Small businesses report in with optimism and marketing plans? Randy Scarborough joins Jim Blasingame to report on the 2010 FedEx Office survey with the results pointing to general optimism, including a re-commitment to marketing.

Kiplinger's Jim Ostroff joins Jim Blasingame to report on key elements of the economy, such as GDP growth, housing recovery, interest rates, inventory recovery, and IT spending.

How do you keep a recovery mindset while looking for new opportunity? John Dini talks to Jim Blasingame about keep a focus on surviving the economic recovery with a measured approach to taking advantage of growth opportunities.

The NFIB May 2010 report on small business conditions is discussed by Bill Dunkelberg and Jim Blasingame, including overall optimism, hiring, capital expenditures, sales and credit availability.

What is the real solution to economic growth. Brien Biondi joins Jim Blasingame do reveal why entrepreneurship is the solution to economic problems and identify several steps that should be taken to promote Main Street businesses.

What are small business managers saying about the economy? Bill Soward joins Jim Blasingame to report on his latest survey of small business financial managers and what they see in the economic recovery.

What does it look like when woman-owned businesses save the family? Mary Cantando joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what happens to the family when the husband loses his job and the wife, who is a business owner, has to hold the family together financially and otherwise.

Why would the French propose to make GDP obsolete as an economic metric? Guy Sorman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the ridiculous plan by the French to make "well being" part of the measure of prosperity, rather than the production metric of gross domestic product.

Tatum reports on survey of current business conditions. Mark Rosenman and Jim Blasingame discuss the results of this month's Tatum Survey and the news is lukewarm, as whatever momentum the economy had last month seems to have fizzled.

Can a small business claim its own economic recovery? Bob Prosen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about what small businesses are thinking about the economy and what they need to do to claim their own recovery.