• Small-Business Groups React to Tax Plan February 22, 2012
  The Obama administration's corporate tax proposal is generating criticism from small-business advocacy groups that say it will do more harm than good for the nation's estimated 27 million small firms.
• 6 Tips for Tapping Pinterest's Surging Popularity February 21, 2012
  The rapidly growing social network could offer advantages for some small businesses.
• Fire These Employees to Boost Your Business February 21, 2012
  Even the most skilled people on your team can derail your company's chances for success if they don't subscribe to your vision and follow your rules, says guest columnist Mike Michalowicz.
• Cupid Year-Round February 21, 2012
  Valentine's Day is like the Super Bowl for the more than 250 employees who work at online-dating service eHarmony Inc. in Santa Monica, Calif.
• What's This Pinterest Website? February 16, 2012
  You may not have heard of it, but the online scrapbook site Pinterest has surged in popularity as women flock to it. But the start-up still isn't sure how it will make money.
• Debate: Does Social Media Deliver Results for Small Businesses? February 13, 2012
  The Wall Street Journal invited two business owners—Karen Russo, CEO of K. Russo Consulting Inc., Stamford, Conn., and Kurt Walchle, CEO of Survival Straps, Jacksonville, Fla.—to share opposing views.
• Plug My Business and I'll Plug Yours February 12, 2012
  Entrepreneurs short on marketing cash can team up with other small businesses that target the same types of customers and promote each other's products or services.
• Poised for Growth, But Not Hiring February 2, 2012
  Business owners are not inclined to add employees despite renewed optimism, two new reports show.
• A Place in the Sun February 1, 2012
  Namaste Solar, in Boulder, Colo., has more than 70 workers – over half of whom are co-owners of the company. An employee-owned co-operative, the solar-energy system designer and installer takes a one-person, one-vote approach to business decisions, says co-founder Blake Jones.
• When the Home Bank Closes February 1, 2012
  The housing bust means many small businesses can no longer use home-equity loans for funding.

• Vertex, AVEO, Shire get tax breaks to create jobs February 22, 2012
  Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VRTX), AVEO Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: AVEO) and Shire plc (Nasdaq: SHPGY) are among the companies that will receive substantial tax incentives from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC), in return for creating new jobs. The MLSC, which is tasked with distributing money from the $1 billion Life Sciences Act, has just awarded a total of $21.2 million in tax incentives to 28 life sciences companies, which have promised to create 940 new jobs. If they fail to maintain the jobs for at least five years, the state can take the money back...
• Clean Harbors shares hit all-time high February 22, 2012
  Clean Harbors Inc. (NYSE: CLH) shares were up 6.5 percent Wednesday afternoon, after initially rising to an all-time high in the morning, after the waste-management services company released earnings that beat analysts' expectations. Shares of the Norwell, Mass.-based company were trading hit $71.63, the highest price since the company went public 25 years ago, before settling down to $69.90 in late afternoon trading, up from $65.60 at the previous close The company booked revenue of $545.9 million in the most recent quarter, up from $417...
• Zipcar invests in a peer-to-peer car sharing startup February 22, 2012
  Zipcar (Nasdaq: ZIP) said Wednesday it's led a $13.7 million funding for Wheelz, a Silicon Valley company that connects college students who want to share cars. The company competes in the "peer-to-peer" car-sharing space with Cambridge-founded RelayRides. Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith said in the announcement that peer-to-peer car-sharing "could expand the total addressable market for car sharing" — a market where Cambridge-based Zipcar has been a pioneer. Zipcar, which went public last April, allows members to rent its cars by the hour or day...
• 10 Boston chefs, 5 restaurants named semifinalists for James Beard awards February 22, 2012
  Dubbed the Oscars of the foodie world, several Boston-area chefs and restaurants are up for highly coveted James Beard Awards this year. The James Beard Foundation this week released the list of restaurants and chefs who are semifinalists. Trade is up for best new restaurant. Rialto chef Jody Adams opened Trade on the Boston waterfront last year. Adams herself is up for “Outstanding Chef” for her culinary skills at her flagship restaurant Rialto in the Charles Hotel in Cambridge. Barbara Lynch’s Drink on Congress Street in Boston's Fort Point district is up for the outstanding bar program prize...
• EU approval boosts Shire's challenge to Genzyme February 22, 2012
  Shire Plc. (Nasdaq: SHPGY) said it has received approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its VPRIV enzyme replacement therapies to be made at its new factory in Lexington, Mass., strengthening its hand against Sanofi (NYSE: SNY) subsidiary Genzyme, a competitor. The overall European Commission’s decision is expected imminently. The new Lexington facility increases bioreactor capacity from 1,000 liters to 8,000 liters. Shire said it is the first commercially licensed facility to use single-use bioreactor and disposable technology throughout cell culture processing to reduce manufacturing risk...
• Verizon reports $3M-plus to Mass. charities in 2011 February 22, 2012
  The Verizon Foundation donated more than $3 million to nonprofits in Massachusetts working on eduation, domestic violence prevention, technology-enhanced health care, according to a news release from Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ). The Foundation, Verizon's charitable arm, donated more than $66 million to nonprofits nationwide last year, the press release said. Verizon's net income for 2011 was $2.4 billion, with revenue of $110.9 billion. Among the local awards Verizon made in 2011 are: $205,000 to 19 domestic violence service providers$25,000 to Partners HealthCare for a text-messaging program with Boston Public School students$75,000 to organizations working on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
• MBTA offers retail space at 3 stations February 22, 2012
  The MBTA is seeking bids on three small retail spaces at two of its stations. At the Ashmont Station on Red Line in the newly renovated south lobby, the T is offering 166 square feet of space. At the staion’s north lobby, a second 166 square foot space is also available. Both leases are for five years. At Beachmont Station on the Blue Line the T has advertised a 728-square foot space for one year. The three spaces list prohobited uses as popcorn, check cashing service tobacco, alcohol or ATMs and vending machines...
• Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston: Profits up amid continued mortgage pain February 22, 2012
  The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, a chief source of funds for mortgage lending, said today advances to lenders fell $2.8 billion last year, as banks remain flush with cheap deposits amid historically low interest rates. But preliminary fourth quarter results show net income more than tripled, as as credit losses from mortgage-backed bonds narrowed. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $64.7 million, compared with net income of $23.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, the bank said...
• Existing home sales rise in January February 22, 2012
  Existing-home sales in the U.S. rose in January, marking three gains in the past four months, according to the National Association of Realtors. Total existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, increased 4.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.57 million in January from a downwardly revised 4.38 million-unit pace in December and are 0.7 percent above a spike to 4.54 million in January 2011. Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist, said strong gains in contract activity in recent months show buyers are responding to very favorable market conditions...
• HIV/AIDS-focused MOMS Pharmacy comes to Boston February 22, 2012
  MOMS Pharmacy, a full-service pharmacy with a specialty in HIV and AIDS, has opened a location within AIDS Action Committee's headquarters in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, its first in Massachusetts. The new pharmacy, at 75 Amory St., near Jackson Square, will operate at the back of a new AIDS Action drop-in center that also has recently opened on the site, according to a news release from the organization. The new drop-in center will offer clients access to food, computers, career opportunities, legal clinics, a library and counseling services...

