EXHIBIT 31.1

                  AMERICAN BUSINESS CORPORATION

              CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302
                 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2003


I, Anthony R. Russo, the Registrant's Chief Executive and Chief Financial
Officer, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of American
Business Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
untrue   statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
the period covered by this quarterly report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this quarterly report; and

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
for the Registrant and have:

a) Designed and recently commenced the implementation of such disclosure
controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being
prepared; and

b) Evaluated the increasing effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation.


Dated:  August 16, 2004

 /s/ Anthony R. Russo
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Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer