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Small businesses in the Inland Empire received $37 million in financing from the U.S. Small Business Administration during the last three months. One dozen companies in Riverside and San Bernardino counties received one of the administration’s 504 loans during September, October and November, said Larry Nuffer, spokesman for CDC Small …

Some retailers might want to rethink opening on Thanksgiving. Sales nationwide dropped 2.8 percent for the week ending Nov. 30 compared with the previous week, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index. Year-to-year the numbers for Black Friday weekend were far …

David Harris has been named executive vice president for finance, chief financial officer and principal accounting officer for State Bros. Markets. Harris, who has worked for the San Bernardino-based supermarket chain since 2009, has worked in accounting and auditing for nearly 30 years, according to a Stater Bros. release. Last …

Manufacturing in the Inland Empire is growing again. The purchasing manager’s index for Riverside and San Bernardino counties in November was 55.3, up from 50.7 in September, according to the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at California State University, San Bernardino. That marked the third consecutive month that …

Money that the federal government has set aside to help deal with the foreclosure crisis isn’t being spent properly. The “Hardest Hit Fund,” a $7.6 billion program the government set up to help homeowners has only handed out $3 billion, according to a report originally published in The Press-Enterprise. There …

Jeff Stewart, founder of an Inland private investigation agency, has seen some strange cases during his 26 years on the job. One even involved mayonnaise. Meet Jeff Stewart, the man who helped solve The Great Mayonnaise Caper. Stewart, is chief executive officer of SIS Investigations in Rancho Cucamonga, which specializes …