• Solazyme shoots high with algae makeover February 22, 2012
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Like a speedboat's advantage over a cruiseliner, small and medium sized businesses can navigate new waters and change direction more quickly than larger firms, says author Kaihan...
• Rothschild, Prince of Wales invest in green start-up February 22, 2012
  LONDON (Reuters) - The Prince of Wales' private estate and financier Jacob Rothschild are among a group of investors who plan to invest more than 65 million pounds ($103 million) in a clean...
• Silicon Valley: The rise of the adolescent CEOs February 21, 2012
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Josh Buckley, chief executive of an online gaming start-up, is looking forward to next month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, particularly for the parties and...
• Management Tip of the Day: On new job sensitivities February 22, 2012
  BOSTON (Reuters) - Taking on a new job doesn't mean stomping all over the people you are now working with and overriding the existing dynamics without first learning what they are, says Harvard...
• Small UK businesses seek crowds as funding alternative February 21, 2012
  LONDON (Reuters) - Just weeks before the birth of her first child, Gem Misa could be found handing out samples of her home-developed salad dressing range in a high-end London department store, an...
• Venture capital sees big returns in big data February 21, 2012
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Jason Goldberg set out to raise a new round of funding for his flash sales site Fab.com, he dispensed with the usual PowerPoint presentations and instead gave potential...
• Small-business confidence rises for 5th month February 14, 2012
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Confidence among small U.S. business owners rose for the fifth straight month in January and many are having trouble filling vacant positions, according to a survey released on...
• Vivo Ventures raises $375 mln in Sino-U.S. fund February 17, 2012
  SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Healthcare-focused venture capital firm Vivo Ventures said on Friday it would accelerate investment in Chinese and U.S. companies with a strategy of fostering collaboration...
• Nasdaq looks to Congress to win market reforms February 16, 2012
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Exchange operator Nasdaq OMX is trying to gain support for a legislative proposal that would give it a competitive edge over both rival exchanges and banks that operate...
• Me & My Money: Post-Grateful Dead player scores medical hit February 15, 2012
  CHICAGO (Reuters) - For Jeff Chimenti, a rock keyboardist who plays with offshoots of the Grateful Dead, it has been anything but a "long strange trip" getting his medical product to market.

• Photographer lets go of her things and takes her business on the road February 22, 2012
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• Social enterprises must embrace a behavioral shift to achieve success February 22, 2012
• What men can learn from the ways of women entrepreneurs February 22, 2012
• Innovation revelations from Dropbox's wild success February 22, 2012
• How to recognize when it's time to throw in the towel February 22, 2012
• Truly social enterprises don’t just post, tweet or chatter; they listen and engage in collaborative dialogue. February 22, 2012

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• Why your company's perks aren't creating perky employees February 22, 2012
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