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Kiip's Brian Wong On Taking Risks As Young Entrepreneur - TechCrunch

Entrepreneur News - Wed, 04/13/2011 - 01:31

Gamasutra

Kiip's Brian Wong On Taking Risks As Young Entrepreneur
TechCrunch
After taking his mobile ads startup out of stealth on Monday, Kiip founder Brian Wong has a lot on his plate, mainly putting a recent $4.3 million in funding and a novel product and business model to good use. And Wong can't even drink legally yet! ...
The next Mark Zuckerberg? UBC grad wunderkind, 19, launches second startupVancouver Sun

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Lobbyists Won Key Concessions in Budget Deal - New York Times

Financial News - Wed, 04/13/2011 - 01:14

New York Times

Lobbyists Won Key Concessions in Budget Deal
New York Times
They acknowledge privately that were not in a position to fight it that aggressively, given that it was opposed by business and labor, and that agreeing to kill the plan was seen as a way of staving off other possible cuts in health care financing. ...

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More angels invest - Nashua Telegraph

Entrepreneur News - Wed, 04/13/2011 - 00:42

More angels invest
Nashua Telegraph
Many of the investors are successful entrepreneurs themselves. In Greater Nashua, angel investor groups have been responsible for getting hundreds of start-up companies – high-tech companies in particular – off the ground. One of the best-known is The ...

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Banks Gaining a Foothold in the Still-Fragile Economy - New York Times

Financial News - Wed, 04/13/2011 - 00:19

Banks Gaining a Foothold in the Still-Fragile Economy
New York Times
JPMorgan, for example, helped advise and arrange financing for AT&T's planned $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile, among several other large transactions. Trading revenue remains a wild card. A year ago, the four biggest Wall Street banks had an ...

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Republic Airways Promotes Two Key Executives - TradersHuddle.com (press release)

Financial News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 23:50

Republic Airways Promotes Two Key Executives
TradersHuddle.com (press release)
“He has built strong relationships with our employees, business partners, and the analyst and investment community, and has consistently demonstrated the skills and qualities that made him the best choice to become our next chief financial officer. ...

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Insurance fraud suspect arrested in alleged Ponzi scheme - Sun-Sentinel

Financial News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 22:34

Insurance fraud suspect arrested in alleged Ponzi scheme
Sun-Sentinel
Erline Telfort, 29, prepared more than 200 fradulent policies from January through December 2009, according to state officials, financing them through Pro Premium Finance of Hollywood. Investigators with the Florida Department of Financial Services ...

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Business briefs: Networking, financial consultation - Chicago Sun-Times

Financial News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 22:02

Business briefs: Networking, financial consultation
Chicago Sun-Times
DuPage Mortgage is offering community members a free, one-on-one home financing consultation with a non-commissioned mortgage specialist who will evaluate an individual's current financial situation, discuss goals and review their loan options. ...

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For Flip Video Camera, Four Years From Hot Start-Up to Obsolete - New York Times

Entrepreneur News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 19:54

CTV.ca

For Flip Video Camera, Four Years From Hot Start-Up to Obsolete
New York Times
“There are a lot of young entrepreneurs who look at Flip as a huge success, and they should continue to,” said Jonathan Kaplan, a co-founder and former chief executive of the start-up that invented the Flip. “The demise of Flip has nothing to do with ...
Flip video camera gets the axeTODAYonline
The Flip's Flop: Three Simple Lessons from Cisco's BlunderGuruFocus.com
One of the greatest tech start-up stories does a 'Flip'Business Standard (blog)

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Shark Communications' Web, SEO, & PR Powers Eastern Funding -- a Leading NYC ... - American Banking News (press release)

Financial News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 19:41

Shark Communications' Web, SEO, & PR Powers Eastern Funding -- a Leading NYC ...
American Banking News (press release)
Founded in 1997 by commercial banking and lending veteran, Michael Fanger, Eastern Funding is one of the country's leading commercial financing companies with a special focus on the laundry business, coin laundry, convenience store, and dry cleaning ...

