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SBA Blackwater Problem Just a Piece of a Bigger Issue

Chris Gunn | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business

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Today, the Washington Post's, "Government Inc." blog by Robert O'Harrow Jr. stated: "Like companies across the land, Blackwater sought to be designa...

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McCain Small Business Plan Ignores Major Small Business Issues

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business

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On Monday, Senator John McCain's (R - AZ) presidential campaign issued a press release entitled, "John McCain's Plan To Help Small Business." The pla...

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Senate Committee Votes to Give Government Small Business Contracts to Billionaire Venture Capitalists

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.31.2008 | Business

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Petaluma, Calif. - Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship passed S. 3362, the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2008. T...

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Blackwater Gets a Billion in Small Business Contracts with Help from SBA Loophole

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business

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The Small Business Administration ruled that Blackwater was a small business -- yet another example of the Bush administration diverting billions to some of the largest corporations in the world.

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SBA Goes After Its Harshest Critic

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

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The American Small Business League (ASBL) has uncovered an extensive campaign by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to impugn the organization's ...

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CNN: "SBA Scandal"

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.28.2008 | Business

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Source: www.cnn.com ...

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The Diversion of Small Business Contracts to Large Corporations is Alive and Well

Chris Gunn | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

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Location is not the only major contributing factor in determining whether small businesses are able to compete effectively for contracts with the federal government, it's also the diversion of those contracts to large corporations.

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Bush to Take Last Crack at Dismantling Programs for Middle Class Firms

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

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The Bush administration is gearing up to take one last shot at dismantling federal programs designed to assist middle class firms.

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Big Business Dominates Small Business Contracting Programs

Chris Gunn | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

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This is a great story, which ran across Associated Press media outlets today regarding the unequal distribution of small business contracts in the Washington D.C. area.

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Government Small Business Contracts Went to Fortune 500 Companies

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business

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Federal investigations clearly show that Fortune 500 corporations are the actual recipients of federal small business contracts, and yet the Bush administration continues to maintain that this is a myth.

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The Biggest Winners (And Losers) On The Fortune 500

Fortune | Posted 04.23.2008 | Business

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Fortune Magazine reports that "It's no surprise that an oil company leads the list of 2007's top profit-makers." Among the winners on their list: 1....

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Wal-Mart Tops Fortune 500 List Again

Fortune | Posted 04.21.2008 | Business

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1. Wal-Mart Stores Rank: 1 (Previous rank: 1) CEO: H. Lee Scott Jr. Address: 702 S.W. Eighth St. Bentonville, AR 72716 Phone: 479-273-4000 Website: w...

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Mitt Romney, Meg Whitman and the Failed CEO Campaign

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

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Meg Whitman, Romney and their Fortune 500 crowd implied that their success at Bain, eBay, et al, would translate into a winning campaign. This has not happened. At all.

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Fortune 500 CEOs Favor Dems: Gobs Of Green Go To Blue Candidates

Dan Treul | Posted 11.25.2007 | Home

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According to recent FEC reports, CEOs of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies donating individually to presidential campaigns are investing heavily in Democrats in '08.

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