Delaware Business Blog

Business Skills Training to Make YOUR Business More Successful! This month SCORE is offering some classes Downstate in Dover & Georgetown! The Delaware SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) Chapter offers an ongoing series of workshops that cover essential skills required to successfully Startup and Operate a Business. Here are this months classes: Series of [...]

Women-owned firms increased nearly 20 percent over the latest period studied, according to a report released yesterday by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. During the five years between 1997 and 2002, women-owned firms grew by 19.8 percent while all U.S. firms grew by seven percent. New U.S. Census information and [...]

How would you like information on opportunities that could offer exciting possibilities for U.S. companies in a variety of industry sectors? Once again, the WTCDE has what you are looking for. Check out: Global Trade Leads Further information on these partnership opportunities can be obtained by contacting Rebecca Faber on (302) 656-7905 or rfaber@wtcde.com

The August 2006 Edition of the Delaware Business Ledger is now available online. Subscriptions for the DBL are available at $20 per year in New Castle County; $35 per year outside New Castle County. Single copy, $2. Available at many newsstands in the area. Back issues, $2.50, plus $2 shipping charge. The Delaware Business Ledger [...]

Trends • The American economy moderated its growth in the second quarter of 2006, growing 2.5 percent, down from 5.6 percent in the first quarter. • Overall business and consumer confidence has fallen, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Optimism Index and the University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Survey. • The unemployment [...]