<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce. | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/feed/</link> <description>SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce. - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business</description> <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:15:04 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/#post-48896</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/#post-48896</link> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:21:46 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/" rel="nofollow">SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Commerce and SBA have traditionally NOT held similar goals. Hope this is NOT true..<div></div><div>Robin Carlisle</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/#post-48892</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristy C. Cartier replied to the forum topic SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/#post-48892</link> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:09:58 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kc_kreative/" title="Kristy C. Cartier" rel="nofollow">Kristy C. Cartier</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/" rel="nofollow">SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/' rel="nofollow">@supereb</a> I certainly hope that it has lost momentum! While we need to keep tabs on foreign activities, I would like to see more investment in the good ol' U.S. of A. One easy suggestion that will never be taken [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/#post-48808</guid><title><![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/#post-48808</link> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:43:47 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/" title="E N Brown" rel="nofollow">E N Brown</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/" rel="nofollow">SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> HI &#160;<a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/' rel="nofollow">@rich-brooks</a> &#160;&#160;<div></div><div></div><div>I looked back some too - the first mention that I saw of this was in January of this year at the Washington Post and it seems solid to me ---</div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-small-business/post/obama-adds-cabinet-seat-for-sba-administrator-proposes-merging-commerce-agencies/2012/01/13/gIQAd00KwP_blog.html" rel="nofollow">Obama adds cabinet seat for SBA administrator, [&#8230;]</a></div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/#post-48797</guid><title><![CDATA[Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/#post-48797</link> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:52:26 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/rich-brooks/" title="Rich Brooks" rel="nofollow">Rich Brooks</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/" rel="nofollow">SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/' rel="nofollow">@supereb</a><div></div><div>That would be a terrible idea, and one that would seem to go against Obama's love of small business. (Both parties seem to love small business at least in word, not always in action.)</div><div></div><div>However, in [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/#post-48781</guid><title><![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/#post-48781</link> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:03:54 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/" title="E N Brown" rel="nofollow">E N Brown</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/" rel="nofollow">SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Hi <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dianebianchi/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dianebianchi/' rel="nofollow">@dianebianchi</a> ---<div></div><div>I agree - Cutting out the pork that has been added to bills over the years is the best place to start - did they do that? &#160;Who knows.&#160;</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/#post-48755</guid><title><![CDATA[Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce. in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/#post-48755</link> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:05:14 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dianebianchi/" title="Diane Bianchi" rel="nofollow">Diane Bianchi</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/sba-to-merge-with-dept-of-commerce/" rel="nofollow">SBA to merge with Dept of Commerce.</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/' rel="nofollow">@supereb</a> I agree that it is bad news.&#160; Small businesses will get lost in the system.&#160; I think the government is crazy and has no idea how to handle finances!</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>