Daily Mail
Bank lending to small firms falls again
Real Business
SMEs reported that banks are attempting to replace their overdraft facilities with more expensive financing arrangements. In their defence, the banks have cited lower demand for credit from small firms. Data from the Department for Business confirms ...
Small business lending on the upWestfair Online
More Banks Saying YesCFO.com Magazine
Making money from moneyCBC.ca
AOL Small Business
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Sunday Times.lk
Banks With Etisalat
Sunday Leader
With our expanding network and business edge solutions, we believe that we could add much value to HSBC for their communication and business needs. We further feel that since HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in ...
HSBC to start new branch in Galle; set to capitalise on peaceSunday Times.lk

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OregonLive.com
McCormick & Schmick's decision made it a takeover target
OregonLive.com
2001: Schmick and McCormick secure financing to buy back their restaurant chain from Avado Brands for $123.5 million. 2004: Schmick and McCormick take the company public after a three-month investment campaign on Wall Street. ...
McCormick & Schmick's turns down bid from shareholder and Landry CEO FertittaCanadianBusiness.com
MCCORMICK : & Schmick's Board of Directors Unanimously Rejects LSRI Holdings ...4-traders (press release)

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Ablan's Business Center in Gouverneur receives financing from county ...
North Country Now
With help from Pathstone Enterprises and the Small Business Development Center at SUNY Canton, she created a new direction and plan for her company. Financial assistance from the Gouverneur Area Development Corporation and the St. Lawrence County Local ...

Sri Lanka financial professional writes to president to stop 'pension bill'
Lanka Business Online
Apr 23, 2011 (LBO) - A much respected retired Sri Lankan business executive, financial professional, Chandra Jayaratne, has written President Mahinda Rajapaksa to stop state plans to build a controversial pension fund by dipping its hands into the ...

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All Things Digital
First-quarter venture capital investments jump 35%
Los Angeles Times
Canning agreed: "If you look back on what happened in 1999, companies were getting financing on just a business idea but didn't even have a business plan in place. Now, you know about the companies long before they're getting financing. ...
Investment in U.S. Venture Companies Rose 35% in First QuarterPR Newswire (press release)

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Fox News
Ballpark success for Dodgers amid financial turmoil
Reuters
Colletti told reporters: "It's business as usual. From the baseball perspective, we're operating under the same guidelines we were before." Asked to explain what sort of guidelines, Colletti replied: "Budgetary guidelines." Colletti said he had texted ...
Major League Baseball Takes Over Control of the Los Angeles DodgersForbes (blog)
Frank McCourt loses control of Dodgers; was financing payroll from personal loansZap2it.com (blog)
MLB to run DodgersAlbany Times Union
The American Lawyer
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Globe and Mail
Canadian investors rescue American Apparel
Globe and Mail
In a deal Mr. Charney refers to as an opportunity to prove himself after a year of financial and legal turmoil that nearly sunk the business, American Apparel has struck a deal for up to $40-million (US) of financing, including more than $14-million up ...
American Apparel Board Said to Approve $15 Million FinancingBusinessWeek
Did Dov Charney Just Lose Control of American Apparel?BNET (blog)

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Even In A Recession, United Capital Source Offers Small Business Loans & Funding
SBWire (press release)
"We are excited about the opportunities that are presenting themselves in the small- to mid-sized business finance industry,” said Mr. Weitz. “While banks have loosened up a little, their requirements are still very strict. Most small- to mid-sized ...

Hilltop Community Bancorp, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results
PR Newswire (press release)
Competition among community banks for business loans and deposits is intense but we know that our people are up to the challenge." Hilltop Community Bancorp, Inc. is the parent holding company for Hilltop Community Bank. Hilltop Community Bank is a New ...

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BancTrust Financial Group, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--BancTrust Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BTFG) today reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. The Company reported that its first quarter 2011 net income, before the preferred dividend, was $1.0 million ...

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Business Finance Workshop set for May 3 in Baldwin
Hudson Star Observer
Following the presentations, there will be a roundtable discussion to focus on specific business financing needs and responses from both private and public sector agency perspectives. “Credit availability is a key issue for many western Wisconsin ...

CORRECT:US Manufacturing Belt Fuels Regional Banks' Loan Growth
Wall Street Journal
Wulco Inc., of Cincinnati, used Huntington financing to buy $1.2 million in equipment this quarter. Wulco CEO Rick Wulfeck is attempting to diversify his family-run defense-contracting business into the oil-and-gas and aerospace fields. ...

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Investing in the music business
Fortune
I was fortunate to lead Ticketfly's Series A financing late that fall. The company has been on an extraordinary run ever since. They had a pretty aggressive budget for 2010, their first full year in business. By April, the board had to approve a ...

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Kinghorn drops a clanger
Sydney Morning Herald
Already a lightning rod in the business community, it's an embarrassing and potentially costly setback for Kinghorn. A founder of the financial engineering house Allco Finance Group, he bailed long before Allco became a debt-laden mess that would ...

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Summary Box: GE Capital rebounds
BusinessWeek
By AP FINANCING REBOUND: GE's lending arm, GE Capital, led a 77 percent gain in company profits for the first three months of the year. WHAT HAPPENED: GE Capital was hammered during the recession as risky loans forced the company to book massive ...

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Globe and Mail
Good news for aspiring entrepreneurs
Globe and Mail
At the same time, the loose and flexible ideas of an entrepreneur should not be constrained by a business plan. Given these insights, we believe entrepreneurs need to leverage customers and partners to solve the financing paradox, and to embrace both ...

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Lakeville golf club narrowly averts foreclosure
SouthCoastToday.com
Despite excellent credit and a stable business, Mosca says he was unable to obtain financing from any of the other banks. "I had been successful, and my credit is certainly strong enough to get this loan redone. It's just the economy," he said. ...
Lakeville Country Club owner shows some ironBoston Business Journal
Golf course owner stays on the courseEnterprise News

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Small Business Owners in NJ Get Import-Export Help
BusinessNews Express (press release)
Global Access is supported by a wide variety of business and financial and government partners, including the US Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), and the Bank's 60-plus City/State Partners located throughout the US ...

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High zinc prices cap business, finance deals creating more tightness
Platts
For the past several weeks, market sources have blamed the rising premiums largely on an increasing supply tightness resulting from warehouse financing deals that take massive amounts of tonnage off the physical market. In fact, in the past week, ...