NEW YORK — For many small business owners, Google is a necessary and successful way to advertise although it can also be expensive and frustrating. Jeff Moriarty sees both sides. Moriarty, marketing director for his family’s jewelry business, has handled ...

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This has been a remarkable week of head-spinning incoherence from this White House. And for this White House, that is saying something. Yet despite that, it appears that nothing disastrous happened at the Group of Seven meeting in France. If ...

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When Tom Scarda heard about a franchise opportunity called Super Supper, he fell in love with it. He was so confident that he and his business partner decided against researching the concept — a marketing mistake that led to the ...

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Candace Barr showed all the signs: She was exhausted, stressed out and "starting to resent my clients."

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New reports from payroll company ADP show that small businesses are lagging behind larger companies in hiring, a trend that’s not expected to change anytime soon. ADP’s monthly report on small business employment released last week showed companies with up ...

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DUNDALK — In a quiet suburb outside Baltimore, down the street from a church and walking distance from a grocery store, one white house is not like the rest. Inside, positive messages cover the walls and sobriety coins hang next ...

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On Monday mornings, coffee in hand, the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority & Women Business Affairs team meets for their weekly deep dive – chipping away at the race and gender disparity that exists in state procurement in hopes that ...

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In the arcane, male-dominated world of surety bonding, Karen Pecora-Barbour has been a pioneer her entire 33-year career. Surety bonds are legally binding contracts, typically used in construction projects, that ensure obligations will be met between the principal (usually the ...

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Prime contracting is very attractive to companies working in the public sector. Competition is tough, and winning as a prime isn’t easy, particularly if you are a small business. The State of Maryland has changed its laws in order to ...

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The latest retail sales report from the government augurs well for small and independent retailers for the fourth quarter, with one possible snag: the impact of trade tariffs.

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