Small Business

When Hurricane Irene hits the East Coast this weekend, it will have broad economic impacts. Businesses from insurance companies to movie theaters will feel the sting of the storm.

Small businesses bore a lot of the consequences of the recession. Two pre-teen entrepreneurs talk about how their summer business took a hit during the recession.

The Obama administration says that it's removing hundreds of unnecessary business regulations in hopes the changes will encourage hiring and create jobs.

Los Angeles company copes with economic uncertainty when it comes to hiring

The president of NicoNat furniture company in Commerce tells us how the stock market gyrations and the overall economy is affecting his company

The recession forced manufacturers to reconsider their business models. Now more are going "lean."

The Senate is looking into how to increase the amount of money credit unions lend to small business.

New reports show U.S. exports are slipping, and 1 percent of U.S. companies sell products abroad. The Commerce Department wants to change that -- one (very) small enterprise at a time.

It's not just the big companies who can suffer a security breach -- cyber thieves can attack small or mid-size businesses and cost a lot of damage.