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— President Barack Obama will call on Congress to pass new tax breaks that would allow businesses to write off 100 percent of their new capital investments through 2011, the latest in a series of proposals the White House is rolling out in hopes of showing action on the economy ahead of the November elections.

Shalom TV, for the first time, is presenting Jewish high holiday services. Designed for those unable to attend a synagogue service, the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur congregational programs began airing on Shalom TV the week of Sept.

CHESHIRE — Arch Chemical’s research and development facility on Knotter Drive will be shut down next year as the company consolidates some of its operations.

Day spa for children opens soon in Waterbury, Conn. istockAnalyst.com (press release) Ginne-Ray Clay, director of the Connecticut Small Business Development Center, said Swan is more fortunate than many budding small business owners because ... and more »

Awards to be presented at Jewish Home Fall Gala Minuteman News Center Today, almost 60 years later, the small business has grown into a leader in its industry comprised of Standard Oil, Standard Electric, Standard Insurance, ...

Vets learn business basics at Krannert Bootcamp Lafayette Online News ... the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities trains post-9/11 disabled veterans in entrepreneurship and small-business management. ...

Murphy, Caligiuri trade barbs on economy New Britain Herald Caligiuri said Murphy supports higher taxes for small business and voted “yes” to over $3 trillion worth of bills “like the federal government takeover of ... Murphy on the Trail (video)Litchfield County Times (blog) all 7 news articles »

Mansfield Today

Get outta town: 'Green Up Connecticut' Day is Sunday Mansfield Today On Sunday, Peter Nyberg of CT Logs to Lumber will set up and run his portable sawmill. Peter's small business brings the sawmill to your site. ...

KIDSPA: For Connecticut kids, a trim and a tootsie roll The Hour Ginne-Ray Clay, director of the Connecticut Small Business Development Center, said Swan is more fortunate than many budding small business owners because ...

The economy may still be struggling, but that's not deterring a Fairfield woman from opening an upscale boutique for women and men in downtown Fairfield.

If Willy Wonka had concocted cosmetics instead of candy, he would have created Sundae Spa.

Interview with Linda McMAHON – for US Senate Connectcut Plus (blog) The income tax rate will go from 35 to 39.6 [percent] and that's really going to impact small business that are right at $250000 threshold. ...

Interview with Dan MALLOY – for Governor of Connecticut Connectcut Plus (blog) I want to run Connecticut's government as a great government. I think we need to hold ourselves accountable, we need to become far more efficient, ... and more »

Alison Brates hates taxes and the news that the state is eliminating its sales tax exemption on clothing sales under $110 didn't cause her to jump for joy.

Five months after the rain stopped, still no FEMA aid for museum TheDay.com Cohn was also made to apply for a Small Business Administration loan, just so the museum could be turned down, as she knew it would be. ...

Two-part workshop outlines QuickBooks essentials nwitimes.com MERRILLVILLE | The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center is offering a two-session QuickBooks workshop from 9 am to noon Sept. ...

SBDC To hold "Building Your Business With Barter" Workshop Biz Buzz Submitted by Evelyn Pasco, Small Business Development Center , on 2010-09-02.   Many people think the practice of bartering is old fashioned; however, bartering is alive and well in today's marketplace.

Congressman Himes holds Small Business Workshop at Fairfield's Main Library Minuteman News Center Presenters were from the Internal Revenue Service, the Small Business Association, the Connecticut Procurement Technical Assistance Program, ... and more »

Oppenheimer campaign responds: Senator backs business Politics on the Hudson (blog) The GOP candidate claimed that she's been “hostile” to the interests of small business in New York. Democrat Oppenheimer is seeking her 14th term in Albany ... and more »

AG wants specifics on bank merger Trading Markets (press release) Jobs, mortgage availability, business lending and new products and services are among the many issues Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wants ... and more »

AG wants New Haven Register (subscription) Jobs, mortgage availability, business lending and new products and services are among the many issues Connecticut Attorney ... and more »

AG wants New Haven Register (subscription) Jobs, mortgage availability, business lending and new products and services are among the many issues Connecticut Attorney ... and more »

Bernanke Meets Buffett in Role Conceived to Protect Markets Bloomberg “Our message is clear,” he said on July 12 at a meeting of small-business owners. “Consistent with maintaining appropriately prudent standards, ... and more »

John Courtmanche, owner, Shortsleeve Media LLC, led a consulting team honored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with a 2010 Small Business Achievement Award.

Greater Hartford State Businessman Honored By Department Of Homeland Security Hartford Courant John Courtmanche, owner of a Connecticut business based in West Hartford, earned a 2010 Small Business Achievement Award from the US Department of Homeland ...

Corporate Connecticut Magazine

Paula Abdul Guest Speaker at Business Women's Forum Corporate Connecticut Magazine The annual event is sponsored annually by the US Small Business Administration and supported by numerous Connecticut-based companies. ...

SIP Print these days about how the company manages to not just stay afloat in this less-than-buoyant economy, but how it has come through with superior and refreshing product offerings.

