Small Business News You Can Use (3/21)

Sen. Mark Udall’s Small Business Lending Enhancement Act helps entrepreneurs secure capital

Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) is introducing the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act that would increase raise the business lending cap placed upon credit unions. This proposal would help to create jobs without spending taxpayer money. More...



New Business Startups Declined in 2011, Annual Kauffman Study Shows

The Kauffman Index shows that, despite a drop from 2010, U.S. startup activity remains above pre-Great Recession levels

(KANSAS CITY, Mo.), March 19, 2012 – Entrepreneurship is alive and well in the wake of the Great Recession, although the rate of new business creation dipped during 2011 and startup founders remained more likely to fly solo than employ others. That's the big take away from the "Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity," a leading indicator of new business creation in the United States published annually and released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. More...


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GOP budget steers clear of Dodd-Frank repeal

House Republicans offer up tough words for the Dodd-Frank financial reform law in their latest budget proposal, but stop short of calling for it to be erased altogether.

In the GOP presidential primary, the Wall Street overhaul is at the top of every candidate's list of programs that would immediately be on the chopping block in a Republican White House, uttered alongside President Obama's healthcare reform law. More...


Homebuilding slows but permits hit their highest level in three years

Homebuilders began work on fewer houses in February but made plans for a boost in construction down the road as building permits hit their highest level in more than three years.

Construction starts fell 1.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000 homes last month from January's revised level of 706,000, the best showing since October 2008, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. More...


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