We’re ending April on a spastic note: House Democrats brought one of those lending bills to the floor and found lots of support from their colleagues across the aisle but the Bush Administration is already complaining about the measure; new research from Advocacy finds that households owning a single small business don’t improve their financial [...]

 

 Micro-Friendly Lending Bill Clears House [9:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We have more on access to capital for microbusinesses this week, with a report on the Access To Capital for Entrepreneurs Act. Ever since I first heard about this legislation when it was introduced last year, I’ve been asking people why they thought it would be of any use at all to most microbusinesses. The [...]

 

 Good Stuff, But Not For Micros [9:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download