- The Senate votes to give remaining $110 billion or so in TARP funds to be spent to support small businesses. (Some Senators had called for that earlier this week.) [WSJ]
- The Senate confirmed Karen Gordon Mills as new SBA administrator late Thursday. (Read about her confirmation hearing here.) [BizJournals.com]
- A Kauffman Foundation survey finds economics bloggers by large think government should do more to reduce barriers to entrepreneurship. Among the suggestions: Let new entrepreneurs keep their previous employer health benefits and lower taxes for start-ups. [Kauffman]
- Microsoft launches low-end OS server for small businesses with 15 or fewer employees. [PC World]
- There are big advantages to starting a business in smaller cities. Some examples: Lower rent and costs, more accessibility to talent, higher quality of life and often better access to university resources. [BusinessWeek]
- House lawmakers grilled the Internal Revenue Service on why it’s targeting small businesses – and questioned if that’s hurting economic recovery. Stats show small business audits rose 41% between 2005 and 2007, while large-business audits dropped 40%. [WebCPA.com]
- Do you know your farmer? A new Web site – FindTheFarmer.com – lets users find and connect with the farmers that produced the food they’re eating. It’s helping the buy-local food movement and the small companies that produce foods using small farmers. [NYT]
Readers, any other relevant or interesting small-business news we missed this week?
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