Entrepreneur's Edge: IdeaPaint

Reuters Small Business presents expansion pitches from upstarts across the country. Feeling limited by the space of a white board while brainstorming, IdeaPaint founders turned the problem into a college dorm-room start-up. Here's their pitch:

Obama: Stimulus healed economy

U.S. President Barack Obama said his economic stimulus plan help stop the economic "bleeding." Deborah Lutterbeck reports

Wall Street's best week in eight

SEP 3 - Wall Street closes with its best week in eight as fears ease over the economy. Google faces an antitrust review in Texas. Carmen Roberts reports.

The week ahead

Sept. 3 - Watch out for Obama's big economic policy drive punctuated by Friday's highly anticipated news conference. Also on the radar is the upcoming Reuters Aerospace and Defense Summit.

Jobs number beats estimates

Sep 03 - Payrolls fall less than expected in August and private payrolls beat forecasts. Jill Bennett reports.

How to avoid retirement blunders

Sept. 3 - retirees tend to load up on bonds and avoid stocks. T. Rowe Price's Stuart Ritter discusses this and other common investing blunders.

Steady growth for euro zone services

SEP 03 - Recovery in the euro zone's service sector steadies, Roche's cost cutting plans, BP revises spill costs, fugitive businessman in London court and UK alcohol consumption is down.

Investor optimism rises

SEP 3 - Better-than-expected jobs report lifts investor optimism, Google prepares to battle Apple in the download music arena. Carmen Roberts reports.

Solis: Small business tax credit key

Sept. 3 - U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says the labor market can expect ups and downs, but the economic recovery is headed in the right direction.

Small business lending up in July

Sept. 3 - The Thomson Reuters/PayNet index rose 2 percent in July, adding to signs the US economic recovery is gaining a little steam but it remains near historically low levels.

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