Telegraph.co.uk
UK banks set to miss Project Merlin lending targets
The Guardian
"Banks should reconsider how they communicate with business customers, and be able to make decisions at a local level about their financing needs." He added: "The crisis of confidence between businesses and banks has to be addressed, but lending ...
Banks fall short of lending goal to small firmsReuters UK
Hamish McRae: Project Merlin has yet to work its magic, but banks will have to ...The Independent
Cable repeats threat to tax banks over lendingFinancial Times

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S. Korea to invite bidders for troubled savings banks
Yonhap News
Bidding will be open to any sector with the financial ability to absorb soured assets and normalize business for the suspended banks, it said. The agency, meanwhile, said it plans to stop its sale process for those banks that succeed in replenishing ...
Korea Deposit Insurance Corp: To Issue Public Sale Notice For 7 Savings BanksFox Business

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Milan Station share surge sets luxury benchmark
Asia Times Online
Kenny Tang, securities business general manager at AMTD Financial Planning, who had forecast Milan Station to rise about 30% on its debut, said upcoming IPOs by global brand names would be warmly received due to the surging retail sales and continuing ...

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Independent Online
The myth of Manuel's wizardry
Independent Online
That in turn required such vast financing inflows that SA's foreign debt soared from the $25 billion inherited from apartheid to $80 billion 15 years later. At that stage, with the world economy teetering, The Economist magazine named SA the most risky ...

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Orix Corp in talks to buy TPG Capital stake; Shriram Transport up
Economic Times
If the deal goes through, it would want to extend participation in the securities and infrastructure finance business of the Shriram group," said a person who has knowledge of the talks but spoke on the condition of anonymity considering the ...

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Seniors hurt most by low interest rates
Daily News Transcript
This combined with the bailout funds was not only a rescue plan for the banking industry, but the financial systems as a whole. Low interest rates were also designed to benefit the economy. The lower rates reduce the cost of financing business ...

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TRCB News
Ask SCORE: Is the SBA still making business loans?
Richmond Times Dispatch
Q: I hear the Small Business Administration is making loans again. What is the process to obtain a business loan? A: To begin, you should understand that the SBA does not make loans. Rather, the agency guarantees loans made by ...
Business loans can be tough to findHickory Daily Record
Bank Offers New Financing Aimed at Increasing Competitive Edge for American ...The FINANCIAL
More Small Businesses Tend to Seek Export FinancingTRCB News
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State proposal would send $250 million to certified capital companies
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The study suggested Wisconsin's 1999 program might have had no effect at all, "likely displacing venture capital financing that would have otherwise occurred." The proposed Badger Jobs Fund would give the state a 100% return of its principal and 80% of ...

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Washington area business events for the week of May 23
Washington Post
Financing 2011: Unveiling the Myths and Mysteries Behind Funding Your Small Business. Conference will provide the latest information on securing financing, as well as offering one-on-one counseling appointments with TD Bank lenders. 8 am to 12:30 pm, ...

Persistent 'macro' concerns about micro-finance
BusinessDay
Enter the financial whiz-kids, purportedly here to empower the poor and down-trodden, while changing the face of the sector for good. In concert with the well intended efforts of the regulatory watchdogs ie CBN and NDIC, the death knell had effectively ...

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GE Capital Acquires Business And Assets Of Face Finance
Voxy
The receivers of the SCF Group have announced that GE Capital's New Zealand Equipment Finance business has acquired over NZ$100 million of commercial loan book assets from Face Finance Limited, a subsidiary of South Canterbury Finance Limited. ...
SCF's Face Finance soldStuff.co.nz
South Canterbury receivers sell Face FinanceNew Zealand Herald
South Canterbury receivers sell FaceNational Business Review

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SCF's Face Finance sold
Stuff.co.nz
GE Capital's New Zealand Equipment Finance business announced today it has acquired over $100 million of commercial loan assets from South Canterbury Finance subsidiary Face Finance. GE Capital said the deal consolidates its position as a specialist ...
GE Capital Acquires Business And Assets Of Face FinanceVoxy
South Canterbury receivers sell Face FinanceNew Zealand Herald
South Canterbury receivers sell FaceNational Business Review

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UTPA business incubator recognized as nation's best
Monitor
“(The center's staff) gave us a lot of business guidance and checked the financial aspects of the loan,” he said. “Every step of the way, if we needed any help or anything else to get this going, they were ready.” Jared Janes covers Hidalgo County ...

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Burdened by PBS Dues, Stations Consider Withdrawing
New York Times
In the New York City area, WNET-TV is among those bidding to take over NJN in New Jersey, which is losing its state financing in coming weeks. Ultimately, she said, if consolidation leads to “fewer stations but stronger stations, that ends up being ...

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Orix Corp in talks to buy TPG Capital stake in Shriram Transport
Economic Times
If the deal goes through, it would want to extend participation in the securities and infrastructure finance business of the Shriram group," said a person who has knowledge of the talks but spoke on the condition of anonymity considering the ...

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Islamic finance evolves as tool for international trade
gulfnews.com
Historically, a small range of Islamic financing, investment, cash management and treasury solutions limited the ability of a corporate treasury to mitigate foreign exchange, rate, funding, payment, commodity price and business protection risk in a ...

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New York Times
Hollywood Presses Its Global Agenda
New York Times
... concerns in Singapore, says the city-state is hoping to play to its strengths as an English-speaking country with strong links to China and India and strong intellectual property protection, as well as importance as a business and finance hub. ...

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Lee Enterprises Forms Strategic Alliance with Top Alternative Fuels Accounting ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
Her accounting practice primarily focuses on consulting and advisory services including financial forecasting, business development, and preparation of business plans. She has a wide range of experience in the areas of ethanol, biodiesel and renewable ...

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The two sides of TIF proposals
The Daily Advertiser
Tax Increment Financing seems a simple and potentially positive idea for bringing development to a community. The theory is that a local government can nurture business development in an area that is blighted or at some form of disadvantage by making ...

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Business in brief - May 22, 2011
TheDay.com
Connecticut Magazine partnered with Crescendo Business Services to survey recent homebuyers and industry experts to find the Connecticut mortgage professionals who scored the highest in overall satisfaction. • SI Financial Advisors, the trust and ...

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