Small businesses hit harder by hurricanes and earthquakes

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CHICAGO | Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:44am EDT (Reuters) — For East Coast business owners shaken by this week’s earthquake and bracing for Hurricane Irene’s onslaught, the stats are gloomy. Twenty-five percent of small businesses hit with a disaster like a flood or an earthquake never re-open.


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