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REDMOND, Wash. (PRESS RELEASE - Jan. 14, 2009) - Although it is hard to find positive economic news in today’s headlines, America’s entrepreneurs appear to be optimistic about 2009.

According to a national survey commissioned by Microsoft Office Live Small Business and Elance Inc., nearly 60 percent of small-business owners believe that 2009 will be as good or better than 2008, while 37 percent are worried about 2009 but believe their businesses will weather the current economic storm.

(August 25, 2008)- “What Doesn’t This Guy Do,” was the title of a recent post on the Daily Franchise News blog of Chicago’s Sanderson PR, a leading franchise public relations firm, and with good reason.

When it comes to innovative and consumer friendly franchise informational content, Cleveland franchise consultant Joel Libava, is King.

“The amount of franchise related content that Joel puts out is startling,” says Iowa Franchisee Attorney, Rush Nigut.

WASHINGTON (August 22, 2008) - The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency will celebrate the achievements of minority entrepreneurs and business leaders during the 26th Anniversary of the National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week conference on Sept. 3-5 in Washington, D.C.

(August 22, 2008) - All small business owners are invited to attend a free Webcast. This interactive Webcast, “Customer Loyalty: How to get and keep customers .

. . for life,” is hosted by Sprint and features popular business speaker and author, Dr. Tony Alessandra.

Small business owners will learn tips to building their business by turning customers into business apostles who “preach the gospel” according to your company.

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Middleburg, Va. (August 22, 2008) - MyBizHomepage, a web-based small business, today announced its commitment to helping U.S. military veterans succeed in becoming entrepreneurs and launching and growing small businesses of their own.

Cleveland, OH (August 19, 2008) - KeyBank, a wholly owned subsidiary of KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), today became the first bank to bring to market online banking features that combine check and ACH fraud prevention capabilities designed especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Dallas, TX ( August 21, 2008)- Constant Contact®, Inc. (NasdaqGM: CTCT), a leading provider of email marketing and online surveys for small organizations, today announced its national SCORE Program.

This alliance unites two dedicated supporters of small businesses and provides SCORE offices with access to easy, effective email marketing to enhance communication with their clients and volunteers.

(August 21, 2008) - SysArc, a leading provider of network support services, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of their latest Data Vaulting Service for online back and disaster recovery.

This comprehensive offering is provided by two AT&T Data Centers located in the Washington D.C. area and in the Southeast.

Built with the very latest software and hardware technology currently available, SysArc’s Service offers the reliability and security that customers demand for their critical data protection needs.

(August 19, 2008) - LiveHire.com has implemented a new and improved Interview Room for seeing and hearing candidates in Real-Time.

It’s the next best thing to actually being in the same room. By scheduling, recording and reviewing video interviews, LiveHire helps in reducing costs and saving time for employers.

You can utilize the integrated Resume viewer, whiteboard, file-sharing and note taking functionalities.

It is easy and simple to set up an interview with our integrated scheduler and calendar.

Charlotte, NC (August 13, 2008) - Increasingly, the centralized creation and management of documents is an integral part of enterprise software.

In modern server-based architectures, invoices, business reports and mission critical documents are created, printed and e-mailed by one centralized server.