Article: Small businesses receive a helping hand.(COSTCO: The Next 25 Years)

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ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Like the products in the company's warehouse clubs, Costco Services includes offerings designed to meet members' business needs, as well as those aimed at improving their personal lives.

For example, Costco members who are small business owners can take advantage of special deals when setting up 401(k) plans for their offices with ShareBuilder Advisors LLC, a division of ING Bank. Or they can buy home office or small office (up to 20 employees) business phone systems and services from AccessLine Communications Corp.

Costco has also partnered with Elavon Inc. to offer special deals on merchant credit ...

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