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Microsoft's Windows 7 is nearly here, and the big questions on small-business owners' minds are: "What's in it for me?" and "Could it be any worse than Vista?"

MOSCOW (AFP)--Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged major financial support for small businesses Tuesday to help them through the economic crisis. "In 2009 serious resources from the federal budget - 10.5 billion rubles ($357 million)...

With the presidential campaign in full swing, the candidates will no doubt set their sights on the huge group of voters who own their own businesses. But winning their support will be a daunting task...

Chancellor Alistair Darling and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson will meet chief executives of Britain's leading banks on Wednesday to urge them to increase small business lending, The Times reported on Wednesday.

Entrepreneurs in Manchester are being encouraged to bid for the chance to create a new online small business on Alibaba.com, it has been reported.

Some small business owners are so focused on attracting new customers they forget to take care of the ones they already have. And neglected customers will certainly be ripe for the picking by the competition. Bob Green, president of The Verdi Group, an advertising agency in Rochester, N.Y., offers some easy and inexpensive ways to make sure your regulars keep coming back--and get some more along the way:

* Small iron ore miners have alternatives to benchmark system * Oz miners say business with China carries on despite drama KALGOORLIE, Australia, Aug 4 - Small-capped Australian iron ore miners say it is business...

Small business expert and author Jane Applegate joins the Forbes.com team this week with a new column dealing with entrepreneurship's intangible element: "The Human Element."

No man's land is territory many growing businesses encounter--too small to be big, too big to be small. What you do when you're there could determine whether your business will succeed or fail.

AS part of a major launch to the UK marketplace, Alibaba.com, the world鈥檚 largest online meeting place for buyers and sellers, is backing eight product-savvy entrepreneurs with 拢1,000 each to create their own start up businesses on Alibaba.com.