University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith will be the guest speaker at the Highlands County Economic Development Commission's Business Development Day. ...more

February 14, 2010

Steve Gordon admits his question to President Barack Obama last week was a desperation move. ...more

February 5, 2010

Steve Gordon admits his question to President Barack Obama on Thursday was a desperation move. ...more

January 30, 2010

WASHINGTON The cost of health insurance is the number one concern of small business owners, according to a new report released by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills. ...more

October 25, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants smaller community banks to have greater access to the government's $700 billion financial rescue fund as the administration refocuses the bailout money on small businesses and homeowners and winds down programs aimed at big banks. ...more

October 20, 2009

The message for many small business owners wondering how they will be affected by a White House aid plan for small business owners announced Monday is to wait - for now. ...more

March 17, 2009

Jerry Kaiser is the only SCORE representative in Highlands County, and he is hoping that will change. ...more

February 22, 2009

Here are some interesting facts from the U.S. Small Business Administration: Small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms, employ half of all private-sector employees, pay nearly 45 percent of total private payroll nationwide and have generated 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the past decade. ...more

February 18, 2009

A family member's medical emergency forced Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite to leave Washington Monday as the House prepared to debate and vote on President Obama's $825 billion economic stimulus package. ...more

January 28, 2009

The government said Tuesday that it will deploy up to $800 billion to make it cheaper for Americans to get a home mortgage, take out a car loan or borrow money through a credit card, as the government's intervention in the financial system expands to directly address the impact of the credit crisis on consumers. ...more

November 26, 2008