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January disappoints, according to one tracker of small business hiring, but the movie is not over--not by a long shot. The beginning of 2012 has been a bit like an Oscar-nominated movie. You expect it to be great, but it starts off mediocre, and then it's more depressing than you thought.

Huge secret loans from the Fed have enriched the very banks who now refuse to lend to small business.

The tax dollars lent through the Small Business Lending Fund--a version of TARP for small banks--were supposed to help small businesses. Here's where the money really went

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