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Small business key to the economic recovery

RBC I As Colorado shoppers were heading to the malls and big-box stores in search of Black Friday deals, small retailers joined the marketing chorus and asked that they not be overlooked.
Small Business Saturday 2011 was promoted in Colorado by the National Federation of Independent Business. The group hoped that shoppers will open their wallets in support of local businesses — en masse.
Citing a U.S. Small Business Administration statistic that small businesses make…