Nigeria: AEA Initiates Business Plan Competition (AllAfrica.com)
The Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA) has initiated Abuja Business plan competition in collaboration with Irwin Associates and Grayson Velvet Project with the support of First Bank, WebAlive and Central Bank of Nigeria, to enable large businesses to interact with small businesses.

Rough economy begs for entrepreneurs to write company business plan (BizJournals)
Every time we turn on the news, we hear how the economy is hurting the small-business owner. Fingers are pointing everywhere. While it is important to understand how we ended up in such a challenging economy, the most important question as a business owner is how do we survive?

Teaching artists to mind their business (Telegraph-Journal)
Ideas might be the currency of the 21st century, but without a business plan and some entrepreneurial savvy, many artists fail to bring the riches of their creativity to market. Now a new program at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design will try to prepare artists for a career.

Uganda: Vision Starts New Business Section (AllAfrica.com)
THE New Vision tomorrow launches a special business section, which will run every Thursday.

What to do when your credit line is yanked (San Francisco Chronicle)
During periods of tight business credit, lenders are more likely to call a note payable on demand or even find borrowers in default for minor technicalities. Business borrowers should have a backup plan ready in the event a bank pulls their line of credit....