Planning, knowing where to turn critical when starting a business
Chillicothe Gazette
Using templates for writing a business plan from the Small Business Administration or other similar sources. • Seeking out business assistance and training that can include preparing a business plan, securing financing and expanding or relocating a ...

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Dimon Makes $20 Billion AT&T Loan in Bid to Be 'Dominant'
BusinessWeek
Dimon, who's been CEO since the end of 2005, maintained profits throughout the financial crisis. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1982, he went to work for family friend and mentor Sanford Weill. Together, the two built the firm that ...

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The Receivables Exchange Reports 466% Growth in 2010
SunHerald.com
“The Receivables Exchange has completely changed the way I finance my company,” adds Reynolds. “I'm happy to say my business is in the process of hiring new employees, something we wouldn't have been able to do without affordable capital.”

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The Receivables Exchange Reports 466% Growth in 2010
SYS-CON Media (press release)
“The Receivables Exchange has completely changed the way I finance my company,” adds Reynolds. “I'm happy to say my business is in the process of hiring new employees, something we wouldn't have been able to do without affordable capital. ...

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TheStreet.com
Small businesses targeted by new federal funding
TheDay.com
"We want to grow sales so we can pay off what we owe. I think there are many more small businesses in our situation who have exhausted their financial resources and put in personal money just to keep the business open."
Missouri gets federal financing to spur $269M in small business lendingBizjournals.com
Missouri gets $26.9 million for small business loansSTLtoday.com
Vermont to get $13.2 million from US Treasury Dept for small business lendingVermont Biz (press release)
Kansas City Star -AmsterdamPrinting.com -CivSource
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Japan banks in 2 trillion yen TEPCO finance plan
Business Recorder
Three major banking groups Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Mizuho Financial and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial as well as Sumitomo Trust & Banking and Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking decided Wednesday to offer financing, Jiji Press said. ...

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Here Is The City
Dimon Makes $20 Billion AT&T Loan Deal in Bid to Be 'Dominant'
BusinessWeek
Dimon, who's been CEO since the end of 2005, maintained profits throughout the financial crisis. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1982, he went to work for family friend and mentor Sanford Weill. Together, the two built the firm that ...
The $20bn ManHere Is The City
JPMorgan: The Lender Behind the T-Mobile DealNew York Times
How to Think About JPMorgan's $20 Billion AT&T LoanCNBC.com
Reuters Blogs (blog) -Forbes (blog)
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Make an informed choice
Sydney Morning Herald
The National Australia Bank launched its Microenterprise Loan program in 2007 for people who aspired to get ahead in business but were unable to access mainstream finance. Offering unsecured, low-interest business loans of between $500 and $20000, ...

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East Village TIF district gains city approval
Peoria Journal Star
29: Residents express concerns about the growth cell, and its tax-increment financing district, and whether the city would pursue eminent domain in order to redevelop the area. December: District 150 officials raise concerns about the TIF district, ...

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TheStreet.com
Nixon, Geithner plan to boost small business loans
PoliticMo
Nixon and Treasury Secretary Geithner announced $26 million in small business loans. (Photo via DayLife/Charles Dharapak/AP) – The Nixon and Obama administrations are teaming up in hopes to spur nearly $270 million in lending in Missouri in ...
Missouri gets federal financing to spur $269M in small business lendingBizjournals.com
Missouri gets $26.9 million for small business loansSTLtoday.com
Vermont to get $13.2 million from US Treasury Dept for small business lendingVermont Biz (press release)
Kansas City Star -AmsterdamPrinting.com -TheStreet.com
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Belleville News Democrat
West Peoria vote expands TIF
Peoria Journal Star
The West Peoria City Council took the final legal steps Tuesday and approved the expansion of the city's first tax-increment financing district and the creation of a second one on property that wasn't even within the city's boundaries ...
Belleville man appeals Walmart TIF case to Illinois Supreme CourtBelleville News Democrat

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TheStreet.com
Vermont receives millions of dollars in federal funds
AmsterdamPrinting.com
The SSBCI program supports small business lending programs via the state and is part of the Small Business Jobs Act that was signed last fall. Vermont has already planned to dedicate $1 million of the funds to its Financial Access Program, ...
Missouri gets $26.9 million for small business loansSTLtoday.com
Missouri gets federal financing to spur $269M in small business lendingBizjournals.com
Vermont to get $13.2 million from US Treasury Dept for small business lendingVermont Biz (press release)
Kansas City Star -TheStreet.com -CivSource
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Banks Bring Jobs to London as Finance Pays Most Tax in Britain
BusinessWeek
Britain's four biggest banks have said total bonuses for UK-based employees will be lower than last year and pledged to boost business lending in a bid to end what RBS's Hester has called “banker bashing.” Goldman Sachs employs about 7500 people in ...

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Committee approves CT energy reform, again
Hartford Business
The bill calls for a DEEP procurement manager to buy power more flexibly for utility customers, provides low-cost financing for home and business energy efficiency improvements, and implements protections for customers in the electric supplier market.

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Canadian Budget 2011: What Small Business Can Expect
CanadaOne
An extra $3 million / year, in addition to the $2 million / year already provided to the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, will be made available to undertake financial literacy initiatives. Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) gives ...

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Quintiles Postpones Proposed Financing and Terminates Tender Offer for Its ...
Business Wire (press release)
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quintiles Transnational Corp. (“Quintiles”) today announced that, as a result of recent unfavorable global credit market conditions, it has postponed its previously announced plans to enter into new $2.425 ...
CDW Corporation Extends Expiration Date of Tender OfferInsurance News Net (press release)
Dresser-Rand Announces Completion of $375 Million Senior Subordinated Notes ...PR Newswire (press release)

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Globe and Mail
'A stay-tuned budget' for financial industry
Globe and Mail
The result is a budget that's unlikely to garner a strong reaction one way or the other from financial markets or the business community, Mr. Alexander said. For instance, the government says it will introduce legislation to reinforce the stability of ...

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Franchisees Require More Funding To Be Successful In 2011
Small Business News from Gaebler.com
Our small business news site is packed with useful information for small business startups and entrepreneurs. Find helpful entrepreneur resources about small business management, financing, marketing & technology.

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Regulator 'closely watches' bad loans
Bahamas Tribune
It's very important for us and for overall financial stability that the banks are making appropriate provisions, and that the capital is being maintained to support the business, and so this is something we are focusing on very closely," said Ms Craigg ...

International Business Times
Geithner: Financing tough for small firms
UPI.com
"It can leverage every $1 of public investment into 10 dollars of new lending. Our $1.5 billion funding commitment nationwide is expected to spur $15 billion or more in additional small business lending," he said.
Small Businesses Need Funds to Compete -GeithnerWall Street Journal
US's Geithner: Admin $1.5B Invest To Spur $15B Small Biz LendIMarketnews.com
Geithner says funding for small firms vital to US recoveryPeople's Daily Online

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