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asba in the News

2009 SASIE (Southern Arizona Smart Inspiring Enterprise) Finalists Announced

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Friday, December 26, 2008
Small businesses make the best of situation

Phoenix Business Journal - by Lynn Ducey

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Arizona Small Business Association's CEO steps down
by Andrew Johnson - Dec. 10, 2008 04:55 PM
The Arizona Republic

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Koerber-Walker stepping down as CEO of state small-business advocacy group

Phoenix Business Journal
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 4:31 PM MST
by Lynn Ducey

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Poll: Small business owners see recession lasting 3 years
December 5th, 2008 @ 5:46am
by Hanna Scott/KTAR

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asba Tucson Promotes Arizona Economic Stimulation

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Small businesses weigh in on Super Bowl incentives
Phoenix Business Journal - by Lynn Ducey, Nov 18

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50 small firms lauded by Arizona business group
by Andrew Johnson - Nov. 13, 2008 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

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Poll: AZ businesses largely unconcerned about immigration issues
By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

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Small business group honors 'second-stage' firms November 11, 2008

(Andrew Johnson) Tue Nov 11, 2008 The Arizona Small Business Association honored 50 state-based companies Tuesday night as part of its 3rd Annual Comerica Bank Arizona Companies to Watch contest. The contest recognizes the...

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50 Ariz.-based firms weathering the economic trends November 10, 2008

(Andrew Johnson) Want to learn how to boost sales and stay profitable in a crummy economy? Fifty Arizona-based companies that the Arizona Small Business Association is honoring Tuesday night might have a few ...

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Daily Dispatch - Businesses are making less money: survey
By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services

Wed, November 12, 2008

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Arizona Small Business Association Celebrates Boom Despite Economic Gloom

NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Phoenix, AZ, United States, 11/09/2008 - Arizona Small Business Association (asba) celebrates growth, sustainability, innovation of Small Businesses at Comerica Bank Arizona companies to watch.
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Hunt is on for businesses that are SASIE
Published on Friday, October 24, 2008

Inside Tucson Business
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Up for grabs: businesses looking to sell
October 24, 2008
Andrew Johnson - The Arizona Republic
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Tucson can expect to see credit get even tighter
By Jack Gillum and Dale Quinn
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.30.2008

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/259985.php

Friday, September 26, 2008
Sacramento Business Journal
Credit flow tightens, businesses reserve cash as bailout talks drag into weekend

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asba The Best Kept Business Secret in Tucson

Published on Friday, September 05, 2008

http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2008/09/05/news/small_business/doc48c18ce0250b1472871697.txt

Friday, August 29, 2008
Business groups seek safety in numbers

Phoenix Business Journal -
by Mike Sunnucks Phoenix Business Journal

http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/09/01/story8.html

August 13, 2008

asba Board Member Blogs - Rebrand Yourself!

http://blingmybooth.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/rebrand

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Friday, August 1, 2008
Winter wage increase expected to hit small businesses

Phoenix Business Journal
by Lynn Ducey Phoenix Business Journal

http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/08/04/smallb6.html

Phoenix Business Journal
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Small business poll: Profits down at 42 percent of firm

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/07/28/daily67.html?ana=from_rss

Friday, July 18, 2008
Sustainability
Organizations make changes to better their communities and their bottom lines Phoenix Business Journal
by Patrick O'Grady Phoenix Business Journal

http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/07/21/focus14.html

Small business backs Goddard
Former Phoenix mayor is tops in recent poll
Capitol Media Services
July 24, 2008
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Business Friendly, Maybe but damage is done
East Valley Tribune Editorial
July 24, 2008
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Small business: How McCain, Obama compare
BRIAN TUMULTY
Gannett News Service
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Health care, work force top concerns for Arizona small businesses
Phoenix Business Journal Thursday,
July 10, 2008
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Arizona small business owners see economy as weak, but half expect turnaround next year
Phoenix Business Journal
July 7, 2008
Only 11 percent of Arizona small business owners see the U.S. economy as good. That's a drop from 19 percent last quarter and stands in contrast to 58 percent who see the economy as fair and 31 percent who see it as poor, according to the Silver State Bank/Arizona Small Business Association/O'Neil Associates latest Arizona Economic Indicators Monitor. None of the respondents rated the economy as excellent.
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Wi-fi project grant adds resources for businesses
By LINDSEY GEMME
June 19, 2008
Wi-Vod, a wireless Internet provider company, is partnering with Central Arizona College, the Arizona Small Business Association (asba), and the city of Eloy to prepare local business owners for the new technology. On account of a $190,000 grant from the USDA, the aforementioned organizations called the Pinal Regional Partnership are together also able to provide free training opportunities to area businesses. Countywide wireless Internet access can change the way local companies and agencies do business.
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How to survive summer slump
By Shelley Shelton - Arizona Daily Star
Tucson , Arizona
May 27, 2008
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Arizona Small Business Association and Comerica Bank Join Forces to Spotlight and Support Successful Second-stage Companies
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Small-business owners rate state economy better
Betty Beard
The Arizona Republic
May. 9, 2008
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Google Alert

Business Journal - 3/27
Lynn Ducey
The Arizona Small Business Association is taking a visual approach to promoting its 15th Annual Enterprise Business Conference.
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Bank's expansion plan starts with name change 3/31
Jane Larson
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 31, 2008
Silver State also has joined with the Arizona Small Business Association and polling firm O'Neil Associates to launch a quarterly survey of asba's approximately 3,000 member companies. The first Arizona Economic Indicators Monitor is due out later in April.
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Tough times call for alert responses by small businesses
By Ed Taylor
Tribune
March 15, 2008
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Small Business Association offers Valentine for entrepreneurs

The Business Journal of Phoenix
Lynn Ducey Phoenix Business Journal.
January 30, 2008
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Employee shortage challenges small business owners Association's S. Ariz. leader: Qualified workers needed
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona
January 14, 2008
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