On April 28, the Associated Press reported new findings about women in business from the National Foundation for Women Business Owners.  Included among the findings are:

. The number of women-owned businesses leapt by 90% in the decade ending in 1997, reaching 8.5 million--more than one-third of all U.S. businesses.

From 1987 to 1997, sales at women-owned businesses grew by 161% and their workforces expanded by 262%.

Also, 23% of women-owned businesses have web sites versus 16% of firms owned by men.  And 41% of women-owned businesses have access to the INternet, as compared to 41% of male-owned businesses.

Increasing entrepreneurship among women--as well as men--can only be a positive for the economy, as well as a positive for more pro-entrepreneurship legislation--such as tax reduction and deregulation--at the federal, state and local levels.