Current and prospective small business owners talk to vendors with information about state, federal, and private funding resources at a Small Business Financing Fair in Manchester, New Hampshire June 29, 2009. According to the New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau, 72 percent of the state's businesses had ten or fewer employees in the first quarter of 2008. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

Current and prospective small business owners talk to vendors with information about state, federal, and private funding resources at a Small Business Financing Fair in Manchester, New Hampshire June 29, 2009. According to the New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau, 72 percent of the state's businesses had ten or fewer employees in the first quarter of 2008.

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