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16 Feb
Small Companies, Big Squeeze
For many American small businesses, the credit crunch hasn’t really ended. While big companies are raising major money through a revitalized bond market, banks are still reluctant to lend to even the healthiest of the small.
How to Create and Distribute Effective Online Coupons
The age of the coupon is upon us. With historically high unemployment and uncertainty about the economy weighing heavily on consumer spending, the humble coupon has enjoyed a resurgence. Both the classic clip-and-save variety and new online options delivered via the web, e-mail, social networks, and mobile phones are popular among consumers.
Do you buy or lease space?
Both have pros and cons. When Toronto entrepreneur Tristan Goguen launched an Internet service provider business in 1995, it was a gamble.

Andy Buyting has been in the retail industry since he was six years old. Today, he applies his entrepreneurial know-how to Green Village Home & Garden, one of Canada's most successful specialty garden stores. Green Village Home & Garden is currently expanding into multiple locations throughout eastern Canada.
Retailer Target just rolled out mobile coupons- coupons sent to cellphones.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2010-03-09-targetcoupons09_ST_N.htm?csp=usat.me