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Netherlands Expects New Financing Commitments to Bolster EFSF - BusinessWeek

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 17:08

Netherlands Expects New Financing Commitments to Bolster EFSF
BusinessWeek
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager expects euro-region countries to make new financing pledges to bolster the European Financial Stability Facility while maintaining its AAA credit rating. ...

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NY reaches settlement with Curves - Press & Sun-Bulletin

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 16:49

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NY reaches settlement with Curves
Press & Sun-Bulletin
* The state's Health Club Services Act protects residents from unfair sales practices, business and financing methods. Contracts can't exceed $3600 a year or last longer than 36 months according to law. * All health club contracts can be canceled ...
Before you pre-pay for a gym membership...WRGB
Curves settles with New YorkLegal News Line

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Success in Business With Little Risk - ActiveFilings.com

Entrepreneur News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 16:42

Success in Business With Little Risk
ActiveFilings.com
A better system for aspiring entrepreneurs is to realize that success doesn't require having a brilliant society-changing concept. You can start a sound new business with a simple strategy reaching only a local market. Who's knows where such a low-cost ...

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The Passion Gap: Why Foursquare, Groupon, Facebook, And Apple Are Winning - The Business Insider

Entrepreneur News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 15:30

The Business Insider

The Passion Gap: Why Foursquare, Groupon, Facebook, And Apple Are Winning
The Business Insider
So I think of the Passion Gap whenever someone claims that a successful startup has “no defensible technology”. For some of the most interesting companies out there right now, the key bits of technology are not in some single large algorithmic piece, ...

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Sprint, T-Mobile hookup in the works? - Financial Post

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 15:28

Sprint, T-Mobile hookup in the works?
Financial Post
“As synergies among their current operations appear minimal to us, given diminishing benefits of a costly 3G integration, and the financing requirements unwieldy, we do not find an outright merger likely,” he said in a report. Rather, it is more likely ...

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Direct Capital Commits $50 Million To Dental Industry - Business Wire (press release)

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 14:28

Direct Capital Commits $50 Million To Dental Industry
Business Wire (press release)
Established in 1993, Direct Capital provides specialty finance solutions, including commercial equipment financing, commercial loans, and business cash advances. The company is headquartered in Portsmouth, NH and operates offices in New York, ...

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8 problems every startup should anticipate - VentureBeat

Entrepreneur News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 14:09

VentureBeat

8 problems every startup should anticipate
VentureBeat
If you are a true entrepreneur, any of these issues should scare you, but they shouldn't immobilize you. As I asserted earlier, virtually every new startup experiences these problems. What separates the successful ones from the failures is how ...

Thermo Credit, LLC Announces Juliet Nguyen as Business Development Officer - Business Wire (press release)

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 14:04

Thermo Credit, LLC Announces Juliet Nguyen as Business Development Officer
Business Wire (press release)
Juliet will be offering Thermo Credit's financial services out of Los Angeles and will be concentrating on the California market. Thermo Credit is a privately held funding company that provides asset based loans, accounts receivable financing and ...

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Lifeblood of new business dries up - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Entrepreneur News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 13:14

Lifeblood of new business dries up
Minneapolis Star Tribune
"I want Naiku to be successful," said Thompson, a co-founder. "If that means I have to take money out of state and they want to build the team closer to them, why would I say no?" As they seek start-up capital, Minnesota's entrepreneurs have fewer ...

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Kite Pharma Raises $15 Million in Initial Round of Financing and Appoints ... - Business Wire (press release)

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 13:04

Kite Pharma Raises $15 Million in Initial Round of Financing and Appoints ...
Business Wire (press release)
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kite Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative active immunotherapies for cancer, today announced that it has raised $15 million in an initial round of financing through a private placement ...

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Atmos Energy Corporation Announces Financial-Related Developments - Business Wire (press release)

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 13:01

Atmos Energy Corporation Announces Financial-Related Developments
Business Wire (press release)
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) today announced the unwinding of two Treasury lock agreements with a cumulative notional amount of $250 million generating a pretax cash gain of approximately $28 million. ...

