This Week in Small Business: Tax Day Today, Deficits Tomorrow
New York Times (blog)
A hard-working entrepreneur pays off a $1.7 million tax debt. OBAMA'S TURN Tyler Cowen points out that a lot of the 2011 budget cuts agreed to by Congress last week are frauds. Congress passes them anyway. The president says he will cut the deficit by ...

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PR Web (press release)
Factoring Companies Supplying Small Business Financing Despite Harsh Credit ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
Government stimulus programs and bailouts have certainly helped big business weather the long economic storm, but the initiatives aimed at small business financing have been slow - very slow - to take hold. Take for example the $30 billion Small ...
Calif. Small Business Owners to Get Help for Growth OpportunitiesBusinessNews Express

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Moneycontrol.com
Subscribe to Muthoot Finance IPO: Nirmal Bang
Moneycontrol.com
The initial public offering of Muthoot Finance, the non-banking finance company engaged in gold loan business, has opened for subscription. Nirmal Bang has recommended subscribing the issue with a medium to long-term perspective, in its research report ...
Plan to raise Rs 820-900 crore via IPO: Oomen Mammen, Muthoot FinanceEconomic Times
'Investing in Muthoot IPO risky'Business Today
Muthoot IPO opens todayKhaleej Times
India Infoline.com -Hindu Business Line
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Huntington Earns Top Awards for Small Business Lending in Michigan
PR Newswire (press release)
In 2010, Huntington committed $4 billion over a three-year period to small business lending. In 2010, Huntington lent $1.1 billion to small business, meeting the bank's plan for a stepped increase in small business lending through 2012 and beyond. ...

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3+3Ps: A Framework to Guide Entrepreneurs
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By Guest Author on 18, April, 2011 2 Comments To answer How to create a successful startup?, I reflected on my journey so far as a first generation and first time entrepreneur to recollect all that I learnt, what I heard from experienced and ...

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Plan to raise Rs 820-900 crore via IPO: Oomen Mammen, Muthoot Finance
Economic Times
In an interview with ET Now, Oomen Mammen , chief financial officer, Muthoot Finance, talks about their IPO, business model and gold lending business. Excerpts: How much do you plan to raise via the IPO and how are you going to deploy these funds? ...
All you wanted to know about Muthoot FinanceMoneycontrol.com
Muthoot IPO opens todayKhaleej Times
Muthoot Finance - IPO: InvestHindu Business Line
India Infoline.com
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True innovation needed to create new jobs in area
The Journal News | LoHud.com
To qualify, the start-up needs to convince a committee about the quality of the idea and the entrepreneur's qualifications and commitment. This model works for all kinds of start-ups — Internet, software, real estate development, biotech/medical, ...

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It's the people, stupid
StartupSmart
Yet, every successful entrepreneur I have ever met has one trait in common. Business is all about people, and never more so than with a start-up. Most businesses want to have customers. Most have suppliers of some sort. And then there is that small ...

Calendar of upcoming business events.
Indianapolis Star
Learn how personal finances affect the success of business and how improved personal money management increases "bankability" when seeking small-business financing. Topics covered in the series include understanding and improving your credit report, ...

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The Asset
IFC, Arab Monetary Fund support legal reforms to boost business lending
The Asset
IFC, part of the World Bank Group, together with the Arab Monetary Fund, is supporting access to finance for small business in the Middle East and North Africa through the launch of the Arab Secured Transactions Initiative. This initiative will help ...

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Business incubator encourages the spirit of entrepreneurs
Seacoastonline.com
We have our pulse on all things startup. We work in the world of doors and chairs, some require private office, while others, who are more mobile in nature, require a co-working environment. We simply want to increase one's odds of success. ...

Regulator urges banking groups to back ailing builders
Yonhap News
"And that is feared to trigger difficulties on builders' business management." KB Financial Group Inc. Chairman Euh Yoon-dae, KDB Financial Group Inc. Chairman Kang Man-soo and three other heads from Woori Finance Holdings Co., Hana Financial Group ...

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Lehman, New Stream, Innkeepers, Wolverine, Tousa: Bankruptcy
BusinessWeek
That is the new hearing date for final approval of financing and sale of the portfolio of life insurance policies. The investor group is opposing both. The objecting investors filed involuntary Chapter 11 petitions against three New Stream funds not ...
Agreement allows TH Properties to avoid liquidation requestAllentown Morning Call

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vtdigger.org
Tug-of-war over health care bill intensifies
vtdigger.org
Members of Health and Welfare altered the bill to satisfy business interests, and the compromise has engendered resistance from all sides, as evidenced by the testimony Senate Finance heard on Friday. If the tug-of-war over H.202 is any indication, ...

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Speaking the language of success
Metro Canada - Halifax
Amanda Collucci, president and CEO of Clean4Me Inc., accepting the Best Start Up award from the Association of Canadian Chinese Entrepreneurs. Know your purpose and understand why you're in business. Understand the industry and what resources you will ...

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CBS News
Regulator urges banking groups to back ailing builders
Yonhap News
"And that is feared to trigger difficulties on builders' business management." KB Financial Group Inc. Chairman Euh Yoon-dae, KDB Financial Group Inc. Chairman Kang Man-soo and three other heads from Woori Finance Holdings Co., Hana Financial Group ...
PRESS DIGEST - South Korean newspapers - April 18Reuters Africa

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Be flexible when selling your business
The Augusta Chronicle
However, the biggest factor is the business itself. The lender wants assurances that the business has the financial ability to repay the loan. Here's a list of the most critical factors that can prevent a business from obtaining bank or SBA financing. ...
In financing, consider the sourceCape Cod Times (subscription)

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Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
Is group work overrated?
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
This is an important issue for entrepreneurs considering university education. Group skills are vital in all business forms, and successful start-up entrepreneurs are usually adept at leveraging scarce resources of others through their ability to work ...
GW Team Wins $25000 First-Place Prize in GW Business Plan CompetitionVAdvert Press Center (press release)

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Startup Weekend Kansas City: Lineup and judges set for tonight
Omaha World-Herald
Scott Mize – Scott is an entrepreneur, advisor, and speaker in the field of high technology. He has nearly 20 years of experience in the information technology, new media and Internet industries, and nearly ten years in the nanotechnology field. ...

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Korea key to Capstone-Far West deal
Financial Post
Capstone Mining Corp. said Sunday it has agreed to acquire Far West Mining Ltd. and its Chile copper project in a cash-and-share deal worth $725-million, a deal that would not have happened without the financial backing of the South Korean government. ...

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