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Bajaj Finance: Buy - Business Line

Financial News - Sat, 05/21/2011 - 15:12

Business Line

Bajaj Finance: Buy
Business Line
Fresh investments can be considered in the stock of Bajaj Finance, a diversified non-banking finance company (NBFC) that focuses on consumer financing segments. After learning its lessons the hard way in FY-08, Bajaj Finance restructured its business ...

Business Briefs - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Financial News - Sat, 05/21/2011 - 11:36

Business Briefs
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Ex-Im Bank's mission is to assist in financing the export of US goods and services to international markets. Ex-Im Bank enables US companies to turn export opportunities into sales that help to maintain and create US jobs and contribute to a stronger ...
Ex-Im Bank Small Business Export Financing Exceeds $2.4 Billion, 1700 TransactionsPR Newswire (press release)
More Small Businesses Seek Export FinancingWall Street Journal (blog)
Ex-Im Bank supports Boeing suppliers, but not when they supply AirbusBizjournals.com (blog)
The FINANCIAL
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Making their own path - Columbia Daily Tribune

Financial News - Sat, 05/21/2011 - 07:00

Columbia Daily Tribune

Making their own path
Columbia Daily Tribune
But “if you're doing refinancings, your business is based on how rates are doing.” One of the biggest steps the company took was transitioning from a mortgage broker to a mortgage bank that could do its own underwriting and mortgage financing. ...

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SHEPHERD: Credit cards hurting too many businesses - Indianapolis Business Journal

Financial News - Sat, 05/21/2011 - 06:28

Indianapolis Business Journal

SHEPHERD: Credit cards hurting too many businesses
Indianapolis Business Journal
The business also wanted a line of credit to begin using for inventory purchases. This business could have applied for business financing through a bank prior to running up personal credit cards. Ultimately, this customer ended up getting into a ...

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Xerox strategy finds favor with bond market: Corporate finance - Stamford Advocate

Financial News - Sat, 05/21/2011 - 02:23

Xerox strategy finds favor with bond market: Corporate finance
Stamford Advocate
When Xerox increased its debt to buy Affiliated Computer, it prioritized using cash to pay back debt to maintain its investment-grade rating for its equipment-financing business, Baruah said. The rating also helped calm investors nervous about the deal ...

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US to provide loan guarantees to domestic airlines to buy Boeing 737s - The Seattle Times

Financial News - Sat, 05/21/2011 - 00:43

US to provide loan guarantees to domestic airlines to buy Boeing 737s
The Seattle Times
In the risky, often money-losing airline business, the Ex-Im Bank is the federal agency that guarantees commercial bank loans to foreign airlines to buy Boeing jets. If an airline defaults, the Ex-Im pays off the loan and pursues the airline for its ...
Business BriefsHonolulu Star-Advertiser
Ex-Im Bank Small Business Export Financing Exceeds $2.4 Billion, 1700 TransactionsPR Newswire (press release)
More Small Businesses Seek Export FinancingWall Street Journal (blog)
Bizjournals.com (blog) -The FINANCIAL
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SSE Labs Announces Impressive List Of Advisors, Offers Sneak Peek At Latest ... - Washington Post

Entrepreneur News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 22:53

SSE Labs Announces Impressive List Of Advisors, Offers Sneak Peek At Latest ...
Washington Post
Stanford has seen many successful entrepreneurs pass through its doors; thanks in part to its proximity to Silicon Valley and the abundant proximate financial and educational resources, the university has long cultivated an entrepreneurial (and ...

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Thirty Startup Companies From Around the World to Launch Their Products at ... - TMC Net

Entrepreneur News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 22:14

Thirty Startup Companies From Around the World to Launch Their Products at ...
TMC Net
The Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE), a nonprofit organization committed to help technology and life science entrepreneur's start and grow successful businesses, recently announced the names of the ...

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Global Access for Small Business Forum in San Leandro Attracts Many Bay Area ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Financial News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 22:07

Global Access for Small Business Forum in San Leandro Attracts Many Bay Area ...
PR Newswire (press release)
By the end of 2014, Ex-Im Bank aims to reach $9 billion in annual small-business export financing and approve at least $30 billion in small-business transactions. Ex-Im Bank, an independent, self-sustaining federal-government agency, helps create and ...
More Small Businesses Seek Export FinancingWall Street Journal (blog)
US to provide loan guarantees to domestic airlines to buy Boeing 737sThe Seattle Times
Ex-Im bank supports Boeing and its suppliers, but not suppliers for Airbus ...Bizjournals.com (blog)
The FINANCIAL -Sacramento Bee
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Startup Weekend To Take Place In Tampa To Inspire Entrepreneurs - PRLog.Org (press release)

Entrepreneur News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 21:31

Startup Weekend To Take Place In Tampa To Inspire Entrepreneurs
PRLog.Org (press release)
Team will then let their creative juices flow and begin building their startup. There will be knowledgeable and successful entrepreneurs in attendance to inspire, share and help the teams throughout the weekend. The final day teams will have the ...

