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News, articles and information about small businesses, starting and owning and operating a small business, employment law, employment taxes, minimum wage. (Photo iTOWNS)
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Rick's Automotive wins Small Business Award from Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce announced Rick’s Automotive as its 2012 W. Curtis Strube Small Business Award recipient during its annual awards luncheon on Wednesday. The award, presented by the Chamber’s Small...
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Business alliance forms to battle health care costs in Barry County MO
jscherder@ky3.comCASSVILLE, Mo -- There are nearly 500,000 small businesses in the state of Missouri. With rising gas prices, health care costs and a lackluster economy, owning a small business can be taxing. One group of businesses in the Ozarks are coming together...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Concerts, Business, Health Insurance Cost
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Threatened post offices could get 2-year reprieve under McCaskill plan
mlandis@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Post offices in the Ozarks that are slated for closure could get a two-year (or more) reprieve if Congress approvesa plan offered by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri. The USPS plans to close hundreds of postal facilities across...Tags: Roy Blunt, U.S. Postal Service, Government Postal Delivery, Claire McCaskill
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Contact KY3 "Call a Lawyer" -- Opening your own business
jscherder@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo -- If you have ever thought about opening a business, Contact KY3's Contact a Lawyer can help. Our legal experts will tell you what you need to know before opening your doors. Call 417-268-3222 betwen 5:00 - 6:30pm March 21. The...Tags: Environmental Issues, Business, Conservation
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Funding your small business -- get creative
jscherder@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo -- Fifty percent of small businesses fail within the first 5 years. The economy certainly hasn't helped those businesses lately. Getting the money even to start that business is feat all in itself. Getting a bank loan for a business is...Tags: Banking, Business, Mike Taylor, Business, Starbucks Corp.
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Walmart searches for next great product
newsalerts@ky3.comPerformers get their big break on reality shows like "American Idol" or "America's Got Talent." Now Walmart is hosting a similar contest for small businesses or individuals that believe they have the next great product to share with the world. "Get On...Tags: America's Got Talent (tv program), Business, New Products, Walmart, Business
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KY3 Investigation: Few take government disaster loans
padler@ky3.comA KY3 investigation reveals that fewer than half of the people who applied for U.S. Small Business Administration disaster loans after severe storms and flooding in southwest Missouri in 2008 got loan approvals and took the money. We started looking into...Tags: Missouri, Rivers, Floods, Bodies of Water, Disasters and Accidents
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Upcoming company events in the Lehigh Valley
TODAY WORKSHOPS for small business owners and those interested in launching their own enterprise, Growing Your International Business: Tools for Global Competitiveness, 8:30 a.m. to noon and SBA Office of Advocacy 2–4 p.m., Lehigh Carbon...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Lehigh Carbon Community College, Lehigh University, Center Valley, Allentown
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Sherlocking Startups And Other Small Firms
DEAR JOYCE: Management lied to me about the company's financial stability when I took a new job in a startup. The firm went under three months later for lack of funding. Going to work for that company is the worst mistake I've made since I've been...Tags: Sales, Companies and Corporations, Joyce Lain Kennedy, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Small business help available
Carla Burns from the Small Business Development Center will have special office hours June 6 in Webster and Sisseton. She will be at the offices of G. Todd Garry, public accountant, at 513 Main St. in Webster from 9 a.m. to noon. She will be at offices...Tags: Business
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Disability insurance primer
What would you say is your most valuable financial asset: your house, your car, your retirement account? For most people of working age, the answer isn't in their golden eggs, but in the goose that laid them — their most valuable asset is their...Tags: Health Insurance, Finance, Physical Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Health
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Valley Screen earns SBA award
MISHAWAKA -- Karen M. Barnett, president and chief financial officer of Valley Screen Process Co. in Mishawaka, earned the Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year award from the Indiana District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration....Tags: Business
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