Accuracy key in domain names
StartupSmart
Schebesta says start-ups should register as many domain names as they can because they won't necessarily be successful in securing their favourite. Software start-up 365cups, which allows customers to place a coffee order on the internet or via their ...

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Waikato Times
New city venture for entrepreneur
Waikato Times
ASSURED: Dan Haslam is confident his soup and salad bar in Garden Place will be a success. As confidence in the economy falls to a two-year low, a Hamilton entrepreneur has embarked on a new venture to tempt the taste buds of inner-city workers. ...

WSJ: Credit Unions Push For Small-Business Lending
Wall Street Journal
"We probably have to turn away anywhere from $1 million to $2 million small-business loans a month" as a result of the cap, St. Mary's Chief Executive Ron Covey said. Meanwhile, "a lot of the larger financial institutions that are looking for larger ...
Banks' Failure to Aid Small Biz Turns More Attention to CUsCredit Union Times

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Straits Times
Funds help for firms to go global
AsiaOne
"Such an institution would crowd out commercial financial institutions from a significant part of the market space they are already serving," Mrs Lim added. Instead, the Government is looking to outsource the tradefinancing schemes to established ...
Trade finance unit not viable: Hwee HuaBusiness Times (subscription)
Market not big enough for Exim bankStraits Times
'EXIM bank currently unfeasible for S'pore'TODAYonline

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Credit Unions Push For Small-Business Lending
Wall Street Journal
"We probably have to turn away anywhere from $1 million to $2 million small-business loans a month" as a result of the cap, said St. Mary's CEO Ron Covey. Meanwhile, "a lot of the larger financial institutions that are looking for larger ...

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e-wisdom.com
Financial Institutions Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)
GuruFocus.com
Commercial business loans are offered to the agricultural industry for short-term crop production, farm equipment and livestock financing. As a general practice, where possible, a collateral lien is placed on any available real estate, equipment or ...
Higher costs ahead for FHA-insured mortgagesMarketWatch

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Inspector Faults Energy Department Over Loan Program
New York Times
The guarantees have gone to solar companies, battery companies and other ventures with clean energy technologies that are too untried to qualify for ordinary commercial financing. Officials in the loan guarantee program, a centerpiece of the Obama ...

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Young Guns: Powering Down Your Energy Bill
Fox Business
I think a first-time entrepreneur builds a great company out of passion for solving a particular problem. I think a more generalized passion for entrepreneurship is something that is cultivated during your first startup, and I can certainly see how ...

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Massachusetts Launches 2011 MassChallenge Start Up Competition
Gov Monitor
With today's announcement, the 2011 MassChallenge Startup Competition and Accelerator is now officially accepting applications from any startup entrepreneur anywhere in the world. In year one, MassChallenge provided finalists with over 5000 hours of ...

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Performance Transformation Founder Publishes New Book - "The Transformational ...
PRLog.Org (press release)
"Having spent fifteen years in Corporate America and an additional ten years in the Investor-Driven Startup world I've had the privilege to experience many critical lessons for success," comments Terry Murray, the author of the book. ...

Trump trip financing in question
Politico (blog)
A lawyer for Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, told reporters in Iowa today that his trip -- on the Trump corporate jet -- had been financed by a business supporter and booster of Trump's, Stewart Rahr. The trip poses a serious campaign finance issue for ...

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Israel, Massachusetts Launch 2011 MassChallenge Start Up Competition
Gov Monitor
With today's announcement, the 2011 MassChallenge Startup Competition and Accelerator is now officially accepting applications from any startup entrepreneur anywhere in the world. In year one, MassChallenge provided finalists with over 5000 hours of ...

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Hindu Business Line
RBI tightens the grip on non-banking finance companies
Hindu Business Line
The Reserve Bank of India may further tighten the regulatory screws on non-banking finance companies. The reason: it appears that the stiff regulation for banks has increased the incentive for exploiting regulatory arbitrage by moving business to NBFCs ...

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China: More On “Total National Financing”
The Business Insider
Sheng Songcheng, the Director of the People's Bank of China's survey and statistics department, published an article on the Bank's website on the “Total National Financing” (Now I see many different translations for this thing, like “total national ...

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HBS Announces Winners of Student Start-Up
Harbus Online
Proposed by first-year MBA students Dan Rumennik, Jess Bloomgarden, and Andrew Rosenthal, and funded by the Rock Center, the MVP Fund is based on the premise of the Lean Startup methodology, which focuses on rapid prototyping, a process that brings ...

GreenBiz.com
UK SMEs to benefit from new £550m green financing
IBTimes
A £550 million green business finance fund was announced today that will benefit small to medium-sized companies that want to improve their energy efficiency affordably. The new Energy Efficiency Financing ...
Carbon Trust and Siemens Strike £550M Green Finance DealGreenBiz.com
Green energy partnership launchedThe Northern Echo
The Carbon Trust and Siemens promise £550 million in green financingEnergy Efficiency News

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BIO-Europe Spring 2011 Spotlight Panels Focus on Innovative Paths to Market
Business Wire (press release)
ZURICH & MILAN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scientific innovation without creative financing and partnering seldom sees the light of day. With that in mind, BIO-Europe Spring ® will point its spotlight at emerging approaches to partnering in a challenging and ...

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Is Quora The New Marimba?
San Francisco Chronicle
Because the story of Marimba kind of reminds of another startup, on that's red hot right now – Quora. Like Marimba's was, Quora's hype is white hot. A Quora investor recently told us the startup wouldn't sell right now for a price less than $1 billion. ...

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SBA Starts the Entrepreneur Mentor Corps
ActiveFilings.com
The United States Small Business Administration, in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation has recently begun the Entrepreneur Mentor Corps or the EMC. Their goal is to partner with 1000 business startup owners to help them get their business through ...

TechStars Network Will Expand Entrepreneur Mentorship
Small Business Computing
In January, he unveiled the White House's Startup America Partnership, a coordinated public/private effort to increase the prevalence and success of America's entrepreneurs. A key element of that effort is the TechStars Network, a membership ...