Sam Norwood

January 2010 Tatum survey of small business conditions

How is the economic mood on Main Street, as we kick off another year? Sam Norwood and Jim Blasingame go over the January 2010 Tatum survey of small business conditions, including sales, investment, capital acquisition and other indicators, and the arrows are all green and pointing upward.

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