Headline News - January 7, 2009

Hypercom Appoints Stuart Taylor Vice President, Global Marketing New Mercator Advisory Group Report: Small Business Credit Card 2008 Update: ... in credit card terms Economix Blog - NYTimes.com: Crisis Comparisons: How Bad Might It Get? Laru ... from Credit Cards, Could Save Consumers $500 Million Annually Over Competing Prepaid Cards Get Rich Slowly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:30:03

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The bounce becomes a dose of reality.

The business world is finally waking up to the realism that Gordon Brown and Alastair Darling do not have what it takes to get this country's economy ... . Small business are folding, because they cannot get credit, because of the reluctance of the government ... , they report that "Only 28 per cent of respondents said they were confident in the Prime [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 09:30:00

Find Out More About Business Loans

If you try to get a business loan during a time in which the economy and market isn’t as steady as it was a few years ago, ... of your personal tax returns, pay stubs and have a credit report pulled. ... to obtain a new business loan without showing anyone a business plan, you are either lucky [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 07:32:09

He Gets Credit For Candor

He Gets Credit For Candor Jennifer Rubin - 12.18.2008 - 2:56 PM Pro-business groups and conservatives aren’t the only ones, we learn from this report, who see a problem for “card check” legislation in Blago-gate: Gerald ... when the FBI linked a competing union to Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich’s effort to sell Illinois’ U.S. Senate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 19:56:56

Malawi ranked 132nd out of 183 countries in economic survey

The World Bank’s Doing Business (DB) 2010 Report has position Malawi as number 132 out of the 183 ranked economies in the world. The report measures a set of regulations affecting ten stages of a business’s life, namely starting a business, dealing with construction permits, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes , trading across borders, enforcing contracts and closing a business. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 16:37:46

"McCain Is The Real Health-Care Reformer"

According to the Wall Street Journal,"It's good politics for Mr. Obama. But it's bad policy. Mr. McCain's proposal -- to give every American the tax credit businesses get for buying health ... who get their health insurance at work has been shrinking. In August, the Census Bureau reported [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 23:21:07

Weekend Roundup- Xmas Edition

It has been a very busy Christmas season for my family and me, with multiple Christmas parties, school and Sunday school programs, ... #183-The Pre-Holiday Sales Edition, and included my article “Get an Absolutely Free Copy of Your Credit Report from All 3 Credit Bureaus at annualcreditreport.com” My favorites from the COPF: 5 Tips [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 05:12:25

Did America Get Punk'd on the Bailout?

By David Sirota, Campaign for America's Future. Posted December 18, 2008. The answer is yes ... now here's what to do about it ... . Regarding U.S. business access to credit, the report says: Overall U.S. bank lending is at its highest level ... about a credit crisis that justified Congress cutting a trillion-dollar blank check to Wall Street [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 02:27:52

It should come as no surprise that the power companies have undue power in Arkansas. They want a poison-spewing coal-fired plant, they get 'it ... is that some states have made it easier for homes and businesses to generate electricity and to get credit ... , expensive power plants. Here's a snippet from a blog item on a Stateline.org report on states [more...]

Date: 2008-06-18 10:44:02

Obama Revives Health Care Debate

Click here to view the embedded video. Finally!  I heard a report on NPR this morning and the Obama website confirms that the Democratic ... a payroll tax for these large employers. Small businesses will get a tax credit to encourage them ... questions this week in debating health care with co-workers, post a comment at “The Country Doc Report [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 21:12:46

What Obama’s Proposed Tax Cuts Mean for Small Businesses

From BusinessWeek.com:Here’s a welcome report for entrepreneurs this new year: ... for small-business owners.Details are still emerging, but the plan could include a longer window ... capital improvements; and a tax credit for job creation.How soon can that get money into your hands [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 20:00:00

Officescape Launches New Telework Solution

Officescape is getting off to a busy start in 2009, no doubt leveraging the credit crunch and the down economy that’s buoying its industry ... of a distributed workforce, whether it’s a multinational company or a small group of partners scattered ... in 2006, according to a report issued by WorldatWork. In total, the sum of   teleworkers (both [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:54:30

Back In Business @ The Roundup

I’m just getting settled here at home after getting back from a 14 hour flight ... to be. Frugal Dad tells us how to resolve credit bureau reporting errors. Money Smart Life: shares [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 16:24:35

Should a Venture Capitalist be Head of the SBA?

I was starting to get really impressed with President Elect Obama’s cabinet choices ... doesn’t provide credit access to enough small businesses. So my question is: how will we fix ... States, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 04:43:15

Bank of America posts 4Q loss; gets $20B from US

By IEVA M. AUGSTUMS AP Business Writer CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) - Escalating credit losses drove Bank of America Corp. to report a fourth-quarter loss and slash its quarterly dividend to a penny on Friday, hours after ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:05:24

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Unveils State of American Business Report

The two seem to make an unlikely pair, but according to the CEO of the U.S ... to get our economy going in a forward motion," Josten said. "One is credit and the other is confidence - and we ain’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:20:43

Charon Reports: On Twitter - Are you going to put some skin in the game?…

“Twitter is becoming ever-more powerful. You can tell when businesses, brands and governments start putting skin in the game ... at Twitter. Today, as Winter tightens its grip on credit-crunched and completely financially knackered Britain, I get my podcasting kit and WWII helmet out and trawl the world to report on Twitter… [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 14:45:45

Happy New Year Facebook - your employees think you’re lying about advertising. And they may have a point

A gremlin inside Facebook - or more likely a disgruntled employee - briefly hacked Facebook in the last few hours ... and business, then why do I get shown ads for Credit Rating Reports, as I did today? On thing’ ... get you a 2:1″ and Bad credit? Get a credit card with 39.9% APR!’. Classy.” The thing is, social [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 11:59:10

Smaller banks still making loans

Boston Globe reports on local conditions for small businesses: Even as consumer loans become harder to get, ... executives report a continued flow of borrowing by small businesses, despite the credit crisis ... many small businesses in Massachusetts report they are still able to borrow money.In Franklin [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 10:00:00

At Last - Looking at the Customer from Their Point of View

Stessa Cohen and Kristin Moyer here.  Wells Fargo announced that it is launching an online loan-consolidation repayment program in combination with ... “How to really pay off credit card debt” “How to get a small business loan in a credit crunch” ... consolidate debt through a person loan.  It includes “My Spending Report,” a tool that will let customers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 14:46:25

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