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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Small businesses can learn how to do business with the Federal government from any computer anywhere via a free webinar hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The desktop web seminar on how to do business with the federal government is scheduled for Tuesday, January 12th at 2pm (EST). The first [...]

INDIANA — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will conduct a free online business workshop. The on-line workshop will be take place on Wednesday, June 16th, from 1:30pm-2:30pm (EDT). The on-line business workshop will provide guidance to prepare small business owners for meeting with a lender. Business owners will learn how SBA is involved in [...]

[OP-ED] INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) and Department of Treasury actions hold potential for helping solve our small business credit crunch by offering incentives to lenders to provide capital to small businesses, and by reducing the cost of borrowing for small businesses. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) guarantees [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -– Effective today, small businesses that need surety bonds to compete for construction and service contracts can qualify for U.S. Small Business Administration-backed surety bonds of up to $5 million. The higher amount, a result of the Recovery Act, is more than double the previous $2 million maximum surety bond guaranteed by SBA. [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -– The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contains a package of loan fee reductions, higher guarantees, new SBA programs, secondary market incentives, and enhancements to current SBA programs that will help unlock credit markets and begin economic recovery for the nation’s small business sector. “The tax incentives and credit stimulus elements of the [...]

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will conduct an on-line business workshop, Tuesday, January 13, 2009 from 11am-12pm (EST). This on-line workshop will provide guidance to small business owners that are in need of new construction loan or those that wish to purchase a building. Business owners will learn how SBA is [...]