The GMAT is commonly required for students who want to earn a master of business administration.

VOA: special.2009.01.08

And colleges offered more classes in such useful subjects as teacher training,engineering, and business administration.

VOA: special.2010.12.30

He completed his education the next year with a degree in business administration.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

The government's Small Business Administration already provides some help by backing loans from community banks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

At a small company near Washington, Mr.Obama said he will ask Congress to allow small businesses to get larger government loans, using money from the "These are the loans most frequently handed out by the Small Business Administration to help folks open their doors and buy machinery,equipment, land and buildings,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

But he says the administration's proposal will prove impractical and counterproductive when applied to the business world.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

The Obama administration has been especially attuned to criticism that it is not doing enough for small business, and focusing too much on helping big corporations and financial firms.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

David Kramer,former senior State Department official in the George W.Bush administration, says the Russian president will be in northern California to try and form business partnerships and to learn how Silicon Valley got started.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18