Caterina Fake: How To Avoid The Pressure Of The Startup "Sophomore Slump" - The Business Insider

Entrepreneur News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 21:19

The Business Insider

Caterina Fake: How To Avoid The Pressure Of The Startup "Sophomore Slump"
The Business Insider
Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake says it applies to entrepreneurship as well, and that it's a risk every entrepreneur faces after a successful exit. “You have to be aware of it and you have to not be afraid to fail," she said. ...

The Entrepreneur Questionnaire: Nir Zuk, Founder of Palo Alto Networks - Forbes (blog)

Entrepreneur News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 20:21

Forbes (blog)

The Entrepreneur Questionnaire: Nir Zuk, Founder of Palo Alto Networks
Forbes (blog)
I felt they were slowing me down so I decided to continue to build things myself. What was the most difficult lesson you have learned as an entrepreneur? Things will go wrong. You cannot expect everything to go smoothly at a startup. ...

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Boulder Likes Its Entrepreneurial Density - Huffington Post (blog)

Entrepreneur News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 20:00

Boulder Likes Its Entrepreneurial Density
Huffington Post (blog)
Kangas fits the profile of the hundreds of young entrepreneurs that duke it out every summer for a coveted spot at Boulder's TechStars. One of Boulder's real success stories over the last few years, led by Boulder entrepreneur David Cohen, ...

More Small Businesses Seek Export Financing - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Financial News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 19:32

More Small Businesses Seek Export Financing
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Between October and January alone, the bank's small-business export financing rose to $1.5 billion, up from $1.4 billion over the same period a year earlier. The bank, an independent federal agency, provides working capital loan guarantees, ...
Ex-Im Bank Small Business Export Financing Exceeds $2.4 Billion, 1700 TransactionsPR Newswire (press release)
Business BriefsHonolulu Star-Advertiser
Ex-Im Bank supports Boeing suppliers, but not when they supply AirbusBizjournals.com (blog)
The FINANCIAL
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Ocwen in lead to buy Goldman's Litton: sources - MSN Money

Financial News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 16:54

Ocwen in lead to buy Goldman's Litton: sources
MSN Money
The Houston-based business could fetch up to $500 million in the auction, sources said last month. At the time these sources said Goldman was also offering 85 percent financing for the deal, which would be used to finance roughly $2.5 billion of ...
Ocwen in lead to buy Goldman's Litton-sourcesReuters Africa

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3 Questions Entrepreneurs Should Answer Before Choosing An Investor - Huffington Post (blog)

Entrepreneur News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 16:43

3 Questions Entrepreneurs Should Answer Before Choosing An Investor
Huffington Post (blog)
"How should I finance my start-up?" is a common refrain from first-time founders and serial entrepreneurs alike. There is no manual for how to best do this, and intuition can only get you so far in the absence of experience and mentoring. ...

Talent Grab: Employee Stock Plan Lures Entrepreneurs To Insurance Startup - PropertyCasualty360

Entrepreneur News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 16:28

PropertyCasualty360

Talent Grab: Employee Stock Plan Lures Entrepreneurs To Insurance Startup
PropertyCasualty360
But by far the company's biggest challenge and success to date has been recruiting the 50 experienced and motivated employees who today make up our team. In late 2009 and early 2010, prospective Kinsale employees faced a tough choice—to stay with an ...

Manhattan Builders Plan Biggest Decade for Towers Since '80s - Bloomberg

Financial News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 15:25

Manhattan Builders Plan Biggest Decade for Towers Since '80s
Bloomberg
Source: Related Cos via Bloomberg Manhattan developers are planning the city's biggest decade of office construction since the 1980s, betting on rising demand for modern space even with tenants unsigned and the availability of financing more limited. ...

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SSE Labs Announces Impressive List Of Advisors, Offers Sneak Peek At Latest ... - TechCrunch

Entrepreneur News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 14:55

SSE Labs Announces Impressive List Of Advisors, Offers Sneak Peek At Latest ...
TechCrunch
Stanford has seen many successful entrepreneurs pass through its doors; thanks in part to its proximity to Silicon Valley and the abundant proximate financial and educational resources, the university has long cultivated an entrepreneurial (and ...

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Pathway Lending partners with Goldman Sachs - Nashville Business Journal

Financial News - Fri, 05/20/2011 - 14:45

Pathway Lending partners with Goldman Sachs
Nashville Business Journal
“While the current outlook for business financing remains challenging, we know that CDFI small business lending is vital to economic growth…This innovative, new program will certainly contribute to the body of small business financing knowledge for ...

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