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Don’t Merge the Small Business Administration

Obama Administration Proposes Corporate Tax Rate Cut to 28%

The Obama administration called for reducing the corporate tax rate to 28 percent from 35 percent, eliminating tax breaks and changing core features of the tax code such as interest deductibility.

Why Tax Cuts Won’t Help Small Business

A plan to simplify the business tax code and lower rates doesn't appeal to small business groups

Lawmakers Demand Crackdown on U.S. Program Enriching Wealthy

Some entrepreneurs have received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts reserved for the disadvantaged

Adafruit Targets Tinkerers with ‘Open Source’

Training the Blind to Run Businesses

A new program designed to empower individuals teaches them how to overcome popular perceptions about vision loss and compete with able-bodied entrepreneurs

Who Should Take a Home-Office Tax Deduction?

Fearing audits, relatively few taxpayers claim a home office. Here's how to determine eligibility—and see if the potential scrutiny is worth undergoing

Starbucks’s Schultz Expands Small Biz Loan Fund

Since the fall, Starbucks has collected about $2 million in donations from customers at its U.S. cafes to finance entrepreneurs. Now it’s enlisting other companies to help

Kickstarter Clone Artspire Teaches Artists Business Skills

Tapping corporate donors to write big checks, Brooklyn fundraising site offers more than just financial help for artists

What Reid Hoffman Wants in an Entrepreneur

LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman discusses what he looks for in the next best business