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A closer look at Sandy recovery package
Details on how the $50.5 billion package of recovery and related aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy and other federally declared disasters is to be ...
USDA offers loans to farmers who grow for locals
With interest in locally grown food soaring, the federal government said Tuesday it has created a small loan program to help community farmers who ...
Google's ultrafast Internet draws startups to KC
Inside a small bungalow on the street separating Kansas City, Kan., from its sister city in Missouri, a small group of entrepreneurs are working on ...
Nonprofit tech innovators inspire new philanthropy
Scott Harrison knows his charity has funded nearly 7,000 clean water projects in some of the poorest areas of the world in the past six years.
Populist emerges in Romania's bitter election
Media tycoon Dan Diaconescu drives a white Rolls Royce, looks like a used car salesman in his shiny mauve jacket, promises to create thousands of jobs ...
Survey: Small biz owners cautious in the summer
A survey of small business owners shows they remained cautious during the summer about borrowing money. The survey released Thursday by researchers ...
Xi takes China's helm with many tough challenges
Long-anointed successor Xi Jinping assumes the leadership of China at a time when the ruling Communist Party is confronting slower economic growth, ...
112-year-old US apparel maker in Pa. to close
One of the last U.S. apparel manufacturers of its kind is losing its shirt. FesslerUSA had survived war and depression, free trade and foreign ...
Banks extend fee waivers for storm-hit customers
Some of the nation's biggest banks have extended temporary waivers on a variety of fees and late charges for residents of states hit hard by ...
Super PACs meet solo PACs
The latest trend in an election year marked by gushers of money? Big spenders going solo to spread a message. A billionaire investment broker is ...
Angry birds attack French tax on entrepreneurs
France's government is under attack by a flock of furious "pigeons." And the angry birds have won the first battle. A group of entrepreneurs calling ...
Myanmar gets its first investment bank
Alisher Ali knew on the morning of his second day in Myanmar that the long-closed country was a risk worth taking. Less than two months later he moved ...
Small biz lending up in Aug., 2nd straight gain
Business is looking a little brighter at smaller companies. A survey released Monday shows that they borrowed more money during August — a sign that ...