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Tim and Thom DeWitt know a thing or two about international business.

Some small business owners are worried about the effects of the health care legislation passed earlier this year by Congress, but the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is working to put those concerns to rest.

This summer LGBT Business owners and professionals will have a chance to participate in high-level meetings with government officials, industry leaders, importers, distributors and end-users of goods and services from one of the top U.S. trading partners in South America.

There's been plenty of talk about how loans for small businesses will help spur the economy, but how and if small businesses get these loans comes down to the community banks that do the lending.

The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce® (NGLCC) announced its support for a proposed rule to expand federal contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses (WOSBs) in 83 under-represented industries.

Women-owned businesses may soon be getting a bigger break when it comes to federal contracting opportunities, thanks to action taken by the Obama administration after a decade of delay on the issue.

Despite the general public's pessimistic view of the current job market, LGBT adults are more optimistic than their heterosexual counterparts.

The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce® (NGLCC) has teamed up with Community Marketing, Inc., an NGLCC certified supplier, to produce the First Annual LGBT Commerce & Enterprise Study, as an answer to this need and to further empower the LGBT business community.

Owning a small business may just be the ticket to a better life, at least economically.

The United States may have ended 2009 with an unemployment rate of 10 percent, but those people who were employed are getting paid more and are getting more employee benefits than in the past, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce® (NGLCC) is asking African-American LGBT business owners to offer their valuable insights for a study that will look at their specific business experiences and networks.

The federal estate tax appears to be dead in 2010, but business owners shouldn't start counting their heirs' saved dollars and cents just yet.

The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce's 2010 Diversity and Leadership in Financial Services Awards dinner proved a major success, as hundreds of people came out to honor industry members and congressional champions who have demonstrated a commitment to workplace diversity and leadership.

Continuing its efforts to help small businesses, the Obama administration has successfully urged Congress to add emergency funds for the Small Business Administration (SBA) to the FY 2010 Defense Appropriations bill passed by the Senate last weekend.

Legislation that aims to protect individuals from discrimination in all credit transactions on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity was introduced recently by Reps. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., and Barney Frank, D-Mass.

Starting today, National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) national and affiliate members, as well as NGLCC corporate partners, will be able to utilize one of the leading gay advertising companies to promote their businesses—and at a major discount.

The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) continues to accept nominations for the prestigious 2010 Diversity and Leadership in Financial Services Awards.

In Washington, there is a battle being waged between the White House and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over which best represents the interests of corporate America—the U.S. Chamber or business leaders themselves.

To help women-owned small businesses take advantage of the additional federal contracting opportunities made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has launched a free online training program.

According to the National Federation of Independent Business's (NFIB) Monthly Report on small business economic trends for August, small business owners are slightly more optimistic than they were in July.