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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TheStreet.com
Missouri gets $26.9 million for small business loans
STLtoday.com
Most of the money, allocated through the Treasury Department's $1.5 billion State Small Business Credit Initiative, will be used to plug what's long been called a gaping hole in Missouri's high-tech sector: Early-stage financing for startups. ...
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)
Small businesses targeted by new federal fundingTheDay.com
Kansas City Star -AmsterdamPrinting.com -CivSource
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Soros fund puts $140 million into Plasco
Ottawa Citizen
“The new round of capital bolsters our balance sheet and puts us in a position to execute on multiple projects that have emerged since our last round of financing,” Rod Bryden, Plasco's chief executive, said in a release. ...
Plasco Completes C$140 Million Equity Financing Led by Funds Managed by Soros ...National Post (registration)

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Forbes (blog)
Female Founders: Overcoming The Cupcake Challenge And 'Mompreneur' Stigma
Forbes (blog)
Once their business was recognized as the success it was, Eagle Bank stepped in with a loan to help them recapitalize. Women-owned businesses in the female-focused or mommy market is far from new. “An entrepreneur usually starts a business in the area ...

Women 2.0 Spins Out, Expands Founder Labs Program To New York
TechCrunch
An organization that aims to diversify and strengthen the pool of successful startup founders in tech, Women 2.0, today announced that it will spin out its mobile focused Founder Labs pre-incubator program as a standalone entity, and expand it from San ...
Women 2.0's Founder Labs Expands to New York CityReadWriteWeb

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The PrinceRidge Group Selects ReadQ Systems' QTIX Platform
Business Wire (press release)
We look forward to working with The PrinceRidge Group to help grow their new business initiative.” The PrinceRidge Group launched its institutional, finance desk, headed by Thomas McHugh in December of 2010. The financing desk offers a full range of ...

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Small Business Financing Through Business Credit Cards–Average Rates On Cards ...
Red, White, and Blue Press
For these reasons and more, business owners who are considering a credit card for their company will have a great deal of options through which they must shuffle, but if small business credit financing is right for a particular company, consumers who ...

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TheStreet.com
Missouri gets federal financing to spur $269M in small business lending
Bizjournals.com
Missouri has been approved for federal money that is expected to help generate $269 million in small business lending and create new jobs, as well as support the state's technology sector. The US Treasury Department and Missouri Gov. ...
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)
Small businesses targeted by new federal fundingTheDay.com
Kansas City Star -AmsterdamPrinting.com -CivSource
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Startup Stampede picks 11 companies for 60-day Durham event
TechJournal South
The companies will also receive expert help and opportunities to network with founders of successful Durham startups. “We were overwhelmed and thrilled by the response to the Stampede,” said Adam Klein, the Chamber's Director of Strategic Initiatives. ...

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US's Geithner: Admin $1.5B Invest To Spur $15B Small Biz Lend
IMarketnews.com
Funds that the Treasury said will help create new jobs and spur more than $534 million in additional small business lending. The Federal government is providing a $1.5 billion funding commitment for the program overall, and Geithner said nationwide ...

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Clickworker Secures 4.25 Million € (approx. $5.91 Million USD) in Series B ...
Business Wire (press release)
This is the second round of Clickworker financing in which Wecken, a successful technology and real estate executive, has participated. Clickworker has served a diverse collection of clients including: IDG Business Media; SEO agency Blue Summit; YP.de, ...

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Madoff, WaMu, Borders, Lehman, Viceroy Resort: Bankruptcy
BusinessWeek
The first-lien lenders acquired the business in exchange for $84.1 million of the $98.8 million they were owed. The purchase price also included an exchange for the $15 million in financing they provided for the Chapter 11 case. ...

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Spanish judge clears American of Algerian origin suspected of financing al ...
Los Angeles Times
But in clearing Dehbi, Pedraz wrote, "There is no evidence that Mohamed Omar Dehbi's business activities and money movements are linked to terrorism financing." When he released the suspect from custody back in September, Pedraz said wiretapped ...

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Jefferies Reports Quarterly Financial Results
Business Wire (press release)
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) today announced financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended February 28, 2011. "We are pleased to report Jefferies best quarterly revenues in our history and our second most ...
Jefferies Group's CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptSeeking Alpha

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linkedFA Secures $3 Million Funding to Drive Global Growth Strategy and Expand ...
Business Wire (press release)
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--linkedFA (www.linkedfa.com), the first social networking site that enables financial professionals to leverage social media compliantly by addressing industry rules and regulations, announces a commitment from existing private ...

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Innovator Chris Schultz on why New Orleans fosters the entrepreneurial spirit
NOLA.com
The idea for the venture started soon after the storm, when Chris said he was propelled to get more engaged in the community and seek out other “halfway successful” entrepreneurs like himself in New Orleans. The result was “Startup School,” where these ...

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TheStreet.com
Finance Your Franchise With Retirement Funds
TheStreet.com
There is more truth to this statement than anyone in the government or banking business wants to admit, and it doesn't look like it is going to change anytime soon -- at least as far as traditional loan sources are concerned. ...

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Business briefs: Citigroup reinstating dividend
Monterey County Herald
John Manalli, deputy district director of the Small Business Administration, will speak about financing opportunities Thursday in Salinas. The free event is sponsored by the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Small Business Development Center ...

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Entrepreneur
No Method. No Model. No Theory.
Entrepreneur
Last year, more than 1400 fledgling companies applied to TechStars, the startup incubator run out of Boulder, Colo., Seattle and Boston. Exactly 30 of them got in. It's not hard to see why the ...