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Florida bets on Feinberg Jul 28: Kenneth Feinberg is working overtime to make sure that Gulf area businesses know him, and although obstacles loom, locals express confidence in him. More
Jul 28: Oil spill czar Kenneth Feinberg will be in Destin, Fla., Wednesday to meet with business owners who depend on tourism dollars. More
Jul 27: Chicago entrepreneur Andrea Herrera had to conquer her fear of six-figure debt to lead her company to seven-figure sales. More
Jul 23: Just Us Hens tends the flock when busy urbanites fly the coop. More
Jul 22: Seth Goldman on how he and partner Barry Nalebuff created a line of organic teas and juices that became a hit with customers -- and Coca-Cola too. More
Jul 22: When it comes to tough calls on who gets paid what in Gulf Coast states, the buck stops with Kenneth Feinberg. Literally. More
Jul 21: In the current recession, high-end pawnshop owners say people who hock their keepsakes are not coming back for them. More
Jul 19: Embattled oil giant to offer mobile claims centers in Louisiana to supplement existing brick-and-mortar centers. More
Jul 18: Report from a bailout oversight committee finds that the Treasury's Auto Team didn't think enough about job losses when it pushed GM and Chrysler to shut dealerships quickly. More
Jul 16: As the oil moves east, so do BP's problems. As of July 6, more claims for compensation have been submitted in Florida than in Louisiana. More
Jul 16: As the oil moves east, so do BP's problems. As of July 6, more claims for compensation have been submitted in Florida than in Louisiana. More
Jul 14: Banks have all but stopped lending to entrepreneurs, but they're happy to hand over credit cards. Why that's bad for the economy. More
Jul 14: Step right up before you miss the biggest opportunity ever: an emerging worldwide consumer class that wants to spend. More
Jul 12: The chairman of the Federal Reserve addresses the small business credit crunch: More must be done. More
Jul 9: The IRS aims to use its rulemaking authority to staunch the flood of new 1099 paperwork coming in 2012 More
Jul 8: The embattled oil giant will pay claims based on actual income - not estimates - starting in July. More
Jul 8: A wave of rural startups are fighting to keep outsourced labor inside U.S. borders. More
Jul 7: Wal-Mart's wholesaler is linking up with a top SBA lender to offer small loans to business customers. More
Jul 7: A stone's throw from the U.S. border, a small chain of Mexican dental clinics is doing booming business selling to Americans priced out of domestic dentistry. More
Jul 2: The government's small business lending program is healthier than it was a year ago, but its growth slowed as money for loan sweeteners ran out. More
Jul 1: A new Chase program offers credit-line discounts to small businesses that bring on new workers. More
Jun 30: In testimony to Congress, Kenneth Feinberg began mapping out the limits of the Gulf spill claims fund -- but promised checks will be bigger and faster. More
Jun 30: What do you do with an old car-body plant nobody wants? You turn it into a creative hive for upstart businesses that offers a spark of hope for Detroit's economy. More
Jun 29: With fishing waters closed down and tourists canceling summer vacations, Gulf region small businesses depend on the embattled oil giant for their livelihood. More
Jun 25: Pogoplug founder Daniel Putterman bootstrapped his way to a technology breakthrough. More
Jun 24: After years of avoiding the turbulent stock market, venture-backed companies are coming out in droves for their public debut. More
Jun 23: An Arizona restaurant got worldwide attention for its plan to serve lion burgers -- but where's the meat from? We tracked it down. More
Jun 23: A move to crack down on debit card interchange fees survived House and Senate negotiations and will be in the final Wall Street reform bill. More
Jun 22: After two decades in Amsterdam, a breeder of award-winning marijuana seeds is following the money and heading home. More
Jun 17: Small businesses say they have the technologies to clean up the oil spill, but they can't get anyone to take them seriously. More
Jun 17: Founders ready to sell their company may get the biggest payoff by letting the staff buy them out. More
Jun 15: President Obama pushes BP to get checks out faster to struggling businesses of the Gulf region. Here is a breakdown of where the claims process stands now. More
Jun 14: Need a cab in NYC? Sense Networks can predict where the next one will be. More
Jun 12: P&J Oyster Company, located in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter, can't get any more oysters from its Gulf Coast suppliers. More
Jun 10: We covered all of that in two days at the training arm of Zingerman's, the famous deli. There was food for the brain - and for the tummy too. More
Jun 9: BP isn't keeping up with the deluge of claims for lost income and wages coming in from hard-hit Gulf Coast businesses. More
Jun 8: BP trains up a small army of the unemployed to be ready on a moment's notice to clean oil from beaches in the Gulf. More
Jun 4: BP has repeatedly denied requests to turn over information about its process for cutting checks. More
Jun 4: An Orlando entrepreneur is fighting hospital-borne infections with antimicrobial scrubs. More
Jun 3: A claims tally released daily by Florida officials offers a look at the wide cross-section of industries losing income as BP's oil spill continues gushing. More
Jun 3: Software tools can help online merchants battle one of their biggest nightmares: Customers who abandon their purchase midway through. More
Jun 1: Faced with high staff attrition, cleaning service owner Derek Christian came up with an unusual solution: He pays to train his employees for new careers. More



QMy dream is to launch my own business someday. Now that it's time to choose a major, I'm debating if I should major in entrepreneurial studies or major in engineering to acquire a set of skills first. Is majoring in entrepreneurship a good choice? More
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- Spate, Orange, Calif.
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