Small-business Q&A: Look hard before leaping
Houston Chronicle
Money for a down payment or purchase can come from many sources, including cash on hand in savings, pulling equity out of your home, your retirement funds, Small Business Administration guaranteed loans and seller financing. Knowing this upfront can ...

Region business leaders say jobs still missing jolt from recovery
nwitimes.com
Horizon Bank's Northwest Indiana Market President David Rose said if a business' strategic plan is solid and it has a good long-term outlook, interest rates are still historically low and it's a good time to lock in financing. ...

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Heads Up Entrepreneur Has a Wig for Every Woman
Southern Pines Pilot
All of Gail's businesses were opened with her own savings, not bank or other financing. Gail, an only child, was born in Salisbury but moved around. Her father was in the Air Force, and her mother worked for Honeywell. Gail calls her grandmother's ...

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AIDEA close to investing in Cook Inlet rig
TheNewsTribune.com
The state business-lending agency would make the investment in partnership with Buccaneer Alaska Drilling. By ERIC LIDJI The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is inching toward investing $30 million in a jack-up rig for Cook Inlet. ...
Buccaneer Energy advises Alaska Industrial DevelopmentSteelGuru

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Movers and Shakers for Feb. 20, 2011
Milford Daily News
... more than 3000 small businesses and entrepreneurs in Central Massachusetts and has raised more than $4 million in financing in 2010. She has 25 years of experience in sales, marketing and entrepreneurial endeavors in small business environments. ...

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It's all business on Route 611
Pocono Record
"The problem is banks got tight with financing, but I see a loosening up, which is good news." Lisa Sanderson, president of the Pocono Mountains Association of Realtors, agreed that the commercial lending trend "may be greatly affected by the lending ...

Store heir mixes foundation, business
KLEW
Not surprisingly, national online education companies looking to do more business in Idaho have been active on the political financing front. Since 2008, K12 has given Republican lawmakers about $30000 for their campaigns, including nearly $6000 to ...

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Mayor aims to revive W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Creative financing: The Milwaukee Economic Development Corp. has set up a loan program to help stimulate the city's creative sector. That definition can include anything from individual artists and art groups to small businesses involved in fields such ...

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Enabling Inclusion
MSN India
Which sectors are expected to play a leading role in expanding financial inclusion? Banks and mobile operators will be in the spotlight, along with any other companies that may partake in the business correspondent (BC) model. ...

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Area businesses get creative to acquire loans during credit crunch
Press of Atlantic City
The bank data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and SBA's own records showed that in 2008, small business lending stood at $712 billion. The continuing difficult credit climate has compelled businesspeople to get creative about seeking financing ...

Month of changes fosters optimism for Atlantic City
Press of Atlantic City
Whether it capitalizes on that momentum will be determined during the next two years as the city's new regulatory structure and revitalization plans are finalized, then implemented, and recent sales and financing agreements show results, business ...
Revel's revival helps cityCherry Hill Courier Post

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'Nigeria can be a hub for Islamic finance'
NEXT
It will take time, so I don't think any institution should rush into this business. The guidelines have come out, which is great. You studied Islamic financing several years ago at a time when it was not popular in Nigeria. Did you see this coming? ...

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Cape Fear Future - Advocates' visions differ on area's direction
StarNewsOnline.com
The center also helped secure $4.2 million in equity financing for startups. A successful business executive who made his mark in the fast-paced technology sector working for luminaries like Steve Jobs and global companies like Microsoft, ...

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New York Times
Jilted in the US, a Site Finds Love in India
New York Times
This month, the company closed a $3 million round of financing. Forty percent of its investors are based in India, including Rajan Anandan, Google's top executive in India. In the United States, Ignighter is backed by Point Judith Capital, ...

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Bangkok Post
The practicalities of property finance
Bangkok Post
Meanwhile, it is his home and if he moves to a different location in his business, he will let the unit to help cover the costs. By leveraging his existing property he was in a position where he did not need to find a cash deposit for the London ...

OregonLive.com
Harry & David headed closer to bankruptcy
OregonLive.com
But the future looks rosier for the Hillsboro-based apparel retailer and its sister brands, Sahalie and Solutions, as Orchard was able to negotiate with its creditors and secure additional financing. Though it has deep roots in southern Oregon, ...

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<B>Jerome Bonnafont:</B> France, India and the G20
Business Standard
Infrastructure will be a special focus, the aim being to launch a series of selected programmes, financing for which will be identified, at the Cannes Summit in November 2011. But how is development to be financed? In Copenhagen, the great countries of ...

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Terra to host free seminar on small business
Fremont News Messenger
Learn the basics of name registration, licensing, taxes, zoning, business entities, employees, insurance, financing and business planning. • March 2 -- 9:30 to 11:30 am Ottawa County Improvement Corporation (conference room), 8043 W. Ohio 163, ...

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Business Watch
Winnipeg Free Press
OTTAWA -- A federal loan program for small business paid the banks and other financial institutions a record $113 million in loss claims last year -- most of it in hard-hit Ontario, says a new report. The Canada Small Business Financing Program also ...

Detroit Marine in new TV commercial
Detroit Free Press
Rick Snyder's proposed budget for next year is brutally honest -- and brutally pro-business.- 1:25 am After Gov. Rick Snyder's budget presentation, we heard many readers say the cuts are too deep.- 8:41 pm US Marine Capt. John Williams / US Marine ...

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