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Sometimes it seems like giving consumers choices is what marketing is all about. It's part of why manufacturers and service providers put so much information online for consumers. Yet researchers at the University of Iowa recently found that people who have only a little information about a product are happier with that product than people who ha Read More

A new study shows that Mac users feel superior to those who use a PC in just about everything. Their purchases, preferences and habits are different, too. Read More

In a new working paper called “Do Small Businesses Create Jobs? New Evidence from the National Establishment Time Series,” the economists David Neumark, Brandon Wall, and Junfu Zhang examine the National Establishment Time Series and conclude that small businesses create more jobs, on net, than larger ones. The earlier literature on this subject h Read More

More women sign on to launch their own businesses each year, and though their businesses are just like male-owned businesses, attracting successful businesswomen is not the same as targeting successful businessmen. A recent report from the Center for Women's Business Research indicates that women and technology goes hand in hand, a plus for onlin Read More

New Media Women Entrepreneurs is looking out for the female journalist species, with plans to award $10,000 to fund three women-led start-ups involved in news and information that “will rock the world of journalism." Read More

By 2012, buying power in the African-American demographic will reach more than $1.1 trillion; nearly half of that buying power (45%) will be place within the Affluent African-American segment. Read More

Cybercriminials' latest effort involves a combination of VoIP and phishing and is aimed squarely at small and midsize businesses. Cybercriminals have become quite adept at taking advantage of the latest technology. Their latest foray centers on leveraging the significant acceptance of Voice over IP (VoIP) to steal personal information. Th Read More

President Bush this week signed new legislation expanding small-business opportunities for veterans and helping reservists run their businesses after they've been deployed.

The Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act, introduced by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), will Read More

So what would an Obama Presidency look like for business? "It would be a pragmatic, center-left administration," says Democratic political strategist Steve McMahon, who is unaligned with a Presidential candidate this year. "He's been pretty clear that business would have a seat at the table, but business wouldn't be able to buy all the chairs Read More