Gamestop, Gap, J.C. Penney and Nordstrom are some of the big-name retailers who have opened and shut storefronts on Facebook in the past year, part of a strategy highly-touted initially as a promising new outlet ...

Twitter is offering ad purchases to credit card holders and providing a self-serve ad system to American Express small businesses first – before offering a broader service. Starting in late March, the first 10,000 ...

The closely watched optimism index of a national organization of small businesses rose just 0.1 point in January, settling at 93.9. The Index remains below its level a year ago of 94.1. “Historically, optimism ...

Counties and parishes with a bigger concentration of small businesses have a healthier population, even if workers are likely to have better access to health insurance through larger companies, a nationwide study ...

A prominent member organization of small businesses was quick to respond to today’s uplifting jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department, saying that few of these jobs “are being created on Main Street.” The ...

Small businesses added 50,000 jobs in January and wages were flat or dipped slightly, according to a survey by the payroll processor Intuit. That’s a drop from the 60,000 jobs created in December, but the overall ...

The Small Business Lending Fund has helped issue $3.5 billion in loans to businesses by providing capital to qualified community lenders, according to the U.S. Treasury. A report sent to Congress this month by Treasury ...

Despite recent reports from regulators of persistently tight credit standards, the nation’s four largest banks issued $45.2 billion to small businesses in 2011, representing an average increase of 27.5 percent ...

A monthly analysis of small business loan applications found approval rates higher at small banks and alternative non-bank lenders during December, compared to approvals at bigger banks with $10 billion in assets. Credit ...

Optimism among small business owners expecting higher sales and an improving economy in 2012 rose 1.8 points in December, the fourth consecutive monthly increase, according to the index from the National Federation ...