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WASHINGTON - Reducing marginal income tax rates on entrepreneurs increases entrepreneurial entry, decreases exit from entrepreneurship, and lengthens the duration of entrepreneurial ventures, according to a recent study released from the SBA's Office of Advocacy . The study, Taxes and Entrepreneurial Activity: An Empirical Investigation Using Longitudinal Tax Return Data...

PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- With the record growth of small businesses, the Michigan Credit Union League will co-host a two-day MBL conference to help credit unions explore courting entrepreneurs. The conference, which is also being sponsored by Walsh College here and the Michigan Council of the Credit Union Executives Society, will...

WASHINGTON - Small Business Person of the Year winners from 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam will here in April to mark the annual celebration of National Small Business Week during SBA Expo '05. One of them will be selected as National Small Business Person of...

Credit unions continue to make strong strides in member business lending. Case in point, the $640 million Evangelical Christian Credit Union saw the most member business loan activity in 2004 with $674 million on the books at the end of the year. MBLs are also contributing more to the total...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - These are Mark Weber's seven mistakes that he says cause some of the greatest pain or misconceptions when a credit union converts to a community charter. * New members will now beat a path to your door. "It's absolutely amazing to me how many CEOs and...

SAN DIMAS, Calif. - California credit union officials recently got an earful from SBA Administrator Hector Barreto as he plugged President Bush's proposals for reforming the Social Security system. Barreto was the keynote speaker at a March 22 VIP reception sponsored by WesCorp and the California Credit Union League. In...