Provides the latest RSS feeds for Small Business News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Manufacturing Mirror.com http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/cat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 09:08:12 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 09:08:12 -0400 30 MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) – Thousands of jailed Russian entrepreneurs may soon walk out thanks to a proposed economic amnesty, though it remains unclear whether it ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214757976/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Sat, 25 May 2013 07:24:01 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214757976/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Featured Content BANGALORE,INDIA: The latest version of Novell's networking solutions suite for small businesses, the Novell Small Business Suite is designed to let customers integrate their local networks with the Internet, and create a unified network they can manage more easily and cost effectively. According to the company, the emergence of the Net offers small businesses an ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214757978/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Sat, 25 May 2013 07:21:45 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214757978/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d small business server services throughout the Brisbane area, has just announced the launch of three new services for its clients: ad-hoc support; scheduled onsite and remote support; and unlimited support. A wide variety of specific services are included in the new offerings, including Microsoft server service; computer and network service; backup solutions--both on and offsite; website design ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214757977/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Sat, 25 May 2013 07:21:45 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214757977/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d When Syrian businessman Mohammed Jaber held a dinner at a luxury hotel here for his associates recently, there was little doubt where they stood on the country’s embattled president, Bashar al-Assad. ';Bashar, we are your soldiers in the millions, no matter ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214753005/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Sat, 25 May 2013 00:43:19 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214753005/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d NEW YORK - When Martin Rawls-Meehan started making adjustable beds in 2004, it was a foregone conclusion that key parts would be made overseas. It was cheaper to manufacture in Taiwan than in the U.S. And from Taiwan it was easier to ship to customers in Asia. But this year, his company, Reverie, began making some of its beds entirely in a factory in New York. Shipping costs from Taiwan have ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214751584/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 22:17:45 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214751584/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d By Donna Herlihy Let’s take a look inside the family business of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 2013 Small Business Person of the Year in New York: Louis DeMent, husband, father, and CEO of Giovanni Food Company, ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214751585/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 22:07:53 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214751585/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Yelp has a big problem: Angry small-business owners. This week, Yelp published a fiery blog post defending itself, yet again, against claims that it extorts money from small-business owners. Some outspoken business owners and several media reports have accused Yelp ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214749787/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 19:51:47 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214749787/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Top small business news stories this week looked at what to do when you get suspended on Twitter, and policy changes. We also brought you information about new products such as the latest BlackBerry, a new tablet hybrid, and the possibility of a color book e-reader. Also in the headlines is the life and times of a 26-year-old tech tycoon who has made it big … really big! Read on as the ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214749789/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 19:48:57 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214749789/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Christine Lagarde says she has been named a witness, not a suspect, in a French case involving alleged misuse of funds. Lagarde faced two days of questioning before being made an "assisted witness" in the case, The Financial Times reported. Supporters feared she would be placed under investigation in the case. Lagarde told reporters Friday she was not surprised by the court's ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214749998/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 19:35:24 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214749998/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214747762/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 17:35:44 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214747762/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d The list: Top SBA lenders The Portland arm of the Small Business Administration this week recognized several lenders as part of its Small Business Week celebration. The SBA named Wells Fargo Bank 7a Lender of the Year for Loan Dollar Volume. The bank guaranteed $41 million in loans in fiscal 2012, 19 percent of the 7a loans in the Portland district. Top SBA Lenders >> The 7a program is the ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214747664/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 17:02:16 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214747664/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d May 24, 2013 at 2:52 pm [...] Enjoy this humorous spin on an innovative solution for a way out of a corporate mess in this corporate cartoon by Mark Anderson of Andertoons. ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214746523/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 16:23:52 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214746523/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d NEW YORK – Police have rescued an Ecuadorean businessman who was kidnapped in New York City and held hostage for a month while his captors demanded his family pay ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214745198/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 15:25:57 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214745198/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Yelp has a big problem: Angry small-business owners. This week, Yelp published a fiery blog post defending itself, yet again, against claims that it extorts money from small-business owners. Some outspoken business owners and several media reports have accused Yelp ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214745199/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 15:24:38 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214745199/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d BOSTON (CBS) – There are over 27 million small businesses in the U.S. right now and close to 80% of them have one employee; the owner. Most small businesses, especially ones run from home, have not given enough thought to planning for disasters, natural or manmade. If you are running a small business could you recover if your building was destroyed in a flood, fire, or hurricane? What if ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214745200/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 15:14:28 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214745200/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Liquavista , a Holland-based company, from Samsung. And speculation is rife that the purchase may lead to a color Kindle e-reader to come. Liquavista makes display screens and specializes in a process called ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214745201/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 15:11:33 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214745201/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d There may be another billion-dollar startup on the horizon, and this time it's based in Israel. Reports surfaced recently indicating that Facebook was in deep negotiations to acquire social mapping tool Waze, which crowdsources tips on car traffic, road conditions, speed traps and other hazards in order to provide users with ideal driving directions. Now it appears that search giant Google ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743895/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 14:12:32 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743895/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d JetLev Raymond Li's interest in jet packs started when he saw the James Bond movie Thunderball at age 12. "There were a lot of cool gadgets in it, but that one stuck in my mind. I remember running to the library to do research on it, and doodling and doodling ideas," Li says. But it wasn't until 2002, more than 30 years