After a landmark win in the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed.

The Obama administration has set a November 18 date for a small business forum to define a new initiative to boost lending to smaller firms and help reverse U.S. job losses, an administration official said on Monday.

The House Democrats' plan would cost close to a trillion dollars over the next decade, and would mandate that most employers cover their workers.

Silicon Valley may have discovered the perfect business: charging real money for products that do not exist.

Optimism among small business owners improved during October, driven by improved outlook for revenue, capital spending and hiring, according to the latest results of the quarterly Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index.

You define yourself by the work you do, and perhaps you need to redefine what you're willing to take and where you're looking for it.

New data show that small businesses have battened down the hatches in response to the recession.

After successfully selling MyBlogLog to Yahoo, serial entrepreneur Scott Rafer's next venture, Lookery, failed. One of the lessons he learned: Don't be too dependent on one large partner who can change the rules or even become your competitor.

Consumers borrowed less for a record eighth consecutive month in September amid rising unemployment and tight credit conditions. Some economists worry that the declines in borrowing will be a drag on the fledgling recovery.

U.S. Census data showing new and young firms as the primary source of new jobs come at a critical time for policymakers, according to a new study by the Kauffman Foundation.

The hope is steadily rising sales will encourage businesses to begin restocking shelves, a move that would boost production and bolster an economic recovery.

Economists had looked for the jobless rate to rise to 9.9 percent from September's 9.8 percent.

A new study issued by the National Cyber Security Alliance and software company Symantec confirmed that small businesses are among the most vulnerable to Internet crime due to their unstructured approach to online security.

A bill expanding investor protection powers of the Securities and Exchange Commission cleared a key House panel Wednesday after members narrowly approved an exemption for small- and mid-size companies from audits required under the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate-reform law.

Companies are allowed to record a tax credit for current losses, and use those credits to lower their bill when they return to profitability. If companies have more tax credits than profits they are allowed to carry those credits forward as many as 20 years or until they are used up.

It looks like Google is making more small changes to how its displays local search results — but these are small changes that might have a big impact on both local businesses and the users searching for them.

The early picture of October retail sales shows more signs of a spending recovery, lifting hopes for a slightly merrier holiday season and for the overall economy.

The US Federal Reserve held its near-zero interest rate policy Wednesday and announced steps to wind down support of the ailing economy, saying it had "continued to pick up" since September.

According to a new study, eight million businesses — or 28 percent of all businesses — are owned by women, and that those businesses created or maintained 16 percent of all jobs in a range of industries like business services, personal services, retail, health care, communications and real estate.

Orders to U.S. factories rebounded in September, helped by strength in autos, heavy machinery and military aircraft.

U.S. online sales are expected to rise 8 percent this holiday season, with mass market retailers who can offer discounts performing best, according to Forrester Research Inc.

The IRS is planning to use 200 to 300 of experienced and specially trained agents to conduct these audits of approximately 6,000 companies over the next three years. The companies selected at random will represent a broad cross-section of sizes and industries.

As the venture business has grown and matured, many firms have developed specific areas of focus.

Small businesses have the highest hopes for health reform, but they'd be big losers under the bills Congress is debating.

U.S. companies hurt by the global credit crisis are continuing to hold more cash, even as the economy begins to show signs of improvement, the Wall Street Journal said, citing its analysis of company filings.

Across the country, community banks like Mr. Speed’s are trying to tap into the public’s outrage over Wall Street greed to lure customers from their big multinational competitors.

Clients for CIT's factoring business are in a particular bind when it comes to finding alternative financing since CIT is by far the biggest company in the sector, where lenders buy unpaid customer bills from companies.

Future generations of Americans may find health insurance more affordable, but they will also find hard work less financially rewarding.

The more complex the definition of the “size of small businesses” … the more regulatory bureaucracy you need to define, monitor and enforce all those size standards. It just makes government and government contracting more complex, and then we pay more in taxes to support all that complexity.

Defaults by small and medium-sized U.S. businesses on the loans, leases and lines of credit they use to finance capital equipment investment rose in September as lenders remained reluctant to extend fresh financing, PayNet Inc reported on Friday.

The new service aims to replace the user names, passwords and the multiple clicks needed to purchase an item online today with a unique, simple-to-remember catch phrase - say, “Brad’s Home.” Beginning tonight, any Amazon user can visit amazon.com/payphrase and create up to 20 of these phrases, then associate them with a four-digit PIN, a shipping address and credit card.

Entrepreneurs need to learn how to sell their vision to be successful.

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the US GDP figures were "encouraging," but that it would be up to the private sector to turn one quarter of positive growth into a sustainable recovery.