With credit tight and consumers still pinching their pennies, many business owners find they can’t go on. By Nathan Olivarez-GilesDecember 22, 2009 The Obama administration’s new plan to give a boost to small businesses reflects continued trouble in that sector, which is facing new failures even as much of the nation’s economy is stabilizing. As [...]

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