax cuts, budget fixing with business owners in Walnut
State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner stopped Friday in Walnut to attend a roundtable discussion with local business owners as part of his campaign for California governor. Poizner, a Republican, spoke with a dozen local small business owners for

Small Business Economic Forecast: Cautious, With A Chance Of Pay Cuts
A CDW survey finds that as the economic malaise drags on, less than half of SMBs are still optimistic about growth. SurePayroll, meanwhile, also notes drops in optimism, perhaps because small business salaries are taking a dive. The SurePayroll study,

AEI Says Republican Healthcare Bill Benefits Small Businesses More Than Democratic Bill
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Thinksoft Global to focus on SME segment
Also looking at partners and alliances as part of growth strategy

SMEs Critical to Vision 2020 Success, Say Oyinlola, Akinkugbe
NIGERIA must promote the establishment of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to achieve the objectives of the Vision 2020 and meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun state and National President,

Diamond Bank Assures Small Business Owners
DIAMOND Bank Plc has pledged to provide provide financial services to its customers to enable them grow their businesses, especially the Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSME). At a two-day business seminar organised by the League of Abriba

Keeping Small Business Healthy issues statement regarding new jobs numbers and health care reform legislation
Keeping Small Business Healthy President Andrew Langer issued the following statement today on the new jobs numbers and the House of Representatives health care reform legislation: "Unemployment has hit double digits and continues to climb, and still

BRIEF: NFIB Hawaii says health reform bill would hurt small business
A health care reform bill to be voted on by the U.S. House of Representatives would hurt Hawai'i's small businesses, according to Melissa Pavlicek, state director for the National Federation of Independent Business. Pavlicek said small business would

ClickFuel provides internet tools to small businesses
As a web generation, when we’re looking for a dentist, plumber, or other small business, our first instinct is to go online when we need these services. Sure, there’s Yellow Pages that can find a name, number and address, but as consumers we are used

Industry 2.0-SAP SME Leadership Event: Hyderabad
Industry 2.0, in association with SAP, is organizing an event in Hyderabad on 27 November 2009 (Friday) to discuss some of the significant strategic issues confronting SMEs--and to deliberate the solutions and steps they could adopt to grow themselves.

Industry 2.0-SAP SME Leadership Event: Bhubaneshwar
Industry 2.0, in association with SAP, is organizing an event in Bhubaneshwar on 24 November 2009 (Tuesday) to discuss some of the significant strategic issues confronting SMEs--and to deliberate the solutions and steps they could adopt to grow

Industry 2.0-SAP SME Leadership Event: Nashik
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CDW: Small Businesses Working to Reduce Vulnerabilities in Information Protection, Leadership Development, Planning
CDW, a provider of technology products and services to business, government and education, announced the release of its 2009 CDW Report on Small Business Resilience, which identifies management and information technology (IT) infrastructure factors that

Gubernatorial candidate Poizner talks tax cuts, budget fixing with business owners in Walnut [San Gabriel Valley Tribune, West Covina, Calif.]
(San Gabriel Valley Tribune (CA) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 6--State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner stopped Friday in Walnut to attend a roundtable discussion with local business owners as part of his campaign for California governor.

UNEMPLOYMENT HITS HIGHEST RATE SINCE 1983; SMALL BUSINESS JOBS ON...
Company: Small Business Co/The (SBCOE) U.S. House of Representatives Small Business Committee Republicans 11/6/09 Contact: Angela Landers Phone: (202) 226-1581 UNEMPLOYMENT HITS HIGHEST RATE SINCE 1983; SMALL BUSINESS JOBS ON STEADY DECLINE WASHINGTON,

Wind sector cash inflow may blow small firms away
LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Small wind energy companies could be taken over cheap because fresh funding for the sector is set to flow selectively to bigger names, placing them in a stronger negotiating position. Analysts say the big firms are unwilling

UNEMPLOYMENT HITS HIGHEST RATE SINCE 1983; SMALL BUSINESS JOBS ON STEADY DECLINE
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Small Business CRM - What's the Problem?
Even though contact management may have been the pre-cursor to the CRM wave, small business CRM seems to have gotten the short end of the stick in a number of ways. First, the whole idea of encapsulating a solution in a box, I contend, set small

NFIB Hawaii says health reform bill would hurt small business
A health care reform bill to be voted on by the U.S. House of Representatives would hurt Hawai'i's small businesses, according to Melissa Pavlicek, state director for the National Federation of Independent Business. Pavlicek said small business would

SMEs urged to expand into non-traditional markets
SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs), which make up 99.2% of the businesses in Malaysia, are urged to increase their penetration into the non-traditional markets such as Brazil, Russia, the Middle East, China and India to improve their performance. “The

ASF approves Rs40m for agribusiness sector SMEs
Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF) has approved grants worth 40 million for Agribusiness Sector Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) including support to a project by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) for provision of extension services for