Still, some business owners feel more optimistic heading into 2011, in part because of government support.
Indeed, some business owners say the IRS audits could stifle their ability to grow as demand picks up.
The aim is to encourage more visitors but some business owners are concerned at the potential added costs.
So we're going to check in now with some business owners about what Wall Street's troubles have meant to them.
Even before they could cash out, some business owners who sold out to Snyder shorted Snyder stock to lock in a price.
Some business owners do not know about succession planning, while others think they are too young to worry about death or incapacity.
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The best time to do that is often during quiet periods, or, as some business owners prefer, on a mini-retreat away from the office.
The Elusive Billionaire Some business owners beg to be written about.
Some business owners in Princeton have said FBI agents in recent weeks have been showing a picture to locals of a man who resembles Hatfill.
Small-business experts say it isn't surprising that some business owners are thinking of splitting their firms or taking other steps to eschew the health-care overhaul due to the associated costs and regulatory burdens.
Now, some business owners may choose the easy form because "they'd rather be safe than sorry... especially if they are unsure how to do the long form or are scared of being audited, " says Tiffany Washington, owner of Washington Accounting Services Inc. in Waldorf, Md.
It will more than double the amount some small business owners can borrow to grow their companies.
Indeed, for some devoted business owners, retirement often evokes associations to death.
Some small business owners use credit cards to start their ventures.
But some local business owners say it will destroy Fowey's economy.
Some small business owners in the audience said they were fed up with big banks in particular because those there the institutions least likely to consider their individual situations.
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"Six months ago this week, as New Yorkers were sitting in lines waiting for hours to buy critical supplies of gasoline, some shady business owners were trying to make a fast buck at their expense, " Schneiderman said.
But some accountants warn business owners not to jump so quickly to the easier deduction method.
Some spouses of business owners may have a clue about this tax fraud and whether it occurs on a regular basis.
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Senate Democrats plan to vote next month on legislation to hold rates steady but fund it by ending a tax provision benefiting some small-business owners.
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Snyder had cut deals with some of the business owners he was buying out that would make it easy for those owners to unload the Snyder Communication shares they received.
True, cheap, subsidized long-term bank funding has played an important role in the strength of the SME sector in some countries, allowing business owners to invest for the long-term and facilitate multigenerational family control of companies.
Some argue negatively that many business owners will be facing higher tax rates, especially those small business owners who claim business profits on their personal income tax.
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He overviews some of the trends that small business owners are talking about online.
Put another way, when the e-commerce standard is Amazon.com, small-business owners better bring some serious game.
The point of legitimating unions, which happened through the Wagner Act (1935), was to provide workers with some kind of countervailing power to business owners within the capitalism system.
As some surveys note, however, what business owners say they want to do and what they actually do are often very different, pointing to continued uncertainty in the employment situation.
Coming up, we go to Ohio where black business owners are meeting to swap some new ideas.
There may be too few small businesses, because small-business owners don't internalize some of the benefits they provide their customers and communities.
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