<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Small-business News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=69&amp;catid=10</link><description>News Feed for - Small-business</description><item><title>Small Biz Makeover: Guayaki Tea's Big Challenge</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96515322&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:39:00</pubDate><description>A lot of college kids may start seeing things after a drink or two, but when David Karr saw his Cal Poly San Luis Obispo classmate Alex Pryor drinking a green infusion out of a gourd, Karr saw the future, </description><source>MSNBC Newsweek</source></item><item><title>Corporate notes to ease SMEs' financial strain</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96526742&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T02:49:00</pubDate><description>The nation's first batch of small-and medium- sized enterprise (SME) collective notes started trading on the inter-bank bond market Wednesday, providing an innovative tool to help solve SMEs' financing </description><source>People's Daily Online</source></item><item><title>Urgent MoneySaving: Remortgage guide, Â£9 travelodge, small biz, free tastelondon </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96513361&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:14:00</pubDate><description>Step-by-step guide to getting the cheapest possible mortgage in the credit crunch The mortgage market's been turned on its head. Once lenders salivated at the thought of flogging massive debts to all, </description><source>Money Saving Expert</source></item><item><title>Small Business MoneySaving</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96513221&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:13:00</pubDate><description>Banking, gas &amp;amp; elec, phones &amp;amp; web Get all top deals, guides &amp;amp; loopholes in MoneySavingExpert's free, spam free weekly e-mail FAQ'sPast Emails Privacy Policy Keeping small business bills down </description><source>Money Saving Expert</source></item><item><title>Utah credit markets showing new signs of life: Zions, others are pumping out new </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96496232&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:11:00</pubDate><description>Demand for business loans at the biggest Utah-headquartered bank seems to have bottomed out and is rising again, suggesting the recession's tenacious grip on Utah credit markets may be easing. "That would </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Alan Sugar risks infuriating small business owners during  first House of Lords </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96523166&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T02:51:00</pubDate><description>The Government's business tsar used his maiden speech in the Lords to warn that small businesses should not expect a 'blank cheque' for ' coming up with a good idea'.</description><source>Mail Online UK</source></item><item><title>Government support for small businesses must not be sacrificed</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96532057&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:57:00</pubDate><description>The Government must not sacrifice its support for small businesses as part of widely-anticipated spending cuts to plug the gap in public finances, the Forum of Private Business (FPB) is warning. The forecast </description><source>Copy Shop News</source></item><item><title>British Airways to give 50 SMEs international lift-off</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96529763&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:26:00</pubDate><description>New competition will give away tickets to encourage business expansion Fifty small to medium enterprises (SMEs) will benefit from British Airways' R29 million grant, which aims to assist them to expand </description><source>Business Report</source></item><item><title>Quark Launches New Web-to-Print Service for Small Businesses</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96020355&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:51:00</pubDate><description>Quark announced today the launch of QuarkPromote.com (www.quarkpromote.com), a new online service that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses in the United States easily create their own high-quality, </description><source>Pixels</source></item><item><title>European chamber boosts Pinoy SMEs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96524604&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T02:20:00</pubDate><description>European businessmen in the country is helping Philippine small and medium enterprises (SMEs) boost their competitiveness through research and development (R&amp;D).Henry Schumacherpresident, told The Manila </description><source>Manila Times</source></item><item><title>ACCI: Call for National Inquiry into small business financing</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96522963&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:57:00</pubDate><description>The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has called on the Productivity Commission to conduct a study into the degree of competition in the provision of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) </description><source>FindLaw Australia</source></item><item><title>Indie brewery leads the low carbon way for SMEs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96521227&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:41:00</pubDate><description>A Suffolk-based brewery, which is behind the UKâ??s first zero carbon bottled beer, is showing other small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the benefits of going green. Adnams of Southwold is one of </description><source>Green Wise</source></item><item><title>Web site, magazine team up: The owners of Celebrate Gettysburg have teamed up with </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96521140&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:41:00</pubDate><description>The owners of a Gettysburg magazine and a local Web site are joining forces not only for their own benefit, but for that of the local business community. Jessica and Troy Dean, of Celebrate Gettysburg, </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>BAs R29m boost for small businessesÂ</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96518564&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:20:00</pubDate><description>SKY FLEET: British Airways offer small business a liftoff. BRITISH AIRWAYS is boosting local small businesses with the launch of a R29million Business Opportunity Grants initiative, the carrier said yesterday. </description><source>Sowetan</source></item><item><title>There is Hope for SMEs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96461074&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:48:00</pubDate><description>The future appears bright for small and medium enterprises, which play a key role in the economy as sources of income and employment. More and more of these entrepreneurs can today access credit to implement </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Abraaj Capital Group Acquires Leading VC Firm Riyada to Spearhead New SME Platform</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96388990&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:24:00</pubDate><description>Abraaj Capital Group announces that it agreed to acquire all of Riyada Ventures the leading venture capital firm in the MENA region. The acquisition is at the core of a major new push by Abraaj into the </description><source>Press Trust of India</source></item><item><title>LINKCRAFTER: A POWERFUL MARKETING SOLUTION FOR SMALL BUSINESS</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96517021&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:57:00</pubDate><description>Portland - Newly commercially launched Linkcrafter.com is a nimble marketing utility that bypasses Internet gatekeepers and directly reaches customers</description><source>DBusinessNews.com</source></item><item><title>Tradition of Inola Casting Works will continue: Family business sells to out-of-state </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96515268&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:38:00</pubDate><description>(Claremore Daily Progress - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Inola Casting Works has sold to an out-of-state buyer, but the tradition started nearly two decades ago by Founder George </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Federation of Small Businesses opens emergency fund for flooded UK businesses</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96513358&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:14:00</pubDate><description>The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has opened its 500,000 Disaster Recovery Fund for its members in Scotland, Lancashire and Cumbria and the North East of England, which have been adversely affected </description><source>Continuity Central</source></item><item><title>Quality Control At The Fingertips For The Small Business User</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96512398&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:07:00</pubDate><description>Applied Principles have launched 'Gerald', the standalone version of the Principles Quality Manager, the acclaimed paperless quality control solution. 'Gerald' has been designed as a single user unit </description><source>Ready Meals Info</source></item><item><title>Industry concerned over flood-hit SMEs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96512126&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:05:00</pubDate><description>concerned over flood hit sm es - online Club History Where am I? r login Industry concerned over flood-hit s 25 Nov 2009 10:46 Tags: This section of Online is available only to paid subscribers. Already </description><source>Post Magazine UK</source></item><item><title>SMEs carrying losses forward targeted by ATO</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96531500&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:51:00</pubDate><description>SMEs intending to carry forward losses are being targeted by the Australian Taxation Office as part of its compliance program, fearing businesses could incorrectly calculate their tax liabilities. Letters </description><source>Smart Company Australia</source></item><item><title>Wednesday Links: Cupcakes, Giving Thanks</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96506785&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T23:14:00</pubDate><description>The FDIC's Sheila Bair says banks need to lend, Paul Wiseman and Pallavi Gogoi (a former BWer) report in USA Today .    How many cupcakes do you have to sell each month to pay the rent? The NY Time's </description><source>BusinessWeek</source></item><item><title>Bank overdraft ruling blow to small busine</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96500277&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T23:47:00</pubDate><description>sses Millions of bank customers hoping to be refunded overdraft charges have been dealt a major blow by a Supreme Court judgement Small business owners have been hit by news that the Supreme Court has </description><source>New Business</source></item><item><title>Easier book-keeping norms for SMEs on cards</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96511561&amp;Channel_ID=69&amp;Category_ID=10</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T23:57:00</pubDate><description>NEW DELHI: The government could allow small and medium enterprises to follow a watered-down version of the new global accounting standard, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), to reduce </description><source>Economictimes</source></item></channel></rss>