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No question, these are trying times for small businesses in the Quad-state region.
As big businesses cut back on spending and lay off employees, the hurt is also felt in the small business community. Not only are suppliers to large manufacturers in the region feeling the impact of the deepening, severe recession, but so are mom-and-pop retailers, restaurateurs and service-based companies whose customers are out of work or fear they soon will be without a job.