Small Business

Natomas Small Businesses Struggling After Grocery Chain Fails To Expand

Fresh & Easy grocery stores were supposed to open at a few places in Natomas, but never did. Now smaller businesses counting on the big name say they’re struggling.

2013/01/14

Sacramento Small Businesses Saw Boost In Sales Over Holiday Season

Small businesses in midtown Sacramento are celebrating a boost in their bottom lines thanks to the holidays, whose numbers showed business was booming.

2013/01/14

Yuba City Collecting Over $200,000 From Businesses For Billing Error

Yuba City businesses owners could soon be getting an unexpected bill in the mail. The city council voted to force businesses to pay for a billing error that undercharged for wastewater.

2012/11/21

Mitt Romney (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Opinion: Obamacare Is Bad For Small Business

As the final days of the presidential campaign of 2012 wind down, there is ongoing concern about what President Barack Obama’s law for requiring businesses to provide health care for its employees will do to small business owners.

2012/10/25

Small Business Owner Ready To Close Down After Trouble Finding Employees

It has a waterfront view, pay above minimum wage and a chance to take over the company.

2012/09/21

Rocklin Working To Revitalize Historic District

The city of Rocklin is making some big changes to spark business in the town’s historic district.

2012/08/19

Barack Obama (Photo credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/GettyImages)

Opinion: Obama Fails To Address Black America’s Disappointments With His Presidency

Many who supported Obama in 2008 did so because they believed that he would help black Americans. The criticism four years later is that having a black president in the White House hasn’t helped African Americans at all.

2012/08/09

Sacramento Organizations Help Save Small Business With Alternative Loans

Small businesses will no doubt play a key role in our economy’s recovery. But one of the biggest challenges for them is getting small loans to make improvements and expand. One local non-profit is stepping-up to fill that gap.

2012/07/19

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Opinion: Big Cities’ People-in-Power Don’t Understand Crime And Murder

For America’s big cities: the people who are supposed to have, need to have, and claim to have all the answers simply don’t have a clue.

2012/07/11

Shuttered businesses in Detroit, MI (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Opinion: Businesses Can’t Afford The Proposed $10-Per-Hour Minimum Wage

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. from the South Side of Chicago is introducing a $10-per-hour minimum wage across the nation. As a representative, he introduced the measure to his fellow-congressmen in the House yesterday. It […]

2012/06/08

Zanzabar Trading Company, Small business

Sacramento Ranks Near Bottom Of Business-Friendly Rankings

A new study has ranked Sacramento as one of the worst metropolitan areas for small businesses, and struggling business owners say a sagging economy and a heavy burden of paperwork isn’t helping.

CBS13/CW31–2011/04/11

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