S.B.A. Makes Small Businesses Bigger (the Easy Way)

The enlarging of small business has begun.

On Wednesday, the Small Business Administration published a final rule revising upward the size standards that determine eligibility for S.B.A. programs in three broad sectors of the economy. And that is good news for nearly 18,000 businesses that until now have been unable to take a government-backed loan or to get assistance winning federal contracts. But it makes the term "small business" a little more ambiguous.

By ROBB MANDELBAUM

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