Small business credit bill clears key hurdle

Get started: Best states for small business taxes

Published: May 4, 2012
Tags: Joyce Rosenberg, SBA, small business

State tax bills can add up pretty fast for small business owners. Well, that is, unless your business is in South Dakota, Texas or Nevada.

SBA loans, tax bill boost businesses

Published: April 27, 2012
Tags: Intermediary Lending Pilot Program, SBA, Small Business Administration

The Small Business Administration is seeking more lenders for a program that links small companies to nonprofit organizations that can grant loans.

White House outlines small-business plan

Published: December 8, 2011
Tags: Obama, SBA, small business, Small Business Administration, Startup America
Comments: 1

In its latest executive action, the White House announced new steps Thursday to spur start-up businesses and help them access $2 billion in resources.

Last SBA disaster outreach center in Milwaukee to close Friday

Published: November 4, 2010
Tags: Department of Public Works, floods, SBA, Small Business Administration, storms

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that due to a steady decrease of activity, the Disaster Loan Outreach Center located at Milwaukee County’s Department of Public Works, 3850 N. 35th St., will close at 6 p.m. Friday. The SBA urges those affected by the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred on July 20 [...]

Army Corps’ Green Bay project goes to non-bidder (UPDATE)

Published: October 1, 2010
Tags: Advance Construction, Army Corps of Engineers, Duerod, Farina, HUBZones, Jorge Lopez, Joski, Nuvo Construction, PTS Contractors, SBA, Small Business Administration
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By Marie Rohde Renard Island Temporary Causeway, Final Cover and Grading on Existing Green Bay Lake Bed, Green Bay, Brown County Taxpayers will pay more than three times the low bid for a causeway project in Green Bay after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rejected two bids, sought out another contractor and negotiated a [...]

Small business aid: More money, lower costs

Published: September 29, 2010
Tags: Bremer Bank, SBA, Small Business Administration, small business assistance
Comments: 1

By Mark Anderson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — If business owners are ready to spend, they may be eligible for the best financing they’ve ever had available, thanks to the small business assistance bill that President Barack Obama signed into law this week. The $30 billion package includes a handful of temporary and permanent enhancements [...]

Senate passes small business aid

Published: September 16, 2010
Tags: credit, SBA, Small Business Administration
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Washington (AP) — The Senate passed long-delayed legislation Thursday designed to open up credit to small businesses and award them with other incentives to expand and hire new workers. Democrats won a 61-38 vote to pass the legislation, joined by two Republicans. The measure would establish a $30 billion government account to help open up [...]