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Home Sellers Provide Last-Resort Loans
BusinessWeek
"This is the American dream, and we're going for it no matter what," says Sue, 56, who sells snacks from a trailer at estate auctions and going-out-of-business sales. "We'll either make it or it will break us." The riskiest deals involve sellers who ...

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Intuit Grows Third-quarter Revenue by 15 Percent; EPS by More Than 20 Percent
American Chronicle
Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses; financial institutions, including banks and credit unions; consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, ...

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Advance Auto Parts' CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
The weather has not cooperated and the sharp rise in fuel prices will cause challenges to both the consumer and business. We have adapted our plans to this changing context. However, our strategic and financial commitments have remained the same for ...

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Insurers Pair Long-Term Care With Life to Entice Older Buyers
BusinessWeek
“We believe the combination policies are poised to take a leadership role in financing long-term care,” said Bruce Moon, vice president of marketing for State Life, a subsidiary of Indianapolis-based insurer and employee-benefits provider OneAmerica ...

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Valley company gives local entrepreneurs a boost
Arizona State University
“[We] will ensure companies understand how to sustain operational success,” Wallace says. “Ultimately, Tallwave helps ventures solve business problems and accelerate their success.” Tallwave's innovation stems from years of digital and startup ...

Tooling Up: I've Got a Great Idea
ScienceCareers.org
Even harder to come by is backing from other risk-takers, especially investors, and that's something a successful start-up cannot live without. For this month's column, I interviewed two entrepreneurs -- Robert Levy and Richard Woodward -- who are busy ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Birmingham office of £2.5bn Business Growth Fund opens
The Birmingham Post
Business Growth Fund chief executive Stephen Welton said: “The Business Growth Fund represents a new collaborative approach to financing growth by investing equity capital in Britain's most dynamic businesses. “This will give businesses the boost they ...
New fund for medium-sized firmsBBC News
£2.5bn loans fund for small firmsThe Independent
UK banks back $4 bln fund for small businessesReuters
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Financing a start-up? Ask yourself these three questions.
Fortune (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 ...

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Quippo expects to promote oil and gas exploration this financial year
Business Standard
... for starting leasing construction equipment business. Srei Infrastructure posted a net profit of 14.20 crore for the fourth quarter of the last financial year, against Rs 46 crore in the same period last year, a fall of almost 69 per cent. ...

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Irish Times
Amobee's Levkovitz E&Y award finalist in N California
Globes
Zohar Levkovitz is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2011 Northern California Award alongside PayPal's Scott Thompson and LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman. Zohar Levkovitz, co-founder and CEO of Israeli start up Amobee, has won a signal ...
Medivance President and CEO Robert Kline Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of ...Sacramento Bee

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Louisville metro approves small-business loans
Bizjournals.com
The owners of the business, who operate a restaurant at 947 Baxter Ave., were approved for a $40000 loan to help finance their $174000 project. The pizza store would employ about 15 workers, the METCO documents show. The third restaurant is a new ...

The Mystery of Repeatable Innovation and the Startup Lessons Learned Conference
Forbes (blog)
I remember reading when Bob Metcalfe, inventor of the Ethernet, wrote that, “most successful entrepreneurs I've met have no idea about the reasons for their success. My success was a mystery to me then, and only a little less so now. ...

From reptiles to riches: 24-year old millionaire
CNN
Nat Turner turned a startup he founded in his college dorm room into something he sold to Google for more than $70 million. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Last year, at the ripe old age of 24, ...

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SCORE East Central Iowa Wins National SCORE Chapter of the Year Award
Sacramento Bee
SCORE East Central Iowa earned the highly-recognized National SCORE Chapter of the Year award due to their excellent client satisfaction, exceptional growth in serving entrepreneurs, and successful community outreach. East Central Iowa SCORE grew its ...

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International Isotopes Inc. Announces First Quarter 2011 Financial Results
PR Newswire (press release)
Also, this year we continue to discuss additional production supply contracts, collaborative arrangements with customers, and additional financing methods for the project and our various fluoride products. We remain confident in the business model for ...

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Cable repeats threat to tax banks over lending
Financial Times
John Denham, shadow business secretary, said: “Vince Cable is right to admit that the business growth fund doesn't solve the problem of SME financing, as welcome an investment as it is. “The thresholds for both the BGF and the regional growth fund are ...
Private equity news: Minister defends SME fundCommerical Finance Group

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Business Startup: Entrepreneur Doug Richard backs start-ups
GrowthBusiness.co.uk
Highlights over the next two days include new features such as Start Your Own Retail Business, Starting an Internet Business and Inspiring Women, which brings together successful female entrepreneurs. The speed-networking stand provides a location for ...

Lehman, Windstar, Sbarro, A&P, Blixseth, Lotus: Bankruptcy
BusinessWeek
It offered to buy the business in exchange for about $40 million in secured debt, including the $10 million it was providing as financing for the Chapter 11 case. Two of Windstar's yachts accommodate 148 guests and the third has births for 312. ...

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£2.5bn loans fund for small firms
The Independent
A £2.5 billion fund is to be launched today to provide loans to small and medium sized businesses across the UK which have struggled to raise cash since the financial crisis. The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has been set up with the support of the UK's ...
UK banks back $4 bln fund for small businessesReuters
New fund for medium-sized firmsBBC News
New £2.5bn Fund For Small Firms Needing CashSky News
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Thorp Reed & Armstrong Expands Philadelphia Office with Two New Partners
Insurance News Net (press release)
Mr. Nasatir , who concentrates his practice in the areas of business, finance, and real estate law, will join as partner in the firm's Financial & Real Estate Transactions Department . As a partner in the Litigation Department , Mr. Hugg will focus his ...

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