Reuters: Small Business News

Families edging out private equity in consumer deals

Tue, 14 May 2013 02:40:07 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - From ketchup to hot drinks, family-run investment firms are shaking up the consumer deals market, squeezing out private equity players and forcing them to change strategy.

Small business optimism rises to six-month high

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:56:34 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gauge of confidence for small businesses rose in April to its highest in six months, a sign of resilience in an economy beset by Washington's austerity drive.

Double Eagle condensate pipeline starts up

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:13:38 -0400

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Double Eagle Pipeline LLC has begun moving Eagle Ford condensate from Three Rivers, Texas, to Magellan Midstream Partners LP's terminal in Corpus Christi, Magellan and 50/50...

Small restaurants serving big calories, salt: studies

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:44:23 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite public health progress in cutting calories, as well as salt and fat from fast foods and supermarket products, neighborhood restaurants are still packing big...

Fight expected in House on online sales tax

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:03:39 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on online purchases, but the legislation faces a tougher fight in the...

U.S.-backed maker of wheelchair-accessible vans shuts down

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:50:35 -0400

DETROIT (Reuters) - Vehicle Production Group LLC, a maker of wheelchair-accessible vans that received $50 million in low-interest federal loans, has closed its doors after running out of cash.

Made in America label stages comeback at stores

Fri, 03 May 2013 11:45:17 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Roger Simmermaker went shopping for clothes at a Florida mall in the mid-1990s, he wanted to buy American, but to his frustration, he couldn't find anything made in the...

How piracy and Weibo help Western TV stars break out in China

Thu, 02 May 2013 23:58:34 -0400

Right after Nina Dobrev tweeted a photo of her kissing a puppy, the same picture showed up on Weibo, China's twitter-like service, with its caption translated into Chinese. "I wish I were the doggy,"...

Small businesses added jobs in April: NFIB

Thu, 02 May 2013 10:26:35 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Small businesses continued to add workers in April and nearly one fifth reported job openings they could not fill, evidence on the eve of a key U.S. monthly employment report...

Nasdaq says small firms should be able to trade on single venue

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:42:30 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exchange operator Nasdaq OMX Group wants small and emerging companies listing shares on the public markets to be allowed to choose to be traded only on the venue where they are...