A new Obama administration push to strengthen U.S. manufacturing has the support of smaller firms, but it might not be decent to stir many into action.
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A small Seattle-based company hit it big after snagging the first-ever license to prepare Angry Birds baby products.
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Not many folks know the Kauffman Foundation, but after that Sunday a lot more will have an concept.
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A growing portion of the nation’s banks saw a spike in demand for loans to smaller firms late last year, according to the latest Federal Reserve figures.
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President Obama wants companies to manufacture their products in the United States, but small business owners say that’s about as easy as walking a minefield.
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FORTUNE — The days of over-sized jeans sagging from the derrieres of men everywhere are no more. Skinny jeans, tailored pants, and fitted oxfords are de rigeur, leaving little room for excess fabric in the undergarment office. Boxers or briefs used to be the only question men needed to ask themselves, but today, the options […]

Michele Heyward has a big heart. When friends or family struggle financially, she is always there to help with a mortgage or car payment or clothes for the kids. Recently she has been spending more than $1,800 a month on others.
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As China celebrates the New Year by ushering in the Year of the Dragon, U.S. small companies with exposure to the country are doing more hand-wringing than rejoicing.
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FORTUNE — Language and cultural differences invent it hard to be an expat entrepreneur under any circumstances. It’s doubly hard whether the main market for your product plunges into a wrenching economic crisis. And it’s even more difficult whether your costs are in a country that suffers incredibly high inflation. That’s the position in which […]