Small Business Administration head: Access to capital still a challenge

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 23, 2012
Tags: Business, Capital, challenge, Economy, karen mills, mmp group, small business administration, solera capital
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Karen Mills has been head of the SBA since April 2009.

When Karen Mills became head of the Small Business Administration in April 2009, the U.S. was in a recession and a credit crisis. It was hard, if not impossible, for many to borrow money. It also was a difficult environment for a government agency charged with helping small businesses. But Mills came to the SBA [...]

Obama seeks power to merge economic departments

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 13, 2012
Tags: Barack Obama, bureaucracy, commerce department, Congress, democrats, economic departments, export-import bank, Interior Department, office of u.s. trade representative, overseas private investment corporation, republicans, ronald reagan, Small business, small business administration, state of the union, trade and development agency, votes, white house

WASHINGTON — Seeking more power to shrink the government, President Barack Obama on Friday suggested smashing six economic agencies into one, an election-year idea intended to halt bureaucratic nightmares and force Republicans to back him on one of their own favorite issues. “The government we have is not the government we need,” Obama told business [...]

Willson: Make way for benefit corporations

BY: Casey Willson
POSTED: November 29, 2010
Tags: BBWoof, benefit corporations, casey willson, Economy, federal government, maryland, Maryland Small Business Development Center, shareholders, Small business, small business administration, stimulus, Stocks, Taxes, University of Maryland

Maryland has taken a national lead in helping small businesses use the power of the marketplace to address social concerns, such as sustainability. Last month, the state became the first in the nation to create a new class of businesses called “benefit corporations.” Now, Maryland has a chance to build on its pioneering action to [...]