Reuters: Small Business News

Small-business confidence rises for 5th month

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:56:46 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Confidence among small U.S. business owners rose for the fifth straight month in January and many are having trouble filling vacant positions, according to a survey released on...

SunPower claims SolarCity, ex-staff stole secrets

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:59:26 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - SunPower Corp is suing five former employees and SolarCity Corp in U.S. federal court, accusing the five of stealing tens of thousands of confidential SunPower documents...

Fisker pins hopes on Karma as it seeks more cash

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:31:45 -0500

BEVERLY HILLS (Reuters) - Fisker Automotive Inc showed off its $100,000-plus Karma luxury electric car on Monday, hoping to create a splash less than a month after the start-up company ratcheted down...

Management tip of the day: Define how your team will work

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:39:12 -0500

BOSTON (Reuters) - Once the lofty subjects of purpose, goals and plans have been determined, team leaders need to pay attention to the actual mechanics of how the team will actually do its work, says...

Me & My Money: Post-Grateful Dead player scores medical hit

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:04:18 -0500

CHICAGO (Reuters) - For Jeff Chimenti, a rock keyboardist who plays with offshoots of the Grateful Dead, it has been anything but a "long strange trip" getting his medical product to market.

Amazon's Quidsi mulls more stores, starts Casa.com

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:33:02 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc unit Quidsi may open more physical stores because sales sometimes benefit from hands-on interaction by customers, according to Vinit Bharara, co-founder and...

Online ads startup snags $30 million from Temasek, SAP

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:09:36 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Marin Software, a startup that publishes applications used to manage online advertising campaigns, has raised $30 million in a new investment round led by Singaporean...

New app complements New York fashion shows

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:51:38 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Guests at some New York Fashion Week shows and others watching online now have a new way to identify the looks they see sashaying down the runways.

Peer-to-peer job sites inspire micro-entrepreneurs

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:27:55 -0500

(Reuters) - Chris Mok, like many Americans over the past few years, lost his job in the wake of the Great Recession.

Retail sales point to underlying strength

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:21:45 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retail sales picked up last month after a sluggish December, providing a firm foundation for the economy's recovery.