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NIAGARA FALLS: Loan and grant programs expanding (Niagara Gazette)

A new city-sponsored business loan and grant program to attract economic development in downtown entertainment districts has received mixed reaction from members of the NFC Development Corp.

State grant to help fund mountain fiber optic study (AccessNorthGA)

DAHLONEGA - Communications in the mountains of northeast Georgia could be getting a boost thanks to a state grant, one of several announced by Gov. Perdue and the OneGeorgia Authority.

Hot small caps: JJB slumps as fears mount over bank loans (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Following is a round-up of key small cap movers on the London stock market on Tuesday.

Lesson for Big Three automakers: Old way of doing business just won't fly (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

and try to look at the issue from all sides. First, do the automakers really need a $25 billion bailout after they just received a … read more previous $25 billion to retool their factories? Second, what changes would be made to the business model/plan at each of the companies?

SUSAN TOMPOR: Credit crunch hits small firms (Detroit Free Press)

For a while, small businesses skirted many serious setbacks of the credit crunch. But now that the deep recession could roll into 2009, small businesses are feeling more pinched, too.