Small business is the economic engine of our local area. It's important to support local business and in a down economy, it's even more crucial to be informed about the local business scene.

Small business is risky business these days. Costs are rising, profits are shrinking and the ability of the big guys to keep prices relatively lower is drawing away customers.

Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press May 19, 2008 - 3:23 p.m. OTTAWA - Personal and business tax cuts introduced last October are putting money in people's pockets, adding stimulus when the Canadian economy needs it most, says Finance Minister Jim Flahert

Consumer sentiment has risen sharply in Germany just as other economic indicators show the biggest European economy has begun to feel the pinch of a global slowdown, the results of a widely watched survey showed on Monday.

WASHINGTON -- Driven by a sour economy and skittish consumers, U.S. business bankruptcies had their sharpest quarterly rise in two years, jumping 17 percent in the second quarter of 2008, according to an analysis by McClatchy Newspapers.