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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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Ex-Googlers Penetrating Startup Hierarchy
The Ledger
"Going to Google, I really wanted to learn the skills that would make me a successful entrepreneur on my own." WeatherBill, whose chief technical officer Siraj Khaliq also came from Google, aims to build a highly profitable business that will also help ...

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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)
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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)
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Penn Olson
The Best Country in Asia to Build your Tech Start-up
Penn Olson
Financing scheme for start-ups: Whether you are a local or foreigner, several government bodies in Singapore have a number of programmes to help young and potential entrepreneurs start up a company, be it in terms of financial support, or providing ...

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Ex-Googlers Penetrating Startup Hierarchy
The Ledger
"Going to Google, I really wanted to learn the skills that would make me a successful entrepreneur on my own." WeatherBill, whose chief technical officer Siraj Khaliq also came from Google, aims to build a highly profitable business that will also help ...

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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Reid Hoffman's Ten Entrepreneurship Rules for Building Massive Companies
All Things Digital (blog)
People tend to think that behind every great start-up is a single entrepreneur with a whiz-bang idea. The reality is great companies are built by a number of people with talent who are surrounded by amplifying networks. The most successful ...

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Brandeis University
UsTrendy founder: Vision, courage key to entrepreneurship
Brandeis University
His lecture, "Things I wish I knew When I Became an Entrepreneur," part of the Entrepreneurship Forum sponsored by the Asper Center for Global Entrepreneurship, focused on the challenges posed to young entrepreneurs seeking success. ...

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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Middle East needs more entrepreneurs
MarketWatch
The Obama administration's Startup America initiative recognized the critical role of entrepreneurship to the US economy and is coordinating a public/private effort to increase the success rate of new ventures. Startup America endorses entrepreneurship ...

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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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Knowledge@Wharton
Measuring up to Facebook: Social Media Entrepreneurs Navigate the Minefield of ...
Knowledge@Wharton
The entrepreneurs began networking, meeting such Valley dignitaries as Plug and Play's Saeed Amidi, the CEO of a well-known startup incubator. Within four months they received seed money from some angel investors to launch EatLime, Inc. The initial ...

Teachers Can Double Their Salary With Nifty Startup TeachersPayTeachers
The Business Insider
... Edelman sold the company to Scholastic in 2006, decided he didn't like being under a corporate thumb and bought it back three years later. We like an entrepreneur who's so passionate about his idea that he buys the company back after a successful exit.

Three Proverbs from Mark Cuban
ActiveFilings.com
If you're in the midst of launching a business startup, you have certainly (hopefully) spent a lot of time reading about how the best entrepreneurs became the best. If you have, you have probably heard of Mark Cuban, the current outspoken owner of the ...

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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