ALBANY — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says a company that leases credit card processing equipment mostly to small businesses nationwide has agreed to settle a lawsuit. Schneiderman says Northern Leasing Systems Inc. will refund $3.6 million to customers ...

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M&T Bank has been recognized by Greenwich Associates with 10 Greenwich Excellence Awards for providing excellent small business and middle marking banking products and services. Seven of the awards are national; three are regional. M&T’s middle market and small business ...

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Spending at the country’s small retailers in October slowed to an increase of 4.2 percent year over year, down from a 5.8 percent growth rate in September, according to a report from MasterCard Advisors and Wells Fargo. This was the ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed legislation that will help small businesses and make it easier for startups to raise capital. Obama says it’s a “potential game-changer” for American entrepreneurs hoping to build and sell the next big ...

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With business tax-filing deadlines fast approaching, the Internal Revenue Service is encouraging small employers that provide health insurance coverage to their employees to check out the small business health care tax credit and then claim it if they qualify. The ...

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ALBANY — While New York devotes much of its effort and billions of dollars in tax breaks to attract global corporations, an influential bloc of state senators is targeting small business. The Independent Democratic Conference is proposing bills to help ...

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More startup money may soon be on the way to the Rochester area with the state legislature’s approval of a bill to stimulate small business development. The funding is available from the State Small Business Credit Initiative ...

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand today unveiled an ambitious plan to increase the number of small businesses both in New York and nationwide. The crux of Gillibrand's plan involves providing more early capital to business startups ...

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A poll of more than 600 small business owners nationwide indicates that their outlook for the next 12 months has improved compared to earlier in the year.

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NEW YORK CITY — President Barack Obama’s $30 billion small community business lending program faces one big challenge: many of the community banks and businesses it’s supposed to help don’t want it.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Democratic-controlled Congress on Thursday sent President Barack Obama a long-delayed bill to help struggling small businesses with easier credit and other incentives to expand and hire new workers.

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Officials from the Empire State Development Corporation are looking for small community banks and credit unions to help them loan out $50 million to minority and women-owned businesses and other small businesses.

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