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Optimism growing among small businesses, survey says

Bruce Carlow, co-owner of Trio Hardware in Plainview,

Photo credit: Chris Ware

Nearly a quarter of Long Island's small businesses are planning to add staff this year, though two-thirds think local economic conditions are bad, a small business survey said.

The 2012 Long Island Small Business Survey, sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union, showed 64 percent of the 600 small business executives surveyed rate the financial health of their companies positively, in contrast...

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