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Small Businesses Struggle In Tough Economy
posted 11:31 am Mon June 09, 2008 - Pittsburg
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Small business is risky business these days with the rising cost of doing business cutting into profits.
Just last month an Oklahoma City gas station owned for 22 years by brothers Harley and Hadley Hintergardt closed because of rising gas prices.
Harley Hintergardt says the station suffered because unlike big chain stations they didn't have a convenience store or auto shop to fall back on.
He says people think the station was making money selling gas but wasn't.
Small businesses make up about 99 percent of all businesses in the U.S. but things are so bad many say they're hanging by a thread that may soon snap.
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