later, that he was inspired to make his jet-pack ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743894/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 14:12:32 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743894/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Yelp has been accused of extorting businesses by burying positive reviews for businesses who won’t advertise with them, and surfacing those reviews if they do advertise. The company staunchly denies that this is happening, but there have been multiple reports and lawsuits alleging that this has been going on. Do you think Yelp is extorting businesses or are businesses allegations simply ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743896/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 13:55:59 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743896/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Canadian businessman Sarkis Yacoubian goes to court for his corruption trial in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 24, 2013. The trial of Yacoubian, who was president of import company Tri-Star Caribbean which was shuttered in July 2011, is under way nearly two years after he was detained. President Raul Castro has repeatedly spoken of a need to root out entrenched corruption on this Communist-run island, ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743897/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 13:53:49 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214743897/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d National Restaurant Association Show wrapped in Chicago this week, bringing restaurant owners, chefs, and entrepreneurs together to discuss hot topics ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214742369/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 12:59:03 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214742369/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d , marketing and branding expert Karen Leland provides a Pinterest roadmap that will help you drive website traffic, boost your brand and build business. In this edited excerpt, the author outlines nine strategies that will increase the number of people following your boards on Pinterest. If you're looking to be highly proactive in increasing ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214742368/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 12:59:03 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214742368/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d The 18-year-old business, 360IT Partners, provides computer help to shipbuilders, retailers, funeral homes and other clients, said its president, Martin Joseph. "We're passionate about delivering support to our customers, coming up with IT solutions for them and leveraging those relationships with our customers, who we feel are our friends as well," Joseph said. In the ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214740048/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:58 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214740048/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d investors -- who may take about 60 minutes with each entrepreneur -- meet with a lot of people whose companies they never fund. But just because you have someone's attention for an hour, doesn't mean ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214740301/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 11:43:03 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214740301/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d David Karp has always been Tumblr's idea man, the one with a vision for how to drive the product forward. But his second-in-command, Marco Arment, served a necessary role as Karp's ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214740303/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 11:43:02 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214740303/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Share your thoughts Of course no one is expected to have all the answers. Still, many leaders are unwilling to admit when they don't know something about their business. Instead, they fret, pretend and sometimes deny. There are benefits to admitting you don't have the answers asked of you. Being honest increases ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214740302/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 11:43:01 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214740302/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Social Biz Atlanta Conference . The participants areAshish Bisaria, Senior Vice President of Customer Experience at Manheim, along withRob Houser, Senior Director of Product Management for Sage Software. As well asEsteban Kolsky, Founder and Principal of ThinkJar and host, Ginger Conlon, Editor-in-Chief at Direct Marketing ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214740304/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 11:31:04 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214740304/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d You've made it. The finish line. With that degree in hand, now you can finally start the business you've spent years planning, right? Not so fast. After years of cramming for exams and attending class in your pajamas, you may have picked up a few bad habits. Before you startup, here are 10 habits you should leave in the dorm ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214739231/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 10:49:39 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214739231/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Patent trolls, experts say, typically snap up patents in droves. Their goal isn't to create products themselves, but to make money by pursuing dubious infringement claims against businesses that supposedly encroach on their patents. They threaten businesses with huge lawsuits if licensing fees aren't paid immediately, often without including even basic facts about the patent in question ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214739119/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 10:42:19 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214739119/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d See your ad here BUSINESS leaders have questioned the lack of support for traders in Ballarat City Council's draft budget.The council has proposed a series of rate rises for the next three years to pay for its biggest infrastructure budget in history.But Ballarat accountant Damien Butler said the rate hike couldn't come at a worse time for businesses, who were alreadys facing the ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214737581/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 08:51:23 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214737581/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d most recent post highlighted the struggles of one start-up to persuade customers to download and use its iPhone app. Based on the comments we received, this is a common challenge — and one that is not easily resolved. Marcela Miyazawa, a founder of the ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214736766/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 07:51:08 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214736766/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d The Small Business Administration steps up lending to military veterans; Google plans to transform small business; is there disaster aid for Oklahoma small businesses?; Quiznos/Smashburger founders' debut pizza concept; young employees' need mentoring. 1. SBA steps up lending to military veterans. The U.S. Small Business Administration launched on Tuesday the SBA Veteran Pledge ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214736105/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 07:03:28 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214736105/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d These are boom times for anyone who enjoys new hotels. Many of the projects that stalled after hitting financial trouble in 2008 or 2009 were resurrected over the past two years. Some have been completed and are open for business; more are on the way. You'll find a few in New York and, notably, Chicago, but many are located in the revitalized downtowns of emerging business ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214735329/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 06:19:52 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214735329/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Ainsley Laing, a South-based businessman, was killed yesterday morning when he lost control of his SUV along the Diego Martin Highway, just after KFC on Sierra Leone ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214733376/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 05:18:03 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214733376/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Contributed photo John Ahearn (center), owner of Overhead Door Co. in Wichita Falls, accepts the 2013 Dallas/Fort Worth District Small Business Person of the Year Award from U.S. Small Business Administration Regional Administrator Yolanda Garcia Olivarez (right) and DFW District Director Herbert ... http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214732173/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d Fri, 24 May 2013 03:12:15 -0400 http://www.manufacturingmirror.com/index.php/sid/214732173/scat/0aff0de3ae0bc31d