by MBJ Staff Published: May 17,2013
Tags: consumer confidence, economy, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, hiring, optimism, optimistic, pessimism, pessimistic, report, small business, spending, survey, trade association
WASHINGTON — After last month’s disappointing drop in small-business confidence, April’s Index of Small Business Optimism from the National Federation of Independent Business rose 2.6 points to 92.1, just above the recovery average of 90.7. In April’s report, four Index components rose, two fell and six were unchanged. Yet pessimism abounds within the sector, as [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 17,2013
Tags: bank, banker, banking, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, emergency loan, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, federal agency, finance, financial institution, loan, natural disaster, small business, tornado, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damages due to the severe storms and tornadoes April 11-12. The deadline to apply for physical damage is June 17. Low-interest disaster loans are available in the following counties: Noxubee County [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 8,2013
Tags: contracting, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, federal agency, female, minority, rule, small business, women, women-owned business
WASHINGTON — An interim final rule published in the Federal Register and effective immediately will amend regulations to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program. According to the SBA, the interim final rule allows for greater access to federal contracting opportunities for women-owned businesses as a result of the National Defense [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 7,2013
Tags: business owner, confidence, economy, employer, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, executive, report, senior management, small business, survey
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Director of research and policy Scott King and the Gulf Coast Business Council Research Foundation has released the quarterly CEO and Business Owners Confidence Report for the first quarter of 2013. “Confidence in the Gulf Coast’s economy is improving moderately,” said Jack Norris, president of the Gulf Coast Business Council. “This [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 6,2013
Tags: aid, assistance, bank, banker, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, finance, financial institution, flood, flooding, hurricane, loan, natural disaster, rain, small business, tropical, Weather, wind
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that June 3 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in Clarke, George, Greene, Jackson,Lauderdale and Wayne counties as a result of Hurricane Isaac. Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 2,2013
Tags: aid, bank, banker, banking, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster assistance, disaster recovery, emergency, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, federal agency, finance, financial institution, flood, flooding, hurricane, loan, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, small business, storm surge, topical weather, tornado, tropical, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses in Mississippi that working capital loans are still available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations affected by Hurricane Isaac. The deadline is May 30. Economic Injury Disaster Loans up to $2 million are available [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, buy, culture, eatery, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, food, history, purchase, restaurant, Restaurateur, sale, sell
NATCHEZ — A new owner plans to breathe new life into one of Natchez’s oldest structures. Natchez native, chef and restaurateur Regina Charboneau, her husband Doug and their son Jean Luc recently purchased King’s Tavern. Over the next several months, the family plans to clean up the property and eventually reopen the restaurant as early [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 25,2013
Tags: damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, federal agency, loan, natural disaster, severe weather, small business, tornado, Weather
NOXUBEE COUNTY — The Small Business Administration is offering disaster loans to residents and business owners in Noxubee County affected by a tornado that severely damaged parts of Shuqualak on April 12. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has reported 49 homes and 12 businesses were either destroyed or damaged as a result of the storm. [...] [...]
JACKSON — Jeff E. Good and Daniel J. Blumenthal, owners of Sal & Mookie’s New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint of Jackson, have been named the SBA 2013 Mississippi Small Business Persons of the Year by the Mississippi District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Small Business Person of the Year winners from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 22,2013
Tags: broothel, city government, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, mayor, mayoral candidate, political campaign, Politics, prostitute, prostitution, small business
VICKSBURG — Vicksburg mayoral candidate Linda Fondren says she’s proud of her long list of accomplishments: building businesses from a gym to storage facilities and housing with her husband, volunteering for nonprofits, leading an ambitious local weight-loss program, raising a family, and traveling the world after a childhood in poverty. But as the primary election [...] [...]
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