Small businesses tell of their microeconomic woes

More than a dozen small-business owners offered anecdotes Thursday to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Small Business Administration chief Karen Mills about their struggles trying to stay afloat amid the worst economic downturn in generations. Seated around a rectangular table on the fifth floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the business owners discussed credit problems and stringent government regulations that are hampering their operations.

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