MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - May 07, 2001 - Netscape Communications, a subsidiary of America Online, Inc., today announced a series of special content and features on Netscape Netbusiness to commemorate National Small Business Week. Netbusiness users can read exclusive coverage of many of the week's events from Fortune Small Business, as well as daily polls and in-depth articles on a broad range of small business issues. In addition, the new Netbusiness Government Guide provides quick and easy access to a wealth of small business resources from federal, state and local agencies.
"National Small Business Week provides a significant opportunity to recognize the valuable contribution small business makes to the American economy, and an outstanding forum to explore the major issues that impact small businesses today," said Marcia Parker, Director of Programming for Netscape Netbusiness. "We're delighted to offer content from Fortune Small Business that provides our users with special coverage of the event, and unique insight into those issues surrounding it."
National Small Business Week content from Fortune Small Business will feature news from the SBA conference in Washington, DC, including profiling the candidates for the Small Business Administration's Entrepreneur of the Year Award. FSB also provides articles examining topics such as President Bush's small business policies; profiles of business and government leaders, tips on contacting key advocates in Washington and small business success stories. In addition, Netbusiness will be featuring daily polls on issues that affect the small business community, with links to various Netbusiness message boards.
At the same time, the Netbusiness Government Guide provides small businesses with resources and tools to easily and effectively locate government resources. Using the Guide, small business owners have access to zip-code specific government information from federal, state and civic agencies, along with links to the Small Business Administration and local chambers of commerce. Information on taxes, e-commerce, postal services and small business conferences is also available among other issues featured in the Guide.
About Netscape Netbusiness
Launched by AOL and Netscape in September 2000, Netscape Netbusiness provides a free, one-stop home on the Internet to enable owners of small businesses to better manage both their operations and everyday lives. Netbusiness offers easy-to-use and fully customizable information resources, productivity and communications tools including message boards and custom Netbusiness version of Netscape Instant Messenger, and a free online presence with the innovative "Netbusiness Card", which enables registered users to create an "online storefront" for free.
About Netscape
Netscape Communications is a leading provider of tools, services and content wherever people go on the Internet. Netscape pioneered the development of world-class Web browsers, including Netscape 6, and offers a full range of convenient Web applications. Netscape.com is one of the most visited sites on the Internet with more than 40 million registered users, and Netscape Netbusiness ranks among the fastest-growing Internet destinations for small business owners. A subsidiary of AOL, Inc., Netscape is based in Mountain View, California. Additional information on Netscape is available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to info@netscape.com, or by calling 650-254-1900.
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