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By Sarah E. Needleman "My executive assistant is opening the mail with a butcher knife."Those were the worrisome words that Evan Fray-Witzer, an employment attorney, heard when he took a call from a nervous small-business client several years ago.

By Colleen DeBaise
Adapted from THE WALL STREET JOURNAL COMPLETE SMALL BUSINESS GUIDEBOOK (Three Rivers Press).
Technological advances have greatly increased the ease with which you can run and grow a small business. If only technology weren't so complicated. These days, it's tough for any entrepreneur to make it—let alone succeed—without a heavy dose of tech.

By Martin Vaughan U.S. Senate Democrats proposed scaling back new Internal Revenue Service reporting rules that were part of the new health-care law, continuing a retreat that began last week when their House of Representatives counterparts backed repeal of the requirements.As a result, it appears likely that the new rules will be at least watered down if not repealed completely.

By Dyan Machan Bank lending to small businesses is still in the dumpster, and venture capital investment remains way down. But even if times were flush, some entrepreneurs would rather get funding elsewhere. Business owners like Erica Duignan Minnihan and Susan Reiner wouldn't take out a bank loan if President Obama delivered it on a silver platter.

By Ryan Streeter The past few years have seen no shortage of commentary about the comparative economic environments in China and India, where growth and the rise of enterprising classes have gone hand in hand. Yet we have little data to help us understand how entrepreneurs in these countries think, and what motivates their decisions and actions.

By Barbara Weltman If you're a small-business owner seeking more training for yourself or for your staff, now is the time to enroll for the fall term. Fortunately, Uncle Sam helps defray the costs of education by providing important tax breaks.Successful business owners often pursue higher education or take courses in sales, software or other specialized learning programs.

By Sarah E. Needleman Next month, flu-shot provider WellCheck LLC will open its first retail stores—150 units in shopping malls in 35 states. Six weeks later, they'll be gone.The pop-up experiment "gives us the ability to test people's appetite for receiving health-care services in a new venue," says Jack Tawil, chief executive of the 12-employee New York concern.