Telegraph.co.uk
Bank lending targets: what the experts say
The Guardian
Banks should reconsider how they communicate with business customers, and be able to make decisions at a local level about their financing needs. The crisis of confidence between businesses and banks has to be addressed, but lending targets are only ...
Banks fall short of lending goal to small firmsReuters UK
Hamish McRae: Project Merlin has yet to work its magic, but banks will have to ...The Independent
Cable repeats threat to tax banks over lendingFinancial Times

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Business loans fall in 2010
Irish Times
This will continue to be a drag on the economy as the banks deleverage and the sovereign remains in the doldrums in the eyes of debt investors." Some 60 per cent of enterprises said financing would be needed to maintain their business in the period ...

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Real Estate Investment Firm Provides Financing for Texas Projects Worth $39M
Gamut News
May 23, 2011 (Business Wire) — First Capital Funding, LLC (FCF) and Principals Capital Funding, LLC (PCF) have together completed more than $5 million of funding on $39 million of market value projects in equity financing and debt lending deals in ...

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Ethanol Producer Magazine
Amplifier Ventures Seeds Renewable Energy Start Up
Benzinga
We think that what makes our investment approach successful – finding experienced entrepreneurs and helping them build their businesses through an entrepreneur-friendly approach – is very applicable to technology transfer and commercialization. ...
DOE Technologies Available to Entrepreneurs for Just $1000SustainableBusiness.com
Biden Says US Will Lead Energy RevolutionEnergy.gov (blog)
Federal program backs energy efficiency window technologyBrighterEnergy.org
The Colorado Independent
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Franklin Capital Financial Group Launches Business Advisement Program
Newswire Today (press release)
Not so! says Franklin Capital Financial Group, who are changing the face of the commercial lending industry with their new state-of-the-art Free Business Advisement Program. With the economy tumbling like a Himalayan avalanche, small businesses still ...

East Africa TV show to inspire African entrepreneurs
Bizcommunity.com
... Africa with the aim of engineering successful entrepreneurship in the region. The initiative by Inspire Africa aims at building entrepreneurship in East Africa through identifying the best business minds and rewarding them with startup capital. ...

Telegraph.co.uk
UK banks set to miss Project Merlin lending targets
The Guardian
"Banks should reconsider how they communicate with business customers, and be able to make decisions at a local level about their financing needs." He added: "The crisis of confidence between businesses and banks has to be addressed, but lending ...
Banks fall short of lending goal to small firmsReuters UK
Hamish McRae: Project Merlin has yet to work its magic, but banks will have to ...The Independent
Cable repeats threat to tax banks over lendingFinancial Times

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Mentoring 2.0: What Makes It Tick?
VC Circle (blog)
Great successes (and great failures) along with being superbly well-networked are necessary ingredients for mentoring entrepreneurs. Focus: Successful start-up accelerators in the USA are mostly focused on tech start-ups, and almost invariably on ...

S. Korea to invite bidders for troubled savings banks
Yonhap News
Bidding will be open to any sector with the financial ability to absorb soured assets and normalize business for the suspended banks, it said. The agency, meanwhile, said it plans to stop its sale process for those banks that succeed in replenishing ...
Korea Deposit Insurance Corp: To Issue Public Sale Notice For 7 Savings BanksFox Business

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Entrepreneurs unveil tech ideas at Santa Cruz TechRaising
Santa Cruz Sentinel
SANTA CRUZ -- Budding entrepreneurs on Sunday afternoon unveiled their plans for new startup businesses using cutting-edge technology to fill customers' needs, create jobs and generate profits. The demonstration of proposed business ...

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Milan Station share surge sets luxury benchmark
Asia Times Online
Kenny Tang, securities business general manager at AMTD Financial Planning, who had forecast Milan Station to rise about 30% on its debut, said upcoming IPOs by global brand names would be warmly received due to the surging retail sales and continuing ...

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Independent Online
The myth of Manuel's wizardry
Independent Online
That in turn required such vast financing inflows that SA's foreign debt soared from the $25 billion inherited from apartheid to $80 billion 15 years later. At that stage, with the world economy teetering, The Economist magazine named SA the most risky ...

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N.H. entrepreneurs encouraged about growth opportunities
Seacoastonline.com
PORTSMOUTH — "Stop planning and just start your business," was the advice of one successful entrepreneur. "Have a clear financial plan and stick to it. Then start searching for capital well before you need it," were the recommendations of another. ...

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Orix Corp in talks to buy TPG Capital stake; Shriram Transport up
Economic Times
If the deal goes through, it would want to extend participation in the securities and infrastructure finance business of the Shriram group," said a person who has knowledge of the talks but spoke on the condition of anonymity considering the ...

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Seniors hurt most by low interest rates
Daily News Transcript
This combined with the bailout funds was not only a rescue plan for the banking industry, but the financial systems as a whole. Low interest rates were also designed to benefit the economy. The lower rates reduce the cost of financing business ...

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TRCB News
Ask SCORE: Is the SBA still making business loans?
Richmond Times Dispatch
Q: I hear the Small Business Administration is making loans again. What is the process to obtain a business loan? A: To begin, you should understand that the SBA does not make loans. Rather, the agency guarantees loans made by ...
Business loans can be tough to findHickory Daily Record
Bank Offers New Financing Aimed at Increasing Competitive Edge for American ...The FINANCIAL
More Small Businesses Tend to Seek Export FinancingTRCB News
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State proposal would send $250 million to certified capital companies
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The study suggested Wisconsin's 1999 program might have had no effect at all, "likely displacing venture capital financing that would have otherwise occurred." The proposed Badger Jobs Fund would give the state a 100% return of its principal and 80% of ...

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Jellema's ZeroMail launches paid beta
iTWire
... was co-founded by local technology entrepreneur Bart Jellema, who is well-known in the startup community courtesy of his strong focus on building its foundations through events, as well as the successful exit of his own startup Tjoos in March 2010. ...

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Washington area business events for the week of May 23
Washington Post
Financing 2011: Unveiling the Myths and Mysteries Behind Funding Your Small Business. Conference will provide the latest information on securing financing, as well as offering one-on-one counseling appointments with TD Bank lenders. 8 am to 12:30 pm, ...

Jellema's ZeroMail launches paid beta
iTWire
... was co-founded by local technology entrepreneur Bart Jellema, who is well-known in the startup community courtesy of his strong focus on building its foundations through events, as well as the successful exit of his own startup Tjoos in March 2010. ...

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