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Snowe Unveils 'SMART Act': A Wide-Ranging Bill to Aid Manufacturing Sector, Spur Job Growth 11/25/03 4:03:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Craig Orfield of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 202-224-5175; Web site: http://sbc.senate.gov WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- U.S. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) today unveiled a wide-ranging, comprehensive bill to uplift the nation's troubled manufacturing sector and help small manufacturers hard hit by foreign competition and trade barriers to get back on their feet. Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) has signed on as an original co-sponsor of the legislation, the "Small Manufacturers Assistance, Recovery...

SBA Sets 50-Year Record in Loans to Small Businesses, Registers 29 Percent Increase in FY 2003; Loans to Minorities Up 38 Percent 10/10/03 4:39:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Sue Hensley of SBA, 202-205-6444; web: http://www.sba.gov/news/ WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A record number of small businesses turned for credit assistance to the U.S. Small Business Administration over the past year, producing a 29 percent increase in the total number of loans backed by the agency in FY 2003, including sharp jumps in the number of loans to women, minorities and veterans. During the fiscal year ending...

SBA, Hispanic Business Roundtable Agreement to Promote SBA Programs Among Hispanic-Owned Businesses 9/19/03 4:56:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National and Business Desks Contact: David J. Hall of the U.S. Small Business Administration, 202-205-6679; http://www.sba.gov/news/indexheadline.html WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Small Business Administration has signed a strategic alliance memorandum with the Hispanic Business Roundtable designed to increase the participation of Hispanic-owned businesses in SBA programs. The SBA and HBR intend to focus on communications at national and local levels in order to meet the program objectives established in the agreement. "As the Hispanic-owned business sector expands, so does our...

SBA Spanish Language Web Site Offers Online Course for Entrepreneurs 9/16/03 10:50:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National and Business Desks Contact: Raul E. Cisneros of the U.S. Small Business Administration, 202-205-7654; http://www.sba.gov/opc WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering an interactive online course for Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs on its Spanish language Web site, http://www.negocios.gov. The 9-session interactive course -- titled "My Own Business" -- was developed by My Own Business, Inc., a nonprofit firm founded in 1992 by a successful entrepreneur to develop and provide educational materials on entrepreneurship. The courses cover such topics as...