US Consumer Credit Rises in February on Student Loans
BusinessWeek
Discover Financial Services, benefiting from a rebound in its card-lending business, reported a record fiscal first- quarter profit and raised its dividend last month. Its write- offs for loans deemed uncollectible fell to 5.8 percent in February from ...

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Roanoke Times
Safeguard Scientifics leads $45 million financing for PixelOptics
OptoIQ
"Our partnership with PixelOptics reflects our business model to target companies that have an innovative product or service, rapid path to commercialization, and a strong management team." "I have been wearing emPower! since we began our due-diligence ...
Safeguard Scientifics Leads $45 Million Financing for PixelOpticsBusiness Wire (press release)
PixelOptics Closes $45 Million FinancingPR Newswire (press release)
Roanoke Co. electronic eyeglass firm draws $45 million in financingRoanoke Times

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Telegraph.co.uk
Portugal: Why this little PIG(GY) had none
CTV.ca
No deal is in place but Canada's largest bank is taking a serious look at its options for dealing with its struggling US lending business. Royal Bank made its first real move into US retail banking roughly a decade ago, when former CEO John Cleghorn ...
Portugal official says his country needs a bailoutBusinessWeek
Portugal bail-out makes ECB decision easierFinancial Post
Portugal caves in, pleads for debt helpBusiness Standard
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: IBM eyes 5% revenue from SmartCloud by 2015
Financial Express
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, the world's largest publicly traded copper producer, and rival Xstrata are positioning for potential takeovers as Chinese metals demand increases and financing conditions improve. Phoenix-based Freeport could fund a ...

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Is your business facing a balloon payment on a mortgage?
San Diego Union Tribune
The San Diego office will be using the lender CDC Small Business Finance for this program, Garcia said. For more information, business owners can call the San Diego SBA office at (619) 557-7250 or email sandiego@sba.gov. Until now, the refinancing ...

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NY1
Program Helps Small Businesses Get Loans
NY1
The Small Business Administration is helping local businesses get loans and create jobs. NY1's Tara Lynn Wagner filed the following report. Cesar Cedillo, Owner of Kevin and Richard Plumbing and Heating Supplies, has big things in the pipeline. ...

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BSP: Consumer loans rise 14.4% to P472.6B in 2010
GMANews.TV
Key reasons cited by respondent banks for the net increase in demand for loans by enterprises were firms' upbeat outlook for the domestic economy, lower interest rates, improved terms of financing by banks, and lack of other sources of financing. ...

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Roanoke Times
Safeguard Scientifics Leads $45 Million Financing for PixelOptics
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE), a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, today announced that it led a $45 million financing for Roanoke, VA-based PixelOptics, ...
PixelOptics Closes $45 Million FinancingPR Newswire (press release)
Roanoke Co. electronic eyeglass firm draws $45 million in financingRoanoke Times

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Small Business Loans For New Companies–Microloans Bring Alternative Borrowing ...
Red, White, and Blue Press
By Edward McCray Small business loans available for companies in need of capital who may be unable to find traditional forms of small business financing have often used microloans to their advantage as this alternative to larger loans for small ...

GoldSpot Media Raises $12.05M Series B Financing
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--GoldSpot Media -- the leader in mobile rich media and video advertising solutions -- announced today that it has closed $12.05 million in series B funding from Silicon Valley investors Exa Ventures and Berg Enterprises. “This financing ...

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CNBC.com
Smithfield Foods in Campofrio talks
BusinessWeek
Smithfield currently owns 37 percent of the business. No financing arrangements have been finalized, but Smithfield said Wednesday that it expects the estimated 500 million euros ($716.7 million) needed for the offer would be provided through a ...
Smithfield in Talks to Buy Control of CampofrioWall Street Journal

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Globe and Mail
Portugal PM says his country will ask for bailout
BusinessWeek
Fernando Teixeira dos Santos said in written comments to daily Jornal de Negocios that "I believe it is necessary to resort to the financing mechanisms available in Europe." Portugal would become the third financially troubled eurozone country after ...
Portugal bail-out makes ECB decision easierFinancial Post
Portugal banks rise on bail-out requestFinancial Times
The European Union asked for financial aid by PortugalBusiness Area
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CTV.ca
Portuguese Banks Climb After Government Requests EU Bailout
BusinessWeek
Longer-term financing from the European Financial Stability Facility seems unavoidable after a new government takes office, he and Santos Ferreira said. Moody's Investors Service yesterday downgraded its ratings on seven Portuguese banks, ...
Portuguese banks rise on bail-out requestFinancial Times
The European Union asked for financial aid by PortugalBusiness Area
Portugal Bailout is ComingInternational Business Times
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Reuters Blogs (blog)
Commercial lending topic of meeting
Midland Daily News
During the forum, TEAM SBA will debunk the myths and demystify the process of small business financing; explain how the lending process works and what is expected; and show how the SBA can assist local lenders with its SBA Guaranteed Loan Program. ...
Treasury tries new approach to small business lendingSun-Sentinel
10 questions to find the right bank for your businessReuters Blogs (blog)
UMB Bank credit manager: Shutdown shouldn't stop small business loan applicationsBizjournals.com

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Lakeland Bank in West Milford repaying fed's investment in community
NorthJersey.com
In total, the bank has financed around $300 million in conservatively underwritten residential mortgages as well as commercial and consumer loans following the investment, many to area residents and small business owners, he said. ...

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Business Wire (press release)
Colony Financial, Inc. Completes Public Offering of Common Stock
Business Wire (press release)
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colony Financial, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: CLNY) today announced the completion of the public offering of 14000000 shares of common stock. The Company sold 13250000 shares of common stock and selling stockholders sold ...

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Los Angeles Times
World Wrestling Entertainment to get a makeover
Los Angeles Times
McMahon said he's learned his lesson from those follies and will stick to the entertainment business. More recently, WWE embarked on the movie business, financing low-budget genre films that often feature its own talent and quickly wind up on DVD. ...

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Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Announces Conversion Rate Adjustment for 4.00 ...
SunHerald.com
... the availability of financing and, if available, the terms of any financing, changes in the market value of our assets, changes in business conditions and the general economy, changes in government regulations affecting our business, our ability to ...

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Fitch Assigns Fifth Street Finance Corp. Issuer Rating of 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable
Business Wire (press release)
Headquartered in White Plains, NY, Fifth Street Finance Corp. is an externally-managed business development company. The company completed an IPO on June 17, 2008. The company lends to and invests primarily in middle-market companies in connection with ...

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Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Announces Conversion Rate Adjustment for 4.00 ...
Business Wire (press release)
... the availability of financing and, if available, the terms of any financing, changes in the market value of our assets, changes in business conditions and the general economy, changes in government regulations affecting our business, our ability to ...

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