A business plan,in the words of the Small Business Administration in Washington, is a tool with three basic purposes.

VOA: special.2009.06.26

"We were looking for ways that we could apply our expertisearound economic development and small business management to populations that could use it.

VOA: special.2011.06.30

In his job, he kept the books for a small business.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

Small business owners came to the city.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

I was particularly happy to hear his focus," "At least 15 times mentioned small business,"main street", helping middle class families,jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

"In the last two years, from big brand stores to the little guys,I would say a small business owner.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

Republicans say that budget shows the president is not really serious about helping small business.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

The government's Small Business Administration already provides some help by backing loans from community banks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

"Any lender that provides SBA small business loans will have a buyer for those loans,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

The number-two Republican in the House of Representatives, Eric Cantor of Virginia, said Sunday Mr.Obama's budget would raise income taxes on many small business owners and entrepreneurs.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

"We have got to do something to help these small business people.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

"These larger loans will help more small business owners and franchisees grow."

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

The Obama administration has been especially attuned to criticism that it is not doing enough for small business, and focusing too much on helping big corporations and financial firms.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

in the past decade and a half. He also says more than half of all Americans working in the private sector are either employed by a small business or own one.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

The president says as the next step, the Treasury Department will step in to buy small business loans from banks, giving them capital that can then be used for more loans.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

"So I urged these institutions here today to go back and take a third and fourth look about how they are operating when it comes to small business and medium sized business lending,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

Financial reform, with the unemployment extension and another measure to provide small business tax benefits, are the three major legislative objectives the president and Democratic leaders agreed to focus on before the long summer recess.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

"We will gather CEO's and small business owners, economists and financial experts, as well as representatives from labor unions and nonprofit groups,to talk about how we can work together to create jobs and get this economy moving again,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

"We are committed to helping more Americans to get the health care coverage they need, not through nationalizing the system with a costly government-run plan, but rather by supporting free-market incentives to help small business owners to make coverage more accessible and affordable,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

At a small company near Washington, Mr.Obama said he will ask Congress to allow small businesses to get larger government loans, using money from the "These are the loans most frequently handed out by the Small Business Administration to help folks open their doors and buy machinery,equipment, land and buildings,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

"One small business owner wrote to me that health care costs are-and I quote-' stifling my business growth" "He said that the money he wanted to use for research and development, and to expand his operations, has been instead been 'thrown into the pocket of health care insurance carriers."

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

"In developing countries, that's going to be a longer process where you'll have perhaps business people,farmers, small business people, professionals who will be the first adopters - the doctors,government officials - and then it will slowly as you get more apps (applications) slowly permeate out probably."

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

The law forced every worker and business owner to pay a small amount of money each month to the federal government.

VOA: special.2011.04.07

The idea is to provide extremely poor people with small loans so they can start and operate a business.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

The event gathers some of the world's most powerful political and business leaders at a small ski village in the Swiss Alps.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

Breaking down electronics into small parts for refiners to melt and purify is another part of the business.

VOA: special.2010.11.01

"A one-size-fits-all approach would have put small farmers and ranchers out of business or prevented them from providing locally produced, healthy fresh food to consumers who want it."

VOA: special.2011.01.11

"So there may actually be a worsening of credit availability to small and medium sized business in the next year or so,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

Clinton says Washington is opening new business development centers and is working on a virtual entrepreneur network to link small-scale enterprises on line.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03