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Huntington driving to build auto lending business in Michigan - Bizjournals.com

Financial News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 19:01

Bizjournals.com

Huntington driving to build auto lending business in Michigan
Bizjournals.com
Brad Norman has taken on the role of Michigan regional manager for Huntington's auto lending business, Richard Porrello, director of Huntington's auto financing business, said in an interview with Columbus Business First. “We have been in Michigan for ...
Huntington Expands Michigan Auto Dealer Financing BusinessPR Newswire (press release)

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Financing on solar plant now completed - istockAnalyst.com (press release)

Financial News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 18:52

CNET (blog)

Financing on solar plant now completed
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
In a prepared statement, Rick Needham, director of green business operations at Google, embraced the pioneering nature of the Ivanpah project that he said "will be the largest solar power tower project in the world, able to produce clean energy at the ...
BrightSource Energy closes financing for solar thermal plant in Mojave DesertSan Jose Mercury News
BrightSource Energy Closes Financing for Ivanpah ProjectBusiness Wire (press release)
MORE THAN 3700 ATTEND PV AMERICA 2011 IN PHILADELPHIA, UP 23% FROM 2009 SHOWAltEnergyMag (press release)
Cleantech Blog (blog) -CNET (blog) -Redlands Daily Facts
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Entrepreneur Spotlight: eComegy founder connects clients with customers - DesMoinesRegister.com

Entrepreneur News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 18:48

Entrepreneur Spotlight: eComegy founder connects clients with customers
DesMoinesRegister.com
May 11-13 For the latest information on startup events, check out Silicon Prairie News' events calendar at spne.ws/events. Once a month, Juice will feature articles from Silicon Prairie News, (SiliconPrairieNews.com) which interviews the region's ...

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Is That Person In The Mirror Standing Between You And Success? - The Business Insider

Entrepreneur News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 18:42

Is That Person In The Mirror Standing Between You And Success?
The Business Insider
Once an innovation worthy of exploitation has been identified, an entrepreneur's success or failure will depend largely on how ready they are to take counsel and challenge their own assumptions and deeply held beliefs. ...

Shark Communications' Web, SEO, & PR Powers Eastern Funding -- a Leading NYC ... - Marketwire (press release)

Financial News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 17:23

Shark Communications' Web, SEO, & PR Powers Eastern Funding -- a Leading NYC ...
Marketwire (press release)
Founded in 1997 by commercial banking and lending veteran, Michael Fanger, Eastern Funding is one of the country's leading commercial financing companies with a special focus on the laundry business, coin laundry, convenience store, and dry cleaning ...

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Flickr Founder's Games Startup Raises $10 Million From Accel And Andreessen ... - The Business Insider

Entrepreneur News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 17:22

The Business Insider

Flickr Founder's Games Startup Raises $10 Million From Accel And Andreessen ...
The Business Insider
Social, casual games in the browser are now a huge, really hot market thanks to Zynga which makes $400 million a year in profits from Facebook games. And Stewart Butterfield is a successful serial entrepreneur who's had a vision for this game for a ...

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Vivendi Seeks More Than $6 Billion of Loans for SFR Deal - BusinessWeek

Financial News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 17:14

Vivendi Seeks More Than $6 Billion of Loans for SFR Deal
BusinessWeek
Solange Maulini, a spokeswoman for Paris-based Vivendi, declined to comment on details of the financing. The transaction, which will be “entirely funded from incremental debt and cash,” weighs on Vivendi's Baa2 rating, Moody's Investors Service said. ...

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Beyond Basic Training - Business West

Entrepreneur News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 15:10

Beyond Basic Training
Business West
“It depends on the entrepreneurs' needs and whether they find mentoring useful. Some of them use it to get over the initial startup hump, and then find they don't need it anymore. Other people have one meeting and decide it's not for them, ...

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Startup success: Make passion pay off - CTV.ca

Entrepreneur News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 14:29

Startup success: Make passion pay off
CTV.ca
... immune to typical startup risks that wise founders have learned to respect and manage," he writes in his new book, 6 Secrets to Startup Success. Mr. Bradberry has more than two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, consultant and investor. ...

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New Cloud Pricing, Financing Options By IBM - ITProPortal

Financial News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 14:12

Hostway

New Cloud Pricing, Financing Options By IBM
ITProPortal
International Business Machines (IBM) has dished out new financing and pricing options for start-ups and business partners in a bid to make cloud adoption much easier. The Big Blue has launched two new pricing and financing programs that will help IBM ...
IBM rolls out new cloud financing, pricing programseChannelLine
IBM makes cloud-friendly partner licensing, financing shiftsChannelBuzz.ca
IBM Offers New Opportunities to Jump Start Cloud Computing for Business ...PR Newswire (press release)
Channel Insider -PCWorld
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10 Commandments of Retirement Planning - Fox Business

Financial News - Tue, 04/12/2011 - 14:09

10 Commandments of Retirement Planning
Fox Business
(See Rule V.) "If it's costing you a rate of interest and you're not getting a deduction for it, that would be the first order of business before you do any significant saving," says Brian Kuhn, Certified Financial Planner at Retirement Planning ...

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