Financing Options: Friends and Family
Benzinga
This is the first in a series of posts about financing options for startups. By "financing" I mean obtaining cash to fund your business. There are all sorts of strategies to avoid needing funding, but this series is not about them. ...

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Entrepreneur
SCORE: Is the SBA still making business loans?
Naples Daily News
QUESTION: I hear the Small Business Administration (SBA) is making loans again. What is the process to obtain a business loan? ANSWER: To begin, you should understand that the SBA does not make loans; they guarantee loans made by ...
Opus Bank Announces Small Business Administration Preferred Lender Status ...MarketWatch (press release)
Wilmington Trust again is tops in small business lendingThe News Journal
Small firms' loan demand up for first time in 5 yearsOCRegister
Hotel News Resource
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BCR open for business
Business Review
Dominic Bruynseels, CEO of BCR, tells Business Review about the perspectives of the local banking system and emphasizes the main elements of BCR's strategy, one of which is increasing lending to companies in 2011 by financing productive sectors. ...

India gold loans market turns competitive, more banks, FIs in fray
Commodity Online
Meanwhile, Muthoot Finance Ltd, India's largest gold financing company whose Initial Public Offering (IPO) was heavily oversubscribed and subsequently listed in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) this month has announced plans to take gold loan business ...

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Solar Mash Offers Free Directory Listing Service to Solar Installers
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Solar Mash is a growing solar information web site, used by many solar installers to promote their residential, commercial, and financing services. Because Solar Mash provides free directory listings and installer pages, listing your company's overview ...

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Today in the press
RTE.ie
Officials hope that as much as half of the €60-€70 billion in new financing needed by Athens until the end of 2013 could be accounted for without new loans. Under a plan advocated by some, much of that would be covered by the sale of state assets and ...

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Energy discounts in bill stir concern
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The bill would expand a pilot program to offer a discount of up to $5 million over five years to Mercury Marine, the final piece of a more than $120 million state-and-local financing package that helped the engine maker decide not to move to Oklahoma. ...

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Proteostasis partners with enthusiastic backer
Boston Globe
... of its current financing round to a targeted $15.8 million. This report was compiled by the editors of Xconomy, an online news website focused on the business of technology and innovation. For more New England coverage, visit www.Xconomy.com/boston.
Elan invests $20m in Proteostasis to pursue neurology drugsIn-PharmaTechnologist.com

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Multi Finance shares get listed today
Daily Mirror
Founded 37 years ago as a family-owned business, MFCL provided financing for consumer durables. In February 2008, it became a part of the Entrust Group, which also includes Entrust Securities – a Central Bank appointed Primary Dealer in Government ...

Reuters
Texas House approves school finance measure
Houston Chronicle
Miner said other unfinished business could be put on the agenda for a special session. This session's unfinished business includes an immigration enforcement measure, which Perry had declared an emergency. AP writer Paul Weber contributed to this ...
20 Weeks in Texas in Which the Budget Held SwayTexas Tribune

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Small business expo to be held in Lathrop
News-Press Now
A Mo-Kan official will discuss small business financing. Other talks will include Internet services, forming a legal entity, US Department of Agriculture financing, tax options and marketing. Not all trash can be somebody else's treasure, ...

gulfnews.com
CBD is eyeing strong growth
gulfnews.com
As one of the oldest local banks, CBD plays an important role in financing UAE's trade and development projects. The bank is involved in financing infrastructure projects, promoting the development of trade, business, industry and services throughout ...

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The Business Insider
Here's What's Going To Happen When Greece Defaults
The Business Insider
Greece might be denied the next tranche of financial aid if an audit of its budget accounting shows that the country cannot guarantee financing for the next 12 months, Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker said Thursday. "I'm not the spokesman of the ...

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BUSINESS BRIEFCASE for May 29
Rapid City Journal
... Native community development financial institutions and tribal loan funds to address Native entrepreneur financing and capacity building needs. The announcement came at the 2011 South Dakota Indian Business Conference held May 17-18 in Rapid City. ...

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a capital idea
Indianapolis Star
"We brought in a round of financing just to build the business," said William Oesterle, chief executive officer of 550-employee Angie's List, which secured $53.6 million from ExactTarget's financier Battery Ventures. The $69 million to Indiana ...

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Nashville sees boom in Hispanic-owned businesses
The Tennessean
But in general, banks and other lenders really aren't in the business of providing startup capital to new businesses, said Pete Wooten, commercial banking manager for Avenue Bank and the husband of Soto, the Conexion executive director. “Financing for ...

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Regulator to halt business of 2-3 savings banks in Q3
Yonhap News
... feeble financial health or heavier holdings of construction project financing loans, they said. Of the total firms subject to the examination, up to three savings banks are likely to face business suspension during the third quarter, they added. ...

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Kenya: KCB Eyes Uganda Mortgage Market as Demand Grows
AllAfrica.com
KCB plans to enter the Ugandan mortgage market next month as it seeks to tap into new financing opportunities in the real estate sector and diversify its property business from the highly competitive Kenyan market. KCB, through S&L, its mortgage ...

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BUSINESS AGENDA
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
The program, presented in partnership with the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry, will address how to plan for success; effective ways to market a business; financing and finding grants; and available community resources. ...

Small-business Q&A: Be prepared when asking for that loan
Houston Chronicle
Through workshops and seminars, we work to improve your financial literacy so you know how to establish or improve and maintain your bottom line and clearly communicate with lenders in the language of small-business finance. Mentors advise on preparing ...

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