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Millions of U.S. small businesses — especially in the retail, business-services and housing industries — could be vulnerable if a recession strikes on top of the housing slump and credit crunch.

Small businesses are closely watching their financials, their customers' buying habits and other signs of where their companies and the U.S. economy m Read More

This is a great list of open source software alternatives. The author lists 50 of the most commonly used proprietary software solutions and offers a free alternative. 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

THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS package signed by President Bush on Wednesday includes two significant tax breaks for small-business owners. The provisions, designed to encourage business spending, come in the form of bigger depreciation write-offs: Read More

Amazon is doing something very similar with its new, quietly-launched Product Ads. Think of it as a shopping search engine built into Amazon, one that can link out to your site and drive new sales for pennies on the click. Read More

Hey Obama! Hey Clinton! Hey McCain! Psst, over here. Some members of the small business community are ticked off that small firms, which create the greatest number of new jobs in the nation and comprise 99 percent of all employers, are getting little attention during this presidential campaign season. Read More

Michael Port video (author of Book Yourself Solid) from small business marketing seminar - funny, relevant and easy to understand small business marketing and how to talk about what you do. Read More

A social news site emulates the Digg model and offers small business people a focused web presence for issues of interest to them. bizSugar launched with the goal of reaching small and medium businesses with a social media presence dedicated to business interests. Read More

Make way for peer-to-peer lending - where anyone with Web access can be a banker and small business owners are finding a new way to raise cash. The industry is still in its infancy, but has been catching fire as major players enter the market. The UK's Zopa - considered the grand-daddy of the niche - launched its U.S. operations in December, Cali Read More

Quiznos invited the public to submit homemade commercials in a contest intended to attack a top rival, Subway. The contest rules made it clear that the videos should depict Quiznos sandwiches as “superior” to Subway's. Subway promptly sued Quiznos and iFilm, saying that many of the homemade videos made false claims and depicted its brand in a dero Read More