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Report Shows Small Business Credit Conditions Rebound to Reach All-Time High
Experian(®), the leading global information services company, today announced that following a tough first three months of the year, small-business credit conditions rebounded in the second quarter of 2014 to reach their highest level on record. According to the most recent Experian/Moody's Analytics Small Business Credit Index, the improvement was driven by an expansion in outstanding credit balances as well as a decline in overall delinquency rates. These and other business credit and macroeconomic trends impacting small-business health will be presented in Experian's Quarterly Business Credit Review Webinar on Sept. 4, 2014, at 1 p.m. Eastern time.
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Facebook's Power in Driving Offline Sales for Small Businesses
G/O Digital has released the results of its new study - Facebook Advertising: The Social Commerce Lifeline for Small Businesses. The study, which surveyed 1,000 online and mobile users, proves that Facebook advertising holds significant influence over consumers' views and engagement with small businesses, including their decision to purchase items in-store.
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SMB Users to Rethink Storage
Synology continues to encourage SMB users to Rethink Storage at the 2014 VMworld Expo. With versatile, performance-based NASs, and a focus on ROI, Synology will present a vast product line of network attached storage, that breaks convention from more costly SAN solutions.
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Yahoo Goes After Small Businesses
Yahoo is revamping its small business products, reports Forbes. In addition to domain names, web hosting and templates Yahoo now offers a small business marketplace. Yahoo Stores is an e-commerce site that allows small business owners to set up an online storefront.
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Amazon Introduces Credit Card Processing App
Amazon is hoping to capture a portion of the small business marketplace, reports the Desert Sun. They are rolling out Amazon Local Register, which lets users accept credit card payments via their smartphone or tablet.
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Lending Improves but Still Lags
Numbers from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp show that in the first quarter banks loaned $585 billion in loans to small businesses, reports the Wall Street Journal. Unfortunately, it is still 18% less than the peak. During 2008, banks loaned $711 billion to small businesses.
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Women Still Struggle to Get Credit
According to ABC News, women small business owners have a harder time getting credit. Statistics provided by the online lending company Biz2Credit.com sites show women's business loan approval rates are between 15 percent and 20 lower than men's.
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NASA Selects U.S. Small Business Technology Transfer Projects
NASA has selected 23 proposals from small business and research institution teams to continue the development of innovative technologies that will support future agency mission needs and may also prove viable as commercial products and services.
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Small Business No Longer Job Creators?
According to Small Business Trends, long seen as job creators small businesses are actually creating less jobs than in prior years. The Census Bureau’s Business Dynamics Statistics show small business responsible for creating 55.5 percent of all new jobs in 2011, which is down from 67.2 percent of all jobs in 1987.
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Small Business Cybercrime Victims More Likely to Fail
Statistics from the National Cyber Security Alliance show that yearly 1 out of 5 small businesses is the victim of a cybercrime, reports the Washington Post. In addition, nearly 60 percent of the cybercrime victims go out of business within six months of the attack.
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