SMALL EMPLOYERS CRUCIAL DURING HARD TIMES

These are perilous economic times. But while large corporations turn to the government for a bailout, or in some cases just shut their doors, there may be a measure of comfort to be found. In fact, that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in America; the number of private employers in the country has risen steadily since 2000, adding nearly 5 million more employers by 2007, according to the federal Small Business Administration.