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Despite this past year's economic slowdown, the recent credit crunch and plummeting stock prices on Wall Street, LGBT small business owners, like many of their straight counterparts, are successfully riding out the storm.

Despite the bleak news about the economy and the continuing credit crunch, small business owners have some built-in advantages for surviving—and thriving—during troubling times like these.

A new survey reveals that LGBT adults are less comfortable sharing intimate details about their finances with service providers than heterosexual consumers and thus less likely to seek expert assistance in financial matters.

A new analysis of the American LGBT community shows that their collective buying power in 2008 is $712 billion. That figure is an increase from 2007's estimate of $690 billion.

Without the proper legal agreements, life partners who are also business partners are likely to receive scant consideration from the courts in the event of a dispute.

The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is getting into the LGBT-consumer information business.

While health insurance for domestic partners is becoming more common at larger companies, the plans are largely still unavailable at smaller businesses. That's because insurance companies won't sell to them.

A bill making its way through Congress will, if passed, eliminate the sizable tax that gay and lesbian Americans have to pay if their partner or dependents receive health insurance from their same-sex partners' employer.

The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce has joined with real estate giant Realogy to offer certification to realtors hoping to better target and serve LGBT clients.