Small business owners optimistic

Northwestern Financial Review;  February 15, 2007 ;     320 words ...Small business owner optimism reached...survey of small business owners conducted by the...for 2007, small business owners are, according to...ahead, many small business owners are optimistic about...respondents surveyed, 63 percent expect revenues to increase and ...

Business owners see mixed future.

Erie Times-News (Erie, PA);  April 7, 2006 ;     294 words ......The state's small business owners aren't expecting...Thursday shows 15 percent of Pennsylvania small- and mid-sized business owners are optimistic about...survey findings: --66 percent expect sales to increase...the period; --56 percent expect profit growth...the ...

Health Care Expenses Dampen Hiring and Pay Raise Plans Among U.S. Business...

PR Newswire;  April 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ......PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S. business owners are adapting...and mid-sized business owners and senior decision...outlook among business owners for their own...responses from 1,041 business owners and senior decision...sentiment among business owners about ...

PNC Economic Outlook Survey: Small Business Owners Expect Growth in Hiring...

PR Newswire;  March 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ......and mid-sized business owners to make plans...half of 2005, business owners said they do...approximately 1,600 business owners and executives...Sales: 70 percent expect increases...percent), and 4 percent expect decreases...show that more ...

U.S. Business Owners Vote 'Dependence on Foreign Energy' as No. 1 Mid-Term...

PR Newswire;  October 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ......unpredictable energy costs, U.S. business owners want Congress to make the United...survey of small and mid-sized business owners across the United States. Business owners are able to adapt to the significant...Other public policy issues that business owners would like ...

Small Business Owners In For The Long Haul

Sacramento Observer;  December 28, 2005 ;     388 words ......Gallup Small Business Index finds that eight of 10 small business owners surveyed are...percent of small business owners surveyed indicate...two-thirds of small business owners expect their...retired. Only 19 percent plan on traditional...retirement. Of those ...

Rising Energy Prices Replace Interest Rate Hikes as No. 1 Concern of Small...

PR Newswire;  October 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ......among small- and mid-sized business owners across the United States...from approximately 1,093 business owners and executives nationwide...the dominant concern for business owners and are tempering expectations...Paid to Suppliers: 65 percent expect increases (compared ...

Eight of Ten Small Business Owners Do Not Plan to Retire.

PR Newswire;  December 20, 2005 ;     672 words ......Finds Four of Ten Small Business Owners Will Cut Back on Work...eight of ten small business owners surveyed are happy...Forty-two percent of small business owners surveyed indicate they...two-thirds of small business owners expect their business...have ...

Small Business Owners' Outlook Positive for 2007, Business Confidence...

PR Newswire;  November 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ......PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Small business owners are expressing...coming year. Business owners' confidence...two-thirds -- 70 percent -- said they...employees * Only 5 percent expect a drop-off in...workforce * 59 percent expect to increase...levels * 64 ...

Pittsburgh-area business owners see hope amid economic turmoil.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA);  September 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jim McKay Sep. 28--Local business owners appear to see a brighter future...spite of everything that we've seen, business owners are feeling pretty good about the...economic outlook. A survey of 150 area business owners by PNC found nearly three of four...pessimistic. More than ...

Guarded Optimism Among Maryland Business Owners Amid Stable Interest...

PR Newswire;  April 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......sentiment among business owners who represent...of Maryland business owners expecting increased...responses from 1,258 business owners and senior decision...Outlook Maryland business owners are more optimistic...Profits: 60 percent expect profits to ...

Connecticut Business Owners Confident Despite Economic Slowdown.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ......of the of 900 business owners who responded...employ about 69 percent of the state's...improvement. n 47 percent expect increasing sales...level sales and 14 percent expect fewer sales. n...profits and 17 percent expect a drop. n 69 percent...Nonetheless, ...

Pittsburgh Business Owners Are Optimistic over Future, Survey Finds.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 8, 2003 ;     455 words ......Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 8--Despite war jitters, a majority of small and medium-sized business owners in the Pittsburgh region are optimistic...presumably going well. The survey of 200 local business owners from the six-county region, ...

U.S. Small Business Owners Say Customers More Focused on Price, but...

PR Newswire;  November 15, 2004 ;     612 words ......Nearly half of small business owners expect their holiday...com/ shows that 48 percent of small business owners say their customers...last year. Only 13 percent expect their shoppers to...Still, the small business owners surveyed indicated...last year. Small ...

Business owners in state worrying more about the economy?

New Haven Register;  April 1, 2008 ;     272 words ...Register Staff Connecticut business owners, while somewhat optimistic...productivity. Of those surveyed, 71 percent expect the national economy to worsen...Credit Survey, which gauges business owners' perception of current and...