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The Small Business Administration is making small-business loans once more after President Trump late Wednesday signed legislation to end the government shutdown, but it will take a few weeks for the ...

Small businesses in the nation's capital and beyond say the government shutdown is taking a toll, but Congress seems no closer to a compromise. Small businesses in the nation's capital and beyond say ...

On October 21, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released a state-by-state analysis of the impact of the ongoing federal government shutdown on small business lending. The SBA reported that ...

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