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Rural Business Weekly News – February 14, 2009

February 14, 2009

There will be lots of articles in the coming weeks that try to tell us exactly what was in the stimulus package that just passed and what it all really means, but here’s the coverage from the Associated Press published today. Supposedly the 7 billion in grants for rural broadband are intended for small town [...]

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Rural Business Weekly News February 7, 2009

February 7, 2009

Here are a few interesting blogs and online articles published this week that relate to Rural Small Business, ending February 7, 2009: What The New York Times has to say this week may not be news to most of us in rural America. But odds are, it’s new information to most Americans and their fantasy [...]

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The President’s Agenda for Rural America

January 29, 2009

You can read a one-page summary of President Obama’s’ agenda for Rural America now posted on the White House website. The agenda addresses three areas: economic opportunities for family farmers, rural economic development and rural quality of life. “Rural communities face numerous challenges but also economic opportunities unlike anything we have witnessed in modern history. [...]

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Changes in Rural Mail Delivery?

January 28, 2009

Rural small businesses may be affected by postal delivery changes in the future. The Postmaster General told Congress today that massive deficits could force the post office to eliminate one day of mail delivery each week. The most likely day to be skipped is Tuesday, which is apparently the lightest mail day. The Post Office [...]

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