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NYT: A group building a good-old-girls club
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But their meetings have led to a continuing dialogue about business, with members gaining access to capital and connections outside their established circles. Belizean Grove has connected the top women in technology to the top women in finance, ...

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A group that is building a good-old-girls club
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But their meetings have led to a continuing dialogue about business, with members gaining access to capital and connections outside their established circles. Belizean Grove has connected the top women in technology to the top women in finance, ...

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China Buries Obama's 'Sputnik' Goal for Renewable-Energy Use
BusinessWeek
CDB, which has almost twice the assets of the World Bank, is matching US expertise with Chinese financing and manufacturing prowess to dominate a market both nations say is critical to their future. Chinese solar-panel makers such as LDK Solar Co. ...

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Tamweel's $100 million pricetag disclosed in financial statements
The National
... of business at the Islamic mortgage giant following a two-year freeze. The transaction was completed on November 4, according to annual financial statements DIB released at the end of last week, with the bank grabbing up a 58.3 per cent stake. ...
Dubai Islamic Bank Paid $102 Million to Take Control of TamweelBusinessWeek

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Entrepreneurs form new companies after losing jobs
St. George Daily Spectrum
"It's a little harder to develop your business." Judd said he encourages entrepreneurs to spend time devising strong business plans before attempting to obtain loans. "We were able to get some private financing. It would have been extremely difficult ...

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Supporters ought to make business case for road plan
Livingston Daily
When we are financing two, wait, three wars? As the country struggles with a slow, jobless recovery? As budget cuts loom? When the national debt is something like $14.2 trillion? Rogers and bill co-sponsor US Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., make it sound as ...

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Banks step up small business lending
The Desert Sun
New government programs such as the Small Business Lending Fund, a $30 billion initiative, have been launched that are expected to help banks boost loans. Wells Fargo & Co. said it has extended $871 million in SBA 7(a) financing to small businesses ...
A business financing option if the bank says 'no'Snohomish County Business
Bottom Lines: Small Business Administration appoints new director for New JerseyPress of Atlantic City
SBA Commercial Refi Program Spreads A Wider NetMaui Now
Main Street Business Journal -El Paso Times
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TARP exit not easy for small players
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Zitzner said he's "on the fence" about whether to apply to the Treasury for TARP financing under the Small Business Lending Fund, which took effect as part of Congress' Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. TARP banks now pay the Treasury a 5% dividend on ...

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Daily News Pulse
Loan Guarantees Can Be A Great Incentive For Small Business Loans
Daily News Pulse
All businesses that are considered for financing under SBA's 7(a) loan program must meet SBA size standards, be for-profit, not already have the internal resources (business or personal) to provide the financing, and be able to demonstrate sufficient ...

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New Efficiency Maine 4.99% Loans for Financing Home Energy Improvements
VillageSoup Belfast
By Evergreen Home Performance, LLC | Apr 02, 2011 An April 4th launch of Maine PACE 4.99% loans for financing home energy efficiency improvements was announced by Efficiency Maine PACE Loan program manager, Dana Fischer at last Wednesday night's ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Exclusive: Banks To Unveil Loan Appeals Plan
Sky News (blog)
I have learned that the industry's Business Finance Taskforce is to set out what it believes to be a more transparent system that the big banks hope will ease political and public criticism of their lending activities. The proposals will include a ...
What the Treasury Select Committee report on retail banking says - key quotesTelegraph.co.uk

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The Canadian Press
Bringing $14K inside Vatican City? Declare it
BusinessWeek
The rule went into effect Friday, the same day the Holy See's broader anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regulations went into effect. The Vatican announced the measures Dec. 30 in a major effort to comply with international finance ...
Vatican anti-money laundering law goes into effect; people bringing $14K ...CanadianBusiness.com

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Administration approves bailout pay packages
BusinessWeek
The decision covers salary and other compensation for this year for the top 25 executives at the four companies -- General Motors, Chrysler, American International Group and Ally Financial, the financing arm for GM. The government's findings do not ...

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Business Briefcase: Finance, housing, corporate news
Charleston Post Courier
... the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday that it "may need to voluntarily seek protection under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code" if it can't improve its sales or cash position or find other sources of financing to keep it afloat. ...

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SC panel: Financial benefits key to green economy
BusinessWeek
Lindsey Graham, Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin and British energy minister Gregory Barker took part in the discussion at the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business. Barker, a leader in UK green initiatives that include ...
Panel Says Green Economy Financial Benefits.South Carolina SC (press release)

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Business Highlights
Washington Post
The surge in dividends reflects a turning point in the long recovery from the financial meltdown in 2008. After the meltdown many companies slashed or eliminated their dividends and, like many Americans, put their cash in the bank and sat on it. ...

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Business Highlights
Forbes
The surge in dividends reflects a turning point in the long recovery from the financial meltdown in 2008. After the meltdown many companies slashed or eliminated their dividends and, like many Americans, put their cash in the bank and sat on it. ...

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Los Angeles County Small Business Owners Optimistic, Says Union Bank Survey
My Latino Voice
Of these business owners, 38 percent were denied a loan or access to credit. Of those denied, 69 percent were unable to find alternate financing. • 39 percent do not have a business line of credit, up three percent from last year. ...
Multi Billion Dollar Small Business Lending Fund Sees Few Bank ParticipantsSmall Business News from Gaebler.com

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Fitch Affirms Maricopa County's (AZ) GOs & Lease Revs; Outlook Stable
American Banking News (press release)
Apr. 1, 2011 (Business Wire) — During the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has taken the following rating action on Maricopa County, Arizona: –General obligation (GO) bond rating (implied) affirmed at 'AAA'. –The county's financial ...

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ADB lends $250 mn to Namma Metro
Business Standard
This is amongst the first major metro rail systems in India to use a leveraged finance model combining government funds with commercial loans. It is a critical model therefore for infrastructure development in other cities in India given the ...

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