small businesses

• Small Business Credit Shows Improvement: Experian

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  May 21, 2013

  Much of the first-quarter improvement was fueled by lower delinquency rates and stronger consumer spending.

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  Long Island Confab Highlights Bethpage’s Business Survey Findings

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  April 15, 2013

  Long Island small business experts came together to talk economy, growth and the findings from a small business survey from Bethpage FCU.

• Women Entrepreneurs Face Higher Operating Costs, Slimmer Margins: Biz2Credit

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 28, 2013

  Biz2Credit financing match firm also finds loan approval rates 15% to 20% lower for female-owned companies.

• Obamacare Still Unclear to Most Small Business Owners: Survey

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  March 27, 2013

  eHealth poll of business owners show more than half still misunderstand the employee mandate.

• Service-Based Firms Lead the Way in Growing Profits: Sageworks

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 25, 2013

  Accounting, law firms among examples of private companies showing growth. So are medical practices.

• Bethpage FCU Survey Reveals Small Business Optimism

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  March 15, 2013

  Business owners see personal, local, national economies perking up.

• Bank Frustrations Boil Over in Arizona

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  February 13, 2013

  At a time when more small businesses are looking for alternatives after being the shown the door by their longtime banks, one Arizona retailer recently went public with its frustrations.

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  SBA Administrator Karen Mills Announces Her Departure

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  February 11, 2013

  Mills said she will stay on until successor confirmed.

• Wells Fargo/Gallup Survey Finds Small Business Confidence on Uptick

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  January 29, 2013

  Companies' Small Business Index shows growing optimism about revenues, capital spending and jobs.

• Crashing the GAC This Year is All Business

  By Myriam DiGiovanni  |  December 20, 2012

  The Cooperative Trust’s 2013 Crash the GAC event will focus on designing a new credit union product, service to help launch, run small businesses.