Word: smalleness
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...recession has hit small businesses particularly hard during this recession, and government bailout programs have yet to offer significant incentive programs aimed at propping up the battered sector. Although there are some provisions for small companies, "we're not seeing it," says Brennan. "We're always left...
...small business community has typically played a key role in leading the country out of past recessions...
...Small businesses generated 65% of the job growth between 1993 and 2008, and represent about half of the private-sector employment in the U.S., according to the Small Business Administration. "So they are going to be important for us to have a true recovery that includes job growth," says White...
...meltdown in the credit markets, the housing collapse, the weak U.S. dollar and depressed consumer confidence have all taken a particularly harsh toll on small businesses. Many small companies rely on credit cards for capital because they don't have access to debt or equity capital as public companies do, and many are seeing these credit lines trimmed or even pulled altogether by skittish banks...
...housing turmoil and the weak dollar have weighed heavily on small business as demand for building contractors, which are often smaller businesses, dried up in the housing bust, and the cost of importing raw materials like copper for contracting work has risen due to the weak U.S. dollar. Large companies with overseas operations have an easier time hedging against those risks...