Business as usual. The absence of a salary cap has caused little change in how NFL teams approach the early stages of free agency. There still has been a spending spree, highlighted by the $42 million guaranteed the Chicago Bears gave defensive end Julius Peppers on the first day he became unrestricted.

Business as usual.

It's no secret that small businesses in the U.S. face difficulties accessing credit. According to a survey of a random sample of 751 small businesses conducted by Gallup at the end of 2009 for the National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation, 44% of small businesses seeking credit in 2009 received only some or none of the money they sought. This level of credit access compares ...

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Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet.

NEW APPS STORE: Google is selling the online services of other business software makers.

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday: WASHINGTON -- Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.

Google opened an online shop for business software hosted as services in the Internet "cloud."