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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/03

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Business cuts back on training and hours in bid to hang onto staff : A new survey by the Australian Industry Group has revealed that a third of companies are planning to cut their training budgets in the next 12 months, as entrepreneurs fight… India Inc’s business confidence surges, says CII : The business confidence of India Inc.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

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The small gain, along with a fifth straight increase in sales, raised hopes that businesses will begin restocking their depleted shelves, helping… Most small businesses plan no ‘09 bonuses, survey shows : More small-business employees can expect no end-of-year bonuses or gifts for 2009. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business world News Round-up - 2009/10/27

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Canadian small businesses report card : Ninety eight per cent of small business owners gave their companies a passing grade in a recent TD Canada Trust Small Business Survey, which asked 1002 small business owners with fewer than 20 employees to score their performance during the past year. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business News World Round-up – 2009/12/08

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business borrowers fell in October for a third straight month, according to PayNet Inc, which provides risk-management tools to the commercial lending industry. Small Business Loans in Areas Down : BOSTON–Delinquencies among small and medium-sized U.S. Small business, big trouble : Big companies have recapitalised and recovered. .


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Small Business World News Round-up – 209/11/24

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Business conditions and confidence jump again : The optimism of Australian businesses finally appears to be matched by actually business conditions, according to a new survey from National Australian Bank 2009 funding drought rolls on : For Australian start-ups looking for venture capital, 2009 was a very bad year. 2010 may be no better.

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SaaS for Very Small Businesses – Show Me the Money | THE SMALL.

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If SME’s could not in the past afford Enterprise Software, the same held true for the Software Industry: they could not afford SME’s, since there was just no way to profitable reach millions of small businesses. The cost of customer acquisition vs. the very low license fees made it an uneconomical model, whether via direct or channel sales.

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