According to the latest annual National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index, the greatest problem facing small businesses is poor sales.

President Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geitner announced Monday that $15 billion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) will be committed to the Small Business Administration (SBA) so that the government can purchase SBA-backed loans from the banks that have originated them. The SBA FAQ is here. SBA lending has crashed with all other [...]