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Goldman teams with Buffett to help small businesses

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is teaming with billionaire Warren Buffett to invest $500 million to help thousands of small-business owners across...

 

Green Wave Energy is trying to turn wind power market on its axis

The potential for profit is blowing in the wind, and Green Wave Energy Corp. plans to catch it.

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Obama to shift bailout emphasis to small business

Obama to shift bailout emphasis to small business

President Obama said today that he will shift spending of the government's multibillion-dollar financial bailout away from large financial...

Obama refocuses bailout on small businesses

Obama refocuses bailout on small businesses

LANDOVER, Md. -- President Barack Obama unveiled plans to refocus spending of the government's $700 billion financial bailout away from Wall...

Shopping-center kiosks are a way to try retail ownership

Shopping-center kiosks are a way to try retail ownership

Silvia Spross took a baby step into small-business ownership when she opened a jewelry kiosk on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade.

Firm distributes wines robust in black pride

Firm distributes wines robust in black pride

When Selena Cuffe sampled South African wines four years ago in Soweto, she didn't wax poetic about their rustic radiance, about plum and...

Flying Pigeon LA peddles bike culture north of downtown

Flying Pigeon LA peddles bike culture north of downtown

On the third Sunday of each month, a dozen or so people pedal out of Highland Park atop steel-frame bikes straight out of the Chinese...

Filmmaker is the largest independent producer of giant-screen IMAX movies

Filmmaker is the largest independent producer of giant-screen IMAX movies

The gig: Running MacGillivray Freeman Films, which made its first 16-millimeter surfing documentary in 1967 and evolved into...

SBA wish list seeks rules reform

For many small-business owners, it can seem as though federal bureaucrats do little more than churn out reams of mind-numbing regulations...

A friend to L.A.'s best old buildings

A friend to L.A.'s best old buildings

The gig: Founder and principal of Levin & Associates Architects, a Los Angeles firm that specializes in historic building...

Coaching the Sport Chalet team

Coaching the Sport Chalet team

The gig: Chief executive and chairman of sporting goods chain Sport Chalet Inc. Founded 50 years ago, the La CaƱada Flintridge...

The Callaway Cars founder channels his need for speed into producing souped-up Corvettes

The Callaway Cars founder channels his need for speed into producing souped-up Corvettes

The gig: Founder of Callaway Cars. The company, based in Connecticut with a major assembly plant in Corona and another plant...