Finance Your Start-up With Credit Cards? Google Did.
Fox Business
And yet another example of using credit cards as a means of creative business financing: the 1994 movie "Clerks." Director Kevin Smith filmed the independent comedy for just $27575, mainly funded by the 10 credit cards he had in his name. ...

SingleHop Sponsors Entrepreneurs Unpluggd Conference
PR-USA.net (press release)
Dan Salcedo, Director of Communications for SingleHop, commented that "as a startup and one of the fastest growing companies in our industry, we understand that while hard work and determination are key components to a successful startup formula, ...

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The Small Business Authority Releases the March 2011 SB Authority Index
PR Newswire (press release)
The index of choice for most lenders in these markets is offering finance based on a spread to the Prime Rate. Another key small business financing vehicle is SBA (Small Business Administration) 7A loans, of which we anticipate 17.5 billion of guaranty ...

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VentureBeat
6 Charlie Sheen quotes to make you a better entrepreneur
VentureBeat
The main advantage of a startup is pure acceleration and speed. Accomplish something sizable and focus on what matters. Say no and cut out a lot for each version. It will let you move faster and stay in that one gear that matters: Go! ...

Iowa House OKs financing for new nuclear plant
Forbes
"If this passes, 100 percent of the financial risk goes on ratepayers." With lawmakers in the closing days of this year's session, the measure's future is uncertain. And, even if it passes the Senate, Republican Gov. Terry Branstad's spokesman Tim ...

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Why Building A Startup In Russia Is Less Risky Than In The Valley
ArcticStartup
Serge Faguet is a Russian-born serial entrepreneur. Having built and exited a successful start-up in the Silicon Valley, he recently moved to Moscow and founded a new venture. Serge shared his reasons for ...

Tower Bancorp, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial Results
TradersHuddle.com (press release)
Accordingly, management believes that separately discussing the results of the AHB Division operations provides useful information that is important to an investor's proper understanding of the results of the Company's business. ...

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China loans Turkmens $4bln in exchange for gas
BusinessWeek
Reliance on Chinese loans seems to suggest Turkmenistan is in urgent need of foreign financing, but the government has nonetheless staunchly ruled out any direct foreign involvement in the development of its onshore gas reserves. ...

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New CCI Buy Signal on Texas Instruments Incorporated
Gamut News
Regions provides traditional commercial, retail and mortgage banking services, as well as other financial services in the fields of investment banking, asset management, trust, mutual funds, securities brokerage, insurance and other specialty financing ...
Stocks Peaking At 52-Week Highs As Markets Reach New Annual HighsWall St. Cheat Sheet

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Hudson Valley Holding Corp. Announces Financial Results for the First Quarter ...
MSN Money
"Our highly efficient business model enabled us to drive modest growth in low-cost core deposits since December, while our successful multi-family lending program offset industry wide softness in loan demand," President and Chief Executive Officer ...
Akamai Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial ResultsSYS-CON Media (press release)
Fortinet Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial Results and Announces Two-for ...TMC Net
Silicon Image Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial ResultsAmerican Chronicle
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The Jones Group Inc. Reports 2011 First Quarter Results
MSN Money
All statements regarding the Company's expected financial position, business and financing plans are forward-looking statements. The words "believes," "expects," "plans," "intends," "anticipates" and similar expressions identify forward-looking ...

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Pacific Capital Bancorp Reports First Quarter 2011 Net Income of $16.8 Million
Business Wire (press release)
... and financial performance, financial position and liquidity, business prospects, strategic alternatives, business strategies, regulatory and competitive outlook, investment and expenditure plans, capital and financing needs and availability, ...
Sterling Bancorp to Repay TARP Funds in FullPR Newswire (press release)

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Lazard Ltd Reports First-Quarter 2011 Results
Business Wire (press release)
Lazard's core operating business includes its Financial Advisory and Asset Management businesses. Core operating business revenue was $452.9 million for the 2011 first quarter versus $452.8 million for the first quarter of 2010. ...

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Commercial Vehicle Group Announces First Quarter 2011 Results
Sacramento Bee
... its business; (vi) the loss of business from a major customer or the discontinuation of particular commercial vehicle platforms; (vii) the Company's ability to obtain future financing due to changes in the lending markets or its financial position; ...

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Mortgage Harmony Corp. Partners With The Collingwood Group
PR Newswire (press release)
Mortgage Harmony Corp. is a provider of innovative residential mortgage products and services that are designed to bring long-term stability to the housing finance industry. The Collingwood Group is a Washington, DC-based business advisory firm whose ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
Royal wedding: the very ambitious Mr Middleton
Telegraph.co.uk
He told The Daily Telegraph: “Last year we were nominated for four business awards: we won the Smarta 100 and the Haines Watts Young Entrepreneur Awards; we were a finalist in the Enterprising Young Brits; and nominated for the HSBC Start-Up Stars. ...

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Duke University
Blackstone grant to help start-up companies in the Triangle
The Daily Tar Heel
... of the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network, which aims to actively support start-up operations of new entrepreneurial venturers. This new initiative will allow entrepreneurs from successful businesses to work with students and other individuals in the ...
Blackstone Charitable Foundation Commits $3.6 Million to Create Blackstone ...Business Wire (press release)
Duke Joins Initiative to Spur JobsDuke University

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Fail to Succeed: Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford
Wired News (blog)
“The reason failure is important in a place like Silicon Valley is that most startup ideas that people have are dead wrong,” says Eric Ries, a serial entrepreneur who has developed a methodology called The Lean Startup to guide young businesses. ...

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H&R Block names former eBay exec as new CEO
Forbes
HSBC in late December terminated Block's financing deal for refund anticipation loans (RALs), too close to tax season for Block to find another bank to back them. That did cost Block some customers, who apparently went elsewhere to get their taxes ...

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RTT News
Lawson Obtains $1.7 Billion Financing for Golden Gate, Infor LBO
BusinessWeek
Credit Suisse AG, Bank of America Corp., Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Canada and Deutsche Bank AG are providing the financing for the St. Paul, Minnesota- based company. San Francisco-based Golden Gate and Infor agreed to buy Lawson for about $2 ...
Lawson Software Enters Into Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by an ...Business Wire (press release)
Lawson agrees to $2 billion buyout, leaving big questions for workers and for ...Pioneer Press

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