Cortera launches first community for small business credit repor...
Boca Raton, Florida and DEMOfall 2009, San Diego, California (PRESS RELEASE – September 26, 2009) — Cortera™, a community-driven business information company, today unveiled the Cortera Credit Exchange™, http://www.cortera.com, a new online service that, for the first time, blends business credit report data with user generated payment experience reviews and ratings from companies’ business partners. read more [more...]
Date: 2009-09-26 11:00:53
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Understanding Corporate Credit
by Mary Bush One of the most common misconceptions relating to corporate credit is that it works just like personal credit ... credit rating and score. So paying your bills on time and not having a high balance on available sources ... . Do you know what is on your business credit report? At least once a year you should be examining it very [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 09:38:22
Understanding Corporate Credit
by Mary Bush One of the most common misconceptions relating to corporate credit is that it works just like personal credit ... credit rating and score. So paying your bills on time and not having a high balance on available sources ... . Do you know what is on your business credit report? At least once a year you should be examining it very [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 22:23:56
The European Privacy Partnership warns that consumers may lose more that their credit rating if they default on loans; jobs are at stake
This month's UK bankruptcy figures show that UK business and individuals are still choosing bankruptcy as a seemingly easy way out of debt problems ... and employers often check credit history to ascertain an applicant's reliability or risk rating. In many ... may be refused employment due to a bad credit rating."In the current climate perfectly honest [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 18:32:00
5 Important Things About Business Credit Cards
Simplify your bookkeeping and profile with the Centennial® Gold MasterCard®/Visa® * Reports monthly to 4 ... reflect on your credit report. The key to maintaining an excellent rating is to know how to manage ... Major Credit Bureaus * Low APR on purchases * All credit types welcome to apply! >>Full [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 08:24:20
Another former Moodys exec slams firms rating process
By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, Sept 29 - The former head of compliance overseeing Moody's Corp's credit ratings business was routinely ignored when he warned that the firm was not properly monitoring municipal bond ratings, according to a letter ... [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 01:08:28
Meg Whitman: Cut Taxes, Spend Money
Meg Whitman, a probable candidate for governor of California, frames every question as how it effects that state—its rate of unemployment, its small businesses. “We have to avoid, at all costs, tax increases,” she says. Then she rolls out her suggestions •Make the R&D tax credit permanent. •Small business access to capital [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:36:15
Buying the Auto Industry when Everyone’s Selling
Now is not the time to be in the car business. As the stock market plunged in October, car sales followed suit ... the heat. Credit is tight, meaning prospective car buyers will need a better credit score if they want ... this business to return to an annual growth rate that’s well in the double digits. So are we crazy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 19:57:40
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
Home loan
by Tom Martens Before starting the homeownership or monthly mortgage installment ; ... online home loan calculators on financial or property websites to start working ... your credit history, the better rate youll be offered. If youve done business with a certain bank [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 14:44:26
S&P: Credit losses will rise into 2010
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s expects nonperforming loans to continue to rise through 2009 and into 2010, ... for Biz2Credit. Biz2Credit is a small business marketplace that provides entrepreneurs ... to increase amid the widening economic downturn, Standard & Poor’s said in a new report released [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 02:34:39
How To Build A CD Ladder and Get The Highest Interest Rate
During tough times, there is always the inevitable flight to quality as investors seek out stable investment options to keep their money safe from ... certificate of deposits (CDs). Because CD’s are issued by banks and credit unions, they enjoy ... fixed time asset offered to consumers and businesses by banks and credit unions. When you buy a CD [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 03:29:32
Fed Watch: More Easing Expected
Today, the Fed lowered the target interest rate to 1%. Will the Fed lower the target rate even further if things don't improve? ... of households and businesses to obtain credit. Any other assessment would have been surprising ... s durable goods report is no exception, with nondefense, nonair capital goods declining 1.4 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 06:21:53
Today in Russian Business - Jan 14th, 2009