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Euthymics Bioscience Increases Series A Financing to Advance Second Program - Business Wire (press release)

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 12:34

Euthymics Bioscience Increases Series A Financing to Advance Second Program
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Euthymics Bioscience, Inc. today announced that it has added $4 million to its series A financing to accelerate preclinical development of its second product candidate EB-1020, a non-stimulant for adult ADHD (attention ...

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Comverge Reports Fiscal Year and Fourth Quarter 2010 Financial Results - TradersHuddle.com

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 12:13

Comverge Reports Fiscal Year and Fourth Quarter 2010 Financial Results
TradersHuddle.com
The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance and involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with Comverge's business involving our ...

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Zalicus Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year End 2010 - Business Wire (press release)

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 12:02

Zalicus Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year End 2010
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zalicus Inc. (NASDAQ: ZLCS) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. “In 2011, we expect to continue making significant progress across our internal programs and through our discovery ...

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Immigrants behind Silicon Valley's tech supremacy - ITBusiness.ca (blog)

Entrepreneur News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 11:02

Immigrants behind Silicon Valley's tech supremacy
ITBusiness.ca (blog)
Simply put, for startup entrepreneurs of whatever origin, Silicon Valley is where it's at. Chris Albinson, managing partner of Panorama Capital and co-founder of the C100, is another ex-pat Canadian immersed in the US VC and startup scene. ...

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America's Best CFOs - Business Review USA

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 10:38

America's Best CFOs
Business Review USA
... and GM of IBM Global Financing where he led the world's largest IT financing and asset management organization. He's been with the company since 1997 and has taken on several hats within the business, such as VP of several departments and Controller.

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7 Tips for Landing an SBA Loan for the Manufacturing Industry - IndustryWeek

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 05:06

7 Tips for Landing an SBA Loan for the Manufacturing Industry
IndustryWeek
Provide complete copies of tax returns, financial statements and bank statements. While it can be time consuming to gather these documents, your bank will want to know everything about you and your business if they are to become, in essence, ...
Small Business Loans And Lines Of Credit Beyond Traditional Bank Loans–What ...Red, White, and Blue Press
Small Businesses Not Benefitting from Increase in LendingNuWire Investor
Agency aims to ease exportingCrain's New York Business

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Stressed? You need to visit a shrink - Sydney Morning Herald

Entrepreneur News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 04:04

Sydney Morning Herald

Stressed? You need to visit a shrink
Sydney Morning Herald
If, in the twitchy run-up to tax time your start-up is driving you mad, you might want to visit psychologist Peter Shallard's site. The self-styled "shrink" for entrepreneurs, who says his age is irrelevant to his work, started out as a psychotherapist ...

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Veteran small business financing workshop - Carroll County Comet

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 01:03

Veteran small business financing workshop
Carroll County Comet
Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette will host a free Small Business Financing Workshop for veterans, presented by the Indiana Small Business Administration, on March 22, from 9 to 11 am in Ivy Hall, Room 1112. You must be an online subscriber to ...

Marlin Business Services Corp. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2010 Results - American Chronicle

Financial News - Wed, 03/09/2011 - 00:51

Marlin Business Services Corp. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2010 Results
American Chronicle
... 12724998 12833643 12904163 12933439 12942524 Diluted Earnings per Share $0.04 $0.10 $0.12 $0.11 $0.11 Net investment in total finance receivables includes net investment in direct financing leases and loans. CONTACT: Marlin Business Services Corp. ...
Sequenom Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Financial ResultsPR Newswire (press release)
CKE Restaurants, Inc. Announces Preliminary, Unaudited Fourth Quarter and Full ...Business Wire (press release)
US Ecology, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 ResultsMarketwire (press release)
Insurance News Net (press release) -4-traders (press release)
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