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Small businesses are more optimistic about 2011

The signs might be obvious, like a surge in the number of phone calls and e-mails from prospective customers. Or subtle — a staffer gets a job at a competing company because business is picking up throughout the industry.

Many small business owners are optimistic about 2011 not because of the economic reports that come out each month. They’re getting the evidence from what’s happening in their own businesses… Read More