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Meet the encore entrepreneurs

Following lengthy careers, more members of the 50+ generation are launching small businesses; ‘I’m doing what I love’

SBA starting new lending program for veterans
By Joyce M. Rosenberg | Associated Press | 6:46PM
The Small Business Administration says it has lined up pledges from more than 120 banks to increase lending to veterans. The agency is starting the SBA Veteran Pledge Initiative aimed at increasing lending to veteran-owned businesses.
Made in the USA back in style for small businesses
By Joyce M. Rosenberg | Associated Press | May 23, 2013
Small Talk

A rowing number of small businesses are chipping away at the decades-old trend of manufacturing overseas. They’re doing what’s known as reshoring, moving production back to U.S. factories.

Lowe’s sends aid to disaster areas
By Caroline McMillan | E-mail | May 21, 2013

Local businesses join in the effort to help tornado victims

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ShopTalk poll 05.22.13: Volunteering on work time?

Does your company allow employees to volunteer on work time?

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And the "Crowns of Enterprise" awards go to...

 Four local businesses were honored Thursday night at the second-annual Crowns of Enterprise Awar...

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TURNING POINT»
Guiding small businesses through ‘No Man’s Land’
Leaders of growing companies know it well: that phase where your business is too big to be small but too small to be big.

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NETWORKING EVENTS»
Business Calendar
Networking events and classes of interest to the small business community.

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3 ways to get your business ready for summer
ASK THE EXPERT»
Ask the experts: Use marketing to help with growth
Few things are more important than growth when operating a small business. That’s why it’s critical to plan, according to Jeremy Sisk, president of Xperience4Higher, a full-service marketing and consulting firm in Durham.

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Should young people mind their own business?
Henry Hutcheson»
Generation Next: Preparing your children to lead the family business
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