BUSINESS BRIEFING

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Small Business Development Center at Southeast Missouri State University will conduct counseling sessions for area small business persons and individuals planning business ventures at three locations this month.

Gil Degenhardt will be available for sessions from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. He will hold sessions at the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning office at Perryville, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 28, and at Sikeston's Chamber of Commerce Feb. 26, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The counseling sessions, about one hour, are free.