Small Business Confidence

U.S. Small Business Morale Ebbs In March

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012

(Reuters) - U.S. small business confidence dropped in March for the first time in six months amid widespread pessimism, adding to evidence suggesting ...

Women Business Owners More Confident Than Men About Their Companies

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 04.04.2012

Women business owners are more confident about their companies than men, according to the Small Business Pulse survey conducted by the insurance compa...

Small Business Confidence Rises To Highest Level In A Year

Reuters | Posted 03.27.2012

(Reuters) - Small business confidence rose to its highest level in a year in the first quarter with more firms planning to ramp up hiring as the econo...

Small Business Confidence Hits Year-High In February

Reuters | Posted 05.13.2012

(Reuters) - Small business confidence rose to a one year high in February as more owners reported plans to rebuild stocks after 56 months of inventory...

Small-Business Confidence Hits 4-Year High

Reuters | Posted 02.14.2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Confidence among small U.S. business owners hit a four year-high in January and many are having trouble filling vacant position...

Small Business Confidence Hits 3-Year High

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 02.02.2012

Seventy-five percent of small businesses are confident about the future of their business, according to the 2011 Year-End Economic Report by the Natio...

Small Business Confidence Edges Up In October

Reuters | Posted 01.08.2012

(Reuters) - Small businesses in the United States grew more confident in the economy's future for the second straight month during October as their ou...

Alicia Ciccone

What's The Biggest Problem Facing Small Businesses?

HuffingtonPost.com | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 12.25.2011

Government regulations take the biggest toll on small businesses, according to a new Gallup poll. The Gallup Small Business Index, which polled mo...

Small Business Confidence Rises In September: NFIB

Reuters | Posted 12.11.2011

(Reuters) - Small businesses in the United States grew more confident in the economy's future for the first time in seven months during September as t...

Small Business Confidence Falls To 2-Year Low

Reuters | Posted 11.27.2011

(Reuters) - Small business confidence fell to a two-year low in the third quarter on increased economic uncertainty that could keep growth on a slow p...

Businesses Increasingly Pessimistic About Future Economic Conditions

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.01.2011

Optimism for the American economy continues to evaporate, even as President Obama readies a supposedly major jobs plan to be unveiled in a speech befo...

Small Business Confidence Slips In March: NFIB

Reuters | Posted 06.12.2011

Small businesses grew less optimistic about the economy in March but raised prices for a second straight month, a potential warning sign about inflation, a survey showed on Tuesday.

Small Business Still Holding Back Recovery, Optimism Hits Record Low

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 05.25.2011

A new Gallup poll shows that "The Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index -- which measures small-business owners' perceptions of six measures of thei...