Germany could expand small business loan scheme to EU strugglers

BERLIN: Portugal and Greece are interested in the same kind of support for lending to small business that Germany agreed with Spain this week, a spokeswoman for the German finance ministry said on Saturday, but they will need a state financing body to qualify.

Global economic crisis hits China's exporters

Wedding dress maker Wang Lujia earns a living making brides happy, but the global economic crisis is casting a chill over her small business in southern China.