Small businesses may get some extra help from the federal government through the TARP fund. The fund was used to aid failing banks, and $50 billion of unused money may go to help small companies get loans. That's welcome news to groups that say small businesses were overlooked in this year's stimulus package.
Back in February, small business groups watched with disappointment as the president signed a stimulus bill giving billions of dollars to basic science research, but relatively little to start-up companies.
Barbara Schilberg is the CEO of BioAdvance, a non-profit group that funds new biotech companies.
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