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This article on how and why to register a fictitious business name for your small business comes from attorney Jeffrey Steinberger via Yahoo! Small Business courtesy of Entrepreneur.com. If you intend to do business or open a bank account under a name other than your own, under most circumstances you'll be required to file one of these. Since there is a cost, you may want to consider whether you definitely need to do business under such a name and some business gurus recommend not doing so in the beginning. The article gives a good overview of how to get started with the process, however, if you decide a fictitious business name is right for your venture.