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Online Lender Secures Investors
According to Forbes, online small business lender Able recently received a large investment in its lending platform. The $100 million dollars from Community Investment Management means that Able will be able to continue to offer lending alternatives to small businesses.
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GoDaddy Most Popular Among SMBs, But Is The Web Hosting Giant's Future Dominance Assured?
Eighty-six percent (86%) of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) say that their web hosting provider offers cloud hosting options, according to a new survey and analysis report from Clutch, a leading B2B ratings and reviews site.
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A New Phone System Can Enhance your Company's Image
According to Forbes, a Voice over IP phone system can save your company money, while making it look bigger. The VoIP systems convert the audio signal into digital data that can be sent over the internet to the device of your choice. And, it allows you to have a virtual receptionist and an impressive automated response system, even if you have only one employee
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Small Business Cybersecurity Could get Boost
A vote set to go before the House of Representatives could help small business with their cyber security, reports the Hill. The Improving Small Business Cyber Security Act would make more cybersecurity offerings available at small-business development centers.
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Small Business Bears Brunt of Audits
According to Small Business Trends, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is focusing on auditing small business tax returns. The IRS has built an algorithm to ferret out which taxpayers have unreported income. Using this formula the IRS has concluded that small businesses are often guilty of under or mis-reporting their income.
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SCORE Provides Future, Current Small Business Owners with Free Resources, Advice
There's a volunteer business counseling group that provides free resources and advice to future and current small business owners.
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Small Business Not Ready for Overtime Rule Change
The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) has requested the Labor Department put a hold on the new overtime rules, reports USA Today. The rules set to go into effect December 1st reclassify who is eligible for overtime pay. The NFIB is claiming that the affected businesses won’t be ready by the deadline.
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Affordable Credit Scarce
According to Bloomberg, small businesses are having a hard time getting low interest loans. A new survey by C2FO, a company that helps small businesses collect on invoices, shows that only 48 percent of those surveyed indicated they can get financing below 8 percent
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Small Business Confidence Wanes
August was a bad month for small business confidence, reports Fox Business. The National Federation of Independent Business's small-business optimism index fell to 94.4 in August, it was down from July's 94.6.
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Ready-to-Use Information Management Solution for SMBs
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the availability of Therefore(TM) Online SMB, an information management and workflow application that will help small and medium-sized businesses work smarter by providing a ready-to-use, scalable solution that simplifies content capture and storage while helping to improve business processes.
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