Agenda: Business happenings around South Florida
MiamiHerald.com
Forum features examination of renewable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean within a global context and analysis of the global macro factors impacting the energy sector, addresses financing and provides key insights on how projects can secure ...

40Billion.com Extends Commercial Paper Short-Term Loan Product
Release-news.com (press release)
Since 2008, the company has facilitated over $30 million in business fundraising projects and aims to address a $40 billion funding gap with innovative small-business financing tools enhanced by the power of online social networking. ...

Gulf Finance Strengthens UAE SMES With New Approach To Funding Lines
Middle East Events (press release)
SME Advance opens up a much needed window of financing for start-up companies. Bounced cheques will not result in legal action. SME sector constitutes 90 per cent of the business in the UAE, generate 30 per cent of GDP and is responsible for 88 per ...

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SBA launches temporary program for commercial real estate refinancing
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
Together with the first mortgage, this temporary program will provide up to $33.8 billion of total project financing. Additional fees charged to the borrower will cover the cost of this refinancing program and as a result no subsidy will be needed. ...
TMC Reports SBA Commercial Real Estate Loans More Than Doubled in Final ...Trading Markets (press release)
Area businesses get creative to acquire loans during credit crunchPress of Atlantic City
Ways To Utilize Small Business GrantAccentedTouch

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Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs: Where's the next Richard Branson?
EurActiv
"It's a great opportunity to get some really qualified and eager people on board, especially for us in the start-up phase," said Pfisterer. "And obviously it is an opportunity for the visiting entrepreneur to learn something, but also the contribution ...

Portfolio.com
Eleven Observations On State Of Entrepreneurship
Portfolio.com
Scott Gerber, the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council who has a few businesses in the works, emphasizes this point and says 99 percent of all start-up efforts are inherently non-tech. The YEC's membership is filled with this type of business ...

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Worries grow over financing nation's debt
Houston Chronicle
... Marvin Goodfriend, an economics professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business. Higher interest rates would also raise interest payments on the federal debt. It would be costlier for the government to finance its operations. ...

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Fitch downgrades Dubai Holding Commercial Operations Group to 'B'; negative ...
AME Info
DHCOG's standalone rating is now 'B-', reflecting the company's weak underlying real-estate business and financial risk, but includes an assumption of ongoing operational government support by way of direct cash and land grants. ...

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Dr. Lisa Jennings leverages strength of Memphis bioscience ecosystem
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Beyond the startup support, Jennings appreciates the benefits of co-location. "It is on the footprint of the university campus, creating significant potential for cross-fertilization of faculty and entrepreneurs, who have ideas that clearly could be ...

Entrepreneurs need to emphasize on business processes
India Infoline.com
We expect this number to grow further because of the high potential that an Indian startup and SME carries with itself.” However, commenting on the UAE's business ties with Indian companies Mazrouee also added, "Among the top five importing partners of ...

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Vedanta Default Risk, Yields Slump on Bets Cairn Deal May Fail
BusinessWeek
... for a prompt decision, the Financial Times reported Feb. 18, citing a letter by the British leader. Cameron wrote to the Indian Prime Minister to stress the need for greater transparency in the country's business environment, the newspaper said. ...

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Small business lending opens up — a crack
MiamiHerald.com
Now, the door to small business financing is finally opening, at least a crack, as more businesses are getting bank loans that are guaranteed by the US Small Business Administration or through other programs. Some banks are even granting more ...

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The $30000 idea
PUC Chronicle
Entrepreneurs who have a brilliant start-up business idea can apply for “The Big Sell Entrepreneurs in Action” competition through March 4. The competition, sponsored by PUC and PUC's Center for Entrepreneurship Success, provides an opportunity for 50 ...

Fueling innovation: Program to help El Paso women pursue entrepreneur path
El Paso Times
She has become a mentor to other women who want to start up their own business. She can now share her experiences with other women." Millie Lujan's small Internet company -- crawlybabies.com -- also includes a multiuse blanket that has a small ...

Business Credit Loans Helps Small Businesses Through Tough Times
Pressitt (press release)
We invite all business people to become a fan and stay informed on business financing trends on our Business Credit Loans Facebook business page.What processes do you use to get greatest results?Speed, efficiency and absolute knowledge really sets us ...

Taranaki Daily News
Macfarlane out to help
Taranaki Daily News
Forward thinker: After playing a leading role in establishing eight successful cafes and restaurants entrepreneur Craig Macfarlane has begun to expand his horizons with a new start up Macfarlances Assist. Taranaki business tycoon Craig Macfarlane ...

Marvin's Entrepreneurship Advice
Wharton Journal
For me as an entrepreneur, I think the first step is always to have a great management team, consisting of people who not only have complementary skill sets but understand and genuinely like each other. Building a startup is almost like building a ...

Sunday Video: Austan Goolsbee breaks down Startup America
Silicon Prairie News
... white boards how the Startup America Partnership plans to help entrepreneurs overcome the ominous "valley of death," the challenges that lie between the idea and the success story. Startup America, which he describes as an "ambitious effort that ...

'The Common Good'
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
The public-private partnership is based on the idea that when the government and business sectors tackle a problem together everyone benefits. It's not simply a sharing of financial resources, but of ideas and expertise. Trust between the parties is ...
In depth: Economic Partnership reboot has its criticsSt. Cloud Times

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Relief for small businesses with big mortgages
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The Small Business Administration estimates that 20000 businesses nationwide will participate in the program, which will provide up to $15 billion in agency-guaranteed financing, according to a news release issued Thursday. ...