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Businesses with less than 500 employees collectively shed an estimated 414,000 jobs nationwide in April, according to a report released Wednesday by payroll processor ADP. The news marked the 15th consecutive month of employment declines at America's small businesses. Read More

What's SHOP? It's a bill in the Senate, supported by Democrats and Republicans, unions and businesses, that would make it easier for small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees. Read more about it here. Read More

Astronaut Mike Massimino, who blasted off for space from Cape Canaveral on Monday, sent out the first tweet from outer space. He's known on Twitter as @Astro_Mike. This example shows how Twitter is trafficking off of celebrity and newsworthy events. Read More

In life, there is no separation between one's vocation ad one's avocation, between our day jobs and other things we do to remain inspired. That's the principle that guides Yvon Chouinard, founder of the outdoor gear company Patagonia. He believes companies large and small can reap greater financial rewards by doing what's good for the environm Read More

Some small-business critics have argued that Obama's proposed tax plan is unfair to small businesses. Are they right? Read More

“Three out of 4 small business owners found a green vendor to be more appealing than a non-green vendor if the service and price are the same.” This statement comes from PayCycle, a payroll service from Palo Alto serving 85,000 small businesses. Recently they did a survey of 202 randomly chosen businesses from among their customer base, and th Read More

Recent figures from comScore show that folk in the 45-54 age range are 36% more likely than average to visit Twitter and that the majority of its 10 million or so users are aged 35 or over. Not exactly teeming with teens, is it? Why? Read More

BizBox goes after ten Democratic senators plus the National Federation of Independent Business, who are misleadingly casting the estate tax debate as a small-business issue. Read More

The New York Times reports that many top bankers are leaving Goldman et al to start financial small businesses. BizBox analyzes the implications of this trend. Read More