The financial crisis is having a dire effect on migrants who depend on money from their employers to support their families back home, ... is trying to encourage residents to buy apartments, saying that reports of anticipated price drops ... had its credit rating lowered to 'junk' by Standard & Poor's. The government wants to counter [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 11:33:41
5 Financial Crisis ‘Aftershocks’ You Must Prepare For Today
Investors are fleeing the stock market as the rules of the game keep changing ... , credit providers, rating agencies and others all work to change the way business is conducted – [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 15:11:39
Use Online Surveys To Build Customer Trust And Loyalty And Thrive During The Recession
The ongoing financial crisis and talk of recession has left a lot of Internet marketers worried about whether they will be able to stay in business ... . Social network marketing sites, email, instant messaging and Skype all offer the Internet marketer ... with products first is not a great way to raise your credit rating with your prospects. One good way [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 17:54:53
Everybody Thought They Were Rich In California
The Bay Area Newsgroup reports from California. “Over the year that ended in July, ... of Business at University of California-Berkeley. ‘It is clearly the worst since the 1930s.’” “Financial institutions are already tightening up on terms, conditions, rates and amounts of credit [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 20:00:21
Downgrades of European Real Estate Companies More Likely
The European real estate sector’s business model resilience and companies’ financial policies will be tested over the coming months, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services says in a new Industry Report Card. In the context of lower investor ... . Technorati Tags: credit-ratings, European real estate, standard-and-poors [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:24:08
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Your website is a crucial part of your online business. This class of Astral entities avoids the presence of man and prefer the solitudes of nature ... , interest rates, debt consolidation using your airline credit card so that you may secure maximum ... distance learning courses under the categories Independent Agent, Airlines, Cruise, Tours and Travel [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 20:35:45
Dan Gainor on Fox News, Discusses Decline of Media
Vice President for the Business & Media Institute, Dan Gainor, spoke with Gretchen Carlson, host of "America's News HQ," ... , as reported in the paper Dec. 7. The Times said its credit rating from Standard & Poor's recently ... bankruptcy and cut jobs in many print news bureaus. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 15:32:25
What Didn't Cause the Crisis?
Tyler Cowen, contradicting Anna Schwartz, says it was private sector imperfections, not government policy that caused the imperfection ... Funds rate to blame?, by Tyler Cowen: ...I don't side with Austrian Business Cycle Theory in citing ... of that wealth through credit and the desire for additional risk. Note that if an increase in real [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 22:06:00
The Fed Translated….
Release Date: December 16, 2008 The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to establish a target range for the federal funds rate of 0 to 1/4 ... indicate that consumer spending, business investment, and industrial production have declined. No arguments there. Financial markets remain quite strained and credit conditions tight. I’m not sure [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 04:44:24
“To the Bunkers!”: Central banks slash rates in emergency “midnight” meeting By Mike Whitney
Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 10/08/08 “ICH’ Stocks fell sharply across Europe and Asia last night following another down day on Wall Street ... in there. The present crisis, which has its roots in the unsupervised expansion of credit in the United ... tapping a line of credit at a bank) The Fed will start providing businesses and financial [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 00:51:50
It's the Economy, Stupid
The Labor Department today reported that business productivity surged to a revised 4.3 percent annual rate in the second quarter of the year ... measure quality of output.)Higher productivity keeps inflation in check. When companies can produce ... of their lines of credit because the housing bubble has burst. The result? Employers can't sell [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 12:27:00
Ministers could set loan rates, banks warned
Direct Whitehall control over the lending rates of Britain's high-street banks is among the contingency plans being drawn up by Alistair Darling to ensure that the dearth of lending caused by the credit crunch does not force thousands of small ... to the small business sector had risen in recent months. A Treasury source said the government's [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 00:10:52
Riding the global economic crisis in Singapore
Author: Shandre Thangavelu, National University of Singapore and ANU Despite an average growth rate of nearly 8 per cent from 2004 to 2007, ... companies to get access to credit facilities, the Singapore government announced a S$2.3 billion loan facility for local companies (including SMEs) through its business financing scheme on 21 November 2008 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 04:15:28
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