What recovery? Positive economic vibes hard to find

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 5:29 a.m. October 12, 2012
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Nearly one out of two small business owners, 48%, say they are worse off now than they were in 2007, the official start of the recession, according to a new nationwide poll.

 

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