Reporting on the future of small banks, Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to provide his perspective on the future of small business banking.

How can you use brand messaging to build your own economic recovery? Alison Diboll joins Jim Blasingame to explain how to build your own economic recovery by developing your brand around what you can do for customers.

Kiplinger reports on the genome, energy and global recovery. Kiplinger's Jim Ostroff joins Jim Blasingame to report on human genome research, how the global economy looks for 2011 and the future of alternative energy.

Reporting on the June 2010 NFIB Report on small business conditions, Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to discuss conditions small business owners are facing and their attitudes about the economy. The current report indicates a slowing of the recovery.

What causes structural unemployment and how long will it last? Jim Blasingame identifies the two kinds of unemployment and explains how small business' contribution to the second one is part of our plan.

Reporting on the July Tatum Survey of business conditions, Mark Rosenman joins Jim Blasingame with a rather tepid response from the Tatum Survey respondents, and explains it in a cyclical perspective.

What will passage of the Financial Regulation bill mean for small business? Kiplinger's Jim Ostroff joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the key issues that the Financial Regulation bill are, including those that impact small business.

Is the European Union going to get its act together? Leslie Kossoff joins Jim Blasingame from Paris to talk about the economic recovery there, what the EU is doing to strengthen its monetary standards, and how to do business with European companies.

Is there a gold bubble or is it forecasting coming inflation? Howard Ruff joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether the run up in gold prices is a result of a speculative bubble or if it really is a sign that hyper-inflation is coming.

How is technology impacting growth decisions of small businesses? Connie Certusi joins Jim Blasingame to report what the Sage Business Mind Survey showed small business owners were thinking in terms of acquiring technology to grow capacity rather than hiring more people.