Rob Kaiser

The U.S. Postal Service has published a book to help small-business owners effectively use the mail for marketing and distribution. "A Guide to Mailing for Businesses and Organizations" will take...

Chicago ranks second among 50 metropolitan areas in the number of women-owned firms and their employment and revenues but comes in 33rd in terms of percentage growth in those areas,...

The tax burden on Illinois businesses has increased 20 percent since 1999, according to a new Ernst & Young study commissioned by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and the Chicagoland...

War worries are making small-business owners more pessimistic, causing them to delay hiring and capital spending plans, according to a survey by the National Federation of Independent Business. The survey,...

Business owners who missed a Feb. 28 deadline to file their W-2s and other wage reports have another opportunity to be timely. The Social Security Administration is giving online filers...

The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy has targeted 30 regulations that impose "unjustified regulatory burdens on small businesses," according to the agency. These regulations were selected in response to...

A new magazine rates Chicago-area HMOs, cell phone service providers, auto repair shops and other businesses. The Chicago Consumers' Checkbook is put out by a non-profit organization that has published...

Small-business owners seem to have reacted positively, but not exuberantly, to President Bush's economic plan, according to a monthly survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business. Fifty-three percent...

President Bush's proposed budget includes nearly $800 million for the Small Business Administration, keeping the allocation flat from the current fiscal year. The budget would allow the SBA to commit...

Awaiting trial on federal racketeering charges accusing him of looting $20 million from his company, insurance magnate Michael Segal has signed a letter of intent to sell the bulk of...