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    <title>2010 Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) </title>
    <description>This Census Bureau brief highlights the most recent update to the Business Dynamics Statistics, which found that U.S. business startups have been declining since the 1980s and especially during the 2008-2009 recession. The report concludes that the U.S. has become less entrepreneurial as a result of the decline in startups ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 09:23:26 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Number of Nonemployer Firms Shrinks Again in 2009, Census Bureau Reports</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Three States and D.C. Break the Trend &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The number of nonemployer businesses, those without paid employees, declined by more than 260,000 between 2008 and 2009 across the United States, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Real estate agents, beauticians and construction contractors are some examples of nonemployer]]> ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:56:03 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Half of U.S. Respondent Businesses Were Home-Based, Majority Self-Financed, Census Bureau Reports</title>
    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;More than half (51.6 percent) of all businesses that responded to the 2007 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) were operated primarily from someone's home in 2007, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau released today. Only 6.9 percent of these home-based businesses had $250,000 or more in receipts,]]> ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:18:23 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Media Advisory - Census Bureau Webinar to Highlight Characteristics of Businesses and Business Owners</title>
    <description>What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold an audio news conference to release national-level data on businesses and business owners. Statistics include data on owners&apos; age, education level, veteran status and primary function in the business; family- and home-based business; types of customers and workers; and sources of financing for ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:55:16 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Census Bureau Reports Number of Minority-Owned Firms Increased at More Than Double the Rate of All U.S. Businesses From 2002 to 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In 2007, minority-owned firms numbered 5.8 million, up from 4.0 million in 2002, an increase of 45.5 percent, more than double the 17.9 percent increase for all U.S. businesses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 Survey of Business Owners. Receipts of minority-owned firms increased 55.0 percent to $1.0 trillion]]> ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:10:17 -0500</pubDate>
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