Rob Kaiser

Bill Gates has solidified his standing as the most-admired business leader among small-business owners. Warren Buffett, President Bush, Lee Iacocca, Herb Kelleher, Michael Dell, Oprah Winfrey and Ross Perot trail...

Loans are still available to small businesses that have been harmed because essential employees who are military reservists have been called to active duty. Available through the Small Business Administration,...

The Small Business Administration has entered into agreements with a pair of minority business groups to try to increase their participation in SBA programs. As part of an agreement with...

Add overflowing piles of trash to the list of problems caused by soaring health-care costs. While more workers are paying bigger portions of their health insurance costs, Chicago's unionized garbage...

Optimism among small-business owners surged in August, as firms plan to hire more workers and boost spending on new equipment and other items, according to a monthly survey by the...

As the nation's major recording companies pull out their big guns to fight illegal music trafficking, the industry shouldn't expect parents and universities to join in their game of cops...

The recording industry on Monday made its most aggressive move yet to try to stamp out illegal song swapping on the Internet, suing 261 people for allegedly violating copyright laws...

Investments by "angel investors" plunged in 2002 to $15.7 billion from $30 billion the previous year, according to a study from the Center for Venture Research at the University of...

Already significantly behind large companies in offering retirement plans, small firms are becoming less likely to add the benefit, according to a new study. The 2003 Small Employer Retirement Survey...

3 Chicago firms make Top 100 list Three Chicago companies are among the country's fastest-growing inner-city businesses, according to an annual study conducted by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner...