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The congressional defeat of the proposed bailout plan by the Treasury led to one of the worst stock market days in history. The result was an elimination of trillions of dollars in shareholder wealth. The main reasoning for the rejection of the plan was that ordinary taxpayers should not have to subsidize the fat cats over on Wall Street. Read More

"Not only does this bill not contain any provisions that specifically help small business, it has provisions that could actually harm middle class firms. The language in Section 107 of the bill is totally inconsistent with the stated objectives of this legislation," says ASBL President Lloyd Chapman. Read More

Is this a first? Furious business execs create their own hate site to harpoon a supplier after things go bad, horribly bad. In the past, most hate sites like WalMart-Blows.com were the work of angry consumers. Maybe the Web will provide b2b with faster and more effective dispute resolution than the courts. Read More

It's not the nicest thing to do. But for small-business owners who are having difficulty collecting receivables from their customers, especially in this tight business climate, this is an extreme option that just might work. They're turning to a complaint-and-resolution Web site called Uradeadbeat.com, which seeks to make nonpaying customers or Read More

Every time Google does a Page Rank update it sets the SEO community on fire with people constantly refreshing their url in multiple Google data centers to see if they have moved up or down. Read More

Jennifer Laycock recaps the excellent SBMU conference held last week in Columbus, Ohio. Read More

What's in it for you. (Hint: it's mostly about what's in it for community banks.) Read More

While Congress fights over whether to pass the $700 billion Wall Street bailout bill, one small business group is hoping for a majority of "yahs" from legislators. Read More

September 29, 2008 was quite an eye opening day and we can all admit to being anxious for what will become of the "greatest country the world." When CNN commentators are saying that we are entering a time of economic turmoil worse than that of the Great Depression, even I am starting to second guess the ways of America. It is our duty to each Read More