A company that provides office space and business services to small businesses is expanding its reach in Colorado with the expectation that a softening economy could prompt more workers to strike out on their own.

Co-owner of A-OK Moving, Shredding and Storage, Sanfred Olson, tries to get to a ladder behind bales of shredded paper that are being stored prior to shipment to a paper mill. The company added shredding to its list of services in 1998 to help businesses

For the past year, as the United States wallowed in financial crisis, the economies of Europe and Japan continued to grow. No longer. Now, both of these key trading partners are shrinking, imperiling the strongest remaining pillar of the U.S. economy and

Chuck Summerville, a software engineer, has built several small businesses and is working to expand another, but it won't be in Monroeville.  read more »

The downturn in the euro-zone economy, particularly within the manufacturing sector, gathered pace in November amid mounting recession fears and the deepening financial crisis, a closely watched survey showed Friday.