Workshops help prospective business owners nwitimes.com HAMMOND | The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center's two-hour Launch Your Own Business Workshop helps would-be entrepreneurs examine their ... and more »

Reuters India

New Yorkers Say 9/11 Family Concerns Eclipse Mosque Near Ground Zero Site Bloomberg It was vital to ensure “that radicalism packaged in religious language does not become dominant,” he said in a lecture at the Dubai School of Government ... Wave of Islamophobia Sweeping US Is Repeat of Anti-Japanese Hysteria After

Reynolds Center

Tax-exempt bonds benefited oil industry more than NOLA neighborhoods Reynolds Center Also, if you're looking for more data from the disaster front, IRE just made available for a small fee the Small Business Administration disaster-loan ...

iBerkshires.com (blog)

GOP Candidates Detail Goals for 2nd District iBerkshires.com (blog) "If we could take the property tax and level or reform it and boost our sales tax, I think we'd have more opportunity for small business and getting them to ... and more »

Edible Arrangements , the festive fresh fruit franchise, is expanding in the Pittsburgh area.

Coming out of the recession, all new hiring in Connecticut will occur in small businesses, U.S. Rep.

Small Businesses Get Guidance in a Tough Economy Patch ... in Connecticut will occur in small businesses, US Rep. Jim Himes, D-4, said in his opening remarks at a small business resources seminar Monday morning. ... and more »

Malvi Lennon to appear at meet and greet event Foothills Media Group 8, from 5:30 to 8 pm Lennon, a small business owner, is a self-described true conservative who believes in small government, low taxes and encouragement of ... and more »

HUFFPOST HILL - AUGUST 30TH, 2010 Huffington Post (blog) President Obama called on congressional Republicans to pass a small business tax bill and prepared for his Iraq drawdown speech tomorrow evening -- an event ... and more »

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $11.6 million in grants to help disadvantaged business enterprises compete for federal highway contracts in 30 states and Puerto Rico.

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today's News Veterans Today Network Small Business Wins Larger Share Of Federal Contracts In FY 2009. In a Business Wire (8/27) release, the Small Business Administration announces that small ... and more »

Michael J. Murren has been nominated by Democrats to run this fall in the state House of Representatives ' 134th District, including parts of Fairfield and Trumbull.

On one campus this year, students can borrow bikes. On another, tutors will come to students in their dorms.

There's a lot of money in doughnuts. Just ask Dunkin' Donuts. Better yet, ask Republican John Stephen, whose campaign for governor has gotten a pile of money from the doughnut crowd.

Providence, RI, August 29, 2010 -- -- Local television news personality Julie Ruditzky and owner of public relations firm Publicity Crew is now offering a series of workshops to help businesses maximize their media exposure.

ABC TV Reporter Starts Public Relations Firm - Julie Ruditzky Offering ... PR.com (press release) ... the RIEDC, the Small Business Development Center of Rhode Island, Rhode Island School of Design, and the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce. ...

Tom Fahey's State House Dome: Dollars from doughnuts fuel Stephen campaign The Union Leader There were another half dozen from doughnut LLCs in Connecticut. Total contributions from most of them hit $4000. Altogether, contributions in the last two ... and more »

Business calendar nwitimes.com VALPARAISO | Small-business operators are invited to Duneland Chapter of Business Networking International from 7 to 8:30 am Tuesdays at Strongbow Inn. For ...

A new program is launched to help transition the men and women that served the United States of America transition from a miltary role into a successful business role.

Wall Street Is An Unforgiving Master The Moderate Voice And Wall Street's New Yorkers (along with Greater New Yorkers living in New Jersey and Connecticut) tend to favor reproductive rights, gay rights, ... and more »

Palm Beach County School Board District 3 incumbent Bill Graham faces four challengers in his bid to keep the seat he has held since 1986.

On the one hand, Janet Marzan is wrapping one of her lunchtime specialities -- a "krooked dawg," a deep-fried hotdog wrapped in bacon and slathered with grilled onions and peppers -- for one of her regular customers.

East Granby Malvi Lennon At 61st District Meet & Greet Hartford Courant 8, from 5:30-8 pm Lennon, a small business owner, is a self-described true conservative who believes in small government, low taxes and encouragement of ...

A wave of weak economic reports has prompted some Democrats to embrace a short-term extension of the Bush tax cuts -- even for the rich.

More Dems back tax breaks for the rich CNNMoney Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut Independent who caucuses with Democrats, have all recently said that raising taxes -- even for the rich -- doesn't make sense ... and more »

XETA Technologies , a provider of converged communications solutions for the enterprise marketplace, will acquire Data-Com Telecommunications Inc, a provider of communications equipment, applications and related services, under a definite agreement.

When Bob Marandola started his independent fuel distribution company 15 years ago in New Milford, he intended to have Marandola Fuel Service bridge the gap between discount oil companies and big, impersonal-service firms.

U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $11.6 Million in Grants for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $11.6 million in grants to help disadvantaged business enterprises compete for federal highway contracts in 30 states and Puerto Rico.

Connecticut web design company partners with webhosting giant Verio VEE 2 One of the primary ways in which 3PRIME expects to take advantage of this partnership is to offer higher-quality hosting to our small business website ...

Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 8:49 a.m. Five years after Hurricane Katrina leveled a large part of the Gulf Coast, homeowners as far away as Maine are still paying the bill.

US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION v. PROPPER Leagle.com Acorn Connecticut Investments, LP ("ACI") was a Connecticut limited partnership formed in January 1999 for the purpose of investing in Acorn. ...

Five days after learning he was denied a potential $26,000 grant and any future participation "with prejudice" in Connecticut's Citizens' Election Program, Republican Councilman and 106th District state representative candidate Christopher LaRocque issued a public letter of apology, which was provided to The Newtown Bee and other media sources.

Blumenthal pays visit to Quiet Corner Norwich Bulletin ... small business rather than big banks if elected to the Senate. At the chamber luncheon, Blumenthal spoke of his record fighting for Connecticut and ...