Source: New York Times, July 22, 2010 By DAVID HERSZENHORNThe Senate voted on Thursday to include a proposed $30 billion lending program in a package of aid for small businesses, as two Republicans joined with Democrats to support the amendment. The vote was 60 to 39, with Senators George LeMieux …

Source: Associated Press WASHINGTON – Big companies are building up cash and are expected to report strong earnings starting this week. Not so for small businesses that can't get loans — or hire freely until they do. The gap helps explain why the economic rebound isn't stronger and could even …

source: Fort Worth Business Press , July 05, 2010 BY JEFF NOLAND  Despite bank bailouts from Washington, D.C., credit for small and mid-sized businesses remains extraordinarily tight. For many banks, the lending pipeline is simply too clogged with “non-bankable” loans to even consider …

Source: New York Times.comBy ROBB MANDELBAUMIt was late October when President Obama first called for measures to stabilize struggling small businesses. Then, in his State of the Union address in January, he emphasized the role small business would play in healing the nation’s wounded economy. But …