Small Business Administration

Bailout Bill Gives Tax Break to Wooden Arrow Manufacturers While Small Business Get the Shaft

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Congress, Small Business Administration, Wall Street Crisis, Bail Out, Middle Class Economy, Wooden Arrows, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

If anyone was concerned that President Bush, Treasury Secretary Paulson and Congress were not up to the task of passing a serious economic recovery bi...

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Illinois Small Business Loans Plunge

Chicago Public Radio | Adriene Hill | Posted 10.02.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Small Business Loans, Illinois Small Businesses, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Judith Roussel, Illinois Businesses, Small Business Loans Drop, Sba, Credit Crisis, Chicago News

For the first time in five years, the number of Small Business Administration loans approved in Illinois has dropped. Basic loans to small businesses...

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Venture Capitalists Try to Buy Into Small Business Contracting Programs with Millions in Campaign Contributions

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Fortune 1000, Small Business, Small Business Administration, Economy, Fortune 500, Middle Class, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Industry, American Small Business League, National Venture Capital Assication, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

A new bill set to be voted on by the full Senate could be the beginning of the end for millions of small businesses nationwide. The bill, S. 3362, pas...

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CVBT: "McCain or Obama: Same old, same old for small business"

Chris Gunn | Posted 09.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Obama, Small Business, Small Business Administration, Mccain, Economy, Middle Class, Fortune 500, Business News
Chris Gunn

Today, the Central Valley Business Times ran an interview with the President of the American Small Business League, Lloyd Chapman. The interview was ...

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New SBA Head Stalling the Release of Latest Small Business Contracting Statistics

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Republican National Convention, Small Business, Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, Small Business Administration, Economy, Middle Class, Sba, Sandy Baruah, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

In late July, the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced it would release its official federal small business contracting statistics for Fiscal...

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Federal Judge Forces SBA to Release Contracting Data

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Bush Administration, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, Middle Class Economy, Economy, American Small Business League, Lawsuit, Home News
Lloyd Chapman

The Small Business Administration (SBA) has lost another round in its ongoing legal battle with small business advocate Lloyd Chapman and the American...

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New Government Policy Helps Big Businesses Hide in Small Business Database

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Bush Administration, Small Business, Small Business Administration, Abuse, Ccr; Central Contractors Registration, Economy, Procurement, Contracting, Loopholes, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

A new Bush Administration policy will make it easier for large businesses to land government small business contracts by misrepresenting themselves as...

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McCain Small Business Plan Ignores Major Small Business Issues

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Fortune 500, Small Business, Fortuen 1000, Economy, Sba, Asbl, Evergy, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Small Business Administration, Big Oil, Oil, Tax Cuts, Contracting, Procurement, American Small Business League, John McCain, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

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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SBA Goes After Its Harshest Critic

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Bush Administration, Fortune 500, Small Business, Federal Government, Small Business Administration, Economy, Middle Class, Libel, Slander, Procurement, Contracting, Contracts, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

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

Read More: Small Business Administration, Small Business, Fortune 500, Economy, Cnn, Middle Class, Contracting, Procurement, American Small Business League, Scandal, American Small Business, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

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

Read More: Small Business Administration, Fortune 500, Small Business, Fortune 1000, Economy, Middle Class, Sba, American Small Business League, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, Business News
Chris Gunn

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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Department of Interior Awarded Over $430 Million in Small Business Contracts to Corporate Giants, According to New Study

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Department of Interior, Bush Administration, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Government Contracting, Procurement, Barack Obama, Economy, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The Bush administration has tried to convince us for 6 years that the diversion of hundreds of billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms is the result of random data entry errors.

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New SBA Head Could Spell More Trouble for Middle-Class Firms

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 06.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business Administration, Steven Preston, Middle Class Economy, Sba Office of Inspector General, Procurement, Contracting, Business, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, Smalll Business, President George Bush, Economy, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Steven Preston, the Bush appointee to head the U.S. Small Business Administration, has no experience or background working with small businesses and hails from a corporate background.

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Bush Administration Ignores Investigations and Claims Billions In Contracting Abuses are a "Myth"

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 06.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Small Business Administration, Lockheed Martin, Jovita Carranza, Eric Thorson, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, Office of Inspector General, BAE Systems, George Bush, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Despite a growing mountain of evidence, the Bush Administration is still refusing to admit they diverted billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to a long list of corporate giants.

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An Entrepreneur in Every Pot

James Berman | Posted 11.15.2007 | Business

Read More: Women Entrepreneurs, Small Business Administration, Labor, Small Business, Entrepreneur, Start-Ups, Business News
James Berman

It's easy to forget that the real crucible of economic growth is the small business. It's also overlooked that small business creation has never been better.

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