More and more people are developing small business applications for the many "smart phones." Ruth King is one of those and she joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the new iPhone applications she's created and others she's working on so that small business owners can acquire information on their mobile devices.

What do recent Fed adjustments in interest rates mean for small business? Richard DeKaser joins Jim Blasingame to report on why small businesses should care when the Fed increases the interest rate at the "discount window."

Looking for ways to improve your business's capital picture? Linda Ireland joins Jim Blasingame to identify how doing a better job of serving customers is one of the best ways to find new capital organically.

Build trust by creating a performance clock. Trust expert, Arky Ciancutti joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to foster and perpetuate trust within an organization. Jim identifies his "performance clock" idea for promoting trust. They also talk about how trust failure within cause customer problems without.

Reporting on economic conditions, Richard DeKaser joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the key elements of this recovery, including the positive signs as well as the troubling ones.

Reporting on the housing industry recovery progress, economist, Richard DeKaser, joins Jim Blasingame to identify some of the issues in this sector that he believes are more troublesome for recovery than even the current and extended jobless recovery..