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
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Your Choice: Doom & Gloom or Strategic Marketing
Well, the reports are out. The National Small Business Association is reporting (based on its 2008 Year-End Economic Report) that things are looking pretty bleak for small business owners this year. And those surveyed ... in 2009. Not good And according to a recent Gallup poll, almost half of small business owners say [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:09:27
Four Economic Reports Reveal Recessionary Economy
According to Armstrong MyWire business report, four new reports recently released by the federal government show an economy deep in grips of a ... report showed widespread declines throughout manufacturing led by decreases in autos and airplanes [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 14:28:42
A loan from the Camorra: a financial product you won’t refuse
It seems that the global recession and the subsequent tight lending conditions are throwing up all sorts of opportunities for ‘alternative’ lending ... Italian suits. The study named ‘Crime’s Hold on Business’ (by Confesercenti a small business grouping ... . The report comes from Naples, a bustling southern Italian city that sits below the famous [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 18:27:50
How To Guarantee Approval For Business Loans
by katie George Understanding the requirements for loan approval and other additional variables that you can alter in order to increase your ... loan you need to show a clean credit report. If you are planning to start a new business ... into your credit report. The easiest way is of course to pay everything on time, without missing payments [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 19:56:13
How To Guarantee Approval For Business Loans
by katie George Understanding the requirements for loan approval and other additional variables that you can alter in order to increase your ... loan you need to show a clean credit report. If you are planning to start a new business ... into your credit report. The easiest way is of course to pay everything on time, without missing payments [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 09:25:30
Mission Viejo home market’s bottomed, Insider Q&A told
Zetland David Zetland is now a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley and a former Mission Viejo real estate broker ... that is, the ability of buyers and sellers to do business. (CLICK HERE to see report!) We asked ... report “prices are up or prices are down” as if that’s the entire real estate market. I was looking [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 07:29:24
Credit Report And Correction Techniques
by Ada Denis The three major credit authorities, Experian, Equifax and Trans Union are similar and feature a “Credit Score”, which is produced from credit report data submitted to them about you. Their report includes where ... by a business to settle whether you would be a good employee. Credit report amend takes techniques [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 20:10:07
Specialty Food News Weekend Update
Phil's Fresh Foods plans to expand into warehouse stores and additional supermarkets ... to Kline's Mood-Enhancing Foods and Beverages: The "Fun" in Functional Foods report. While the functional ... Soupe, a lunch-only business, reported The Sacramento Bee. Full Story (Free Registration Required [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 22:44:00
Minnesota’s Business Taxes, Climate – Not So Bad
Governor Tim Pawlenty in his 2009 state of the state address called for reduced corporate income taxes as a way to help Minnesota recover from the ... -sector consulting firm Anderson Economic Group, in its latest annual report download pdf ... by applying other measures of taxes or business earnings, but the AEG report demonstrates the difficulties [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 23:03:29
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
Obama Economic Team Widens Scope Of Financial Rescue
President-elect Barack Obama's economic team is scrambling to overhaul the financial rescue program for Wall Street and broaden it to ... in Treasury's monitoring of the use of taxpayer money." The forthcoming oversight report also was set to slam ... to municipalities, small businesses, homeowners and other consumers," the report said. "The [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 13:02:35
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
Free Market Free Fall
Obama to Inherit Legacy of Free Market Free Fall By Adrianne Appel BOSTON, Dec 24 (IPS) ... to ease credit lending, and jumpstart the economy. But U.S. businesses and individuals report ... of Texas, told reporters recently. Galbraith and 120 other economists, progressives and labour [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 04:05:55
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
News Digest 8/12/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, JP Morgan (JPM) lost $1.5 billion in July. Reuters writes the UBS (UBS) ... . Reuters reports that Countrywide faces an FTC investigation. The Wall Street Journal reports ... to tighten credit for businesses and consumers. The Wall Stree Journal reports that S&P cut [more...]
Date: 2008-08-12 07:52:17
Predictions for Entrepreneurship in 2009
It’s that reflective time of year when everyone takes what they learned from the past 12 months (and what a stomach-churning 12 months they were!) ... on recent economic data, conversations with small-business experts and other noteworthy reports. Here ... , will be seeking their share. (Also, we expect heated debates over whether the Small Business Admini [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 13:55:56
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
Take a little less yield on a CD, keep a bank in business
Today Justin is out doing what in the news business we call "reporting ... and businesses supposed to be starved for credit? I asked [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 19:08:15
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
Scarcity of Debtor-in-Possession Financing Forcing Earlier Bankruptcy Filings
In more normal times, when a company faces the risk of bankruptcy but believes it has a viable business, ... report on these adaptations suggested that they were a far less than ideal solution ... of accessing loans in bankruptcy, which may cause companies to preemptively file for protection, Morgan [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 06:17:52
Gwyn Morgan in today’s Globe and Mail - support Angel investing!
Today in The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business, founder and former CEO of EnCana Gwyn Morgan discussed what the government is or should be doing ... ventures that contain the seeds to grow into a Canadian global success, a prime example being Research ... requires an act of faith. Unfortunately, Canadian personal tax law provides investors with as much [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 16:26:38
Mysterious credit card charge may have hit millions of users
Source: Boston Globe - Several Internet complaint boards are filled with comments from credit card customers from coast to coast who have noticed a ... out whether an illegally obtained credit card number will work before making a bigger charge, or they’re ... at the moment. The Better Business Bureau in Louisville reports that, at least so far, those [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 03:56:32
RE: [prpoint] Financial crisis at USA - How it will have an impact in India?
Hello everyone, The one thing that we will see is a delay in the big outsourcing projects from the financial conglomerates to India, ... by some professors from the Wharton Business School: Many news reports about the current global credit ... , according to a report in the New York Times. Likewise, Wachovia's market cap plunged in the same [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 22:43:00
No Whining, Dr. Phil; Joking aside, Gramm really is out
Sen. John McCain's top economic adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, was on PBS Nightly Business Report on Friday night ( ... are overblown. There is no recession, only a "mental recession," the ex-Texas senator said - prompting ... the comments took place, and I'm not expecting to. (Credit for spotting and sharing this goes to the ever [more...]
Date: 2008-07-13 16:31:28
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
You Have to Stop to Change Direction
The bursting of the internet bubble was good for the computer industry ... business around (see this report for details), from platform software to application infrastructure (even ... by the credit crisis. I was outlining where we were headed in open storage (a business that grew more than [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 16:45:03
Crisis Planning - Many More Turning To Reverse Mortgage For Help
The unprecedented economic crisis roaring its way through every state in the country and every sector of the economy is taking a heavy toll on ... and cutting back on entertainment. About one-third have cut their credit card use and spent less ... editor. Continue Reading More From This Article Here. From The Nightly Business Report: The Reverse [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:43:56
Where are Your Sales and Marketing Efforts Focused?
I was recently reading an annual report for a successful company, and, as always, I looked at the words used about customers ... of the success of this business. The annual report is written in such a way as to bring out this focus ... information. A Customer Focus In this report, I looked for more. Specifically, I looked to see how [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 18:31:26
Corporate Bonds
Corporate bonds are firmer once again as the march of buyers continues. Trading volumes remain light as many are in year end mode. Participants uniformly report that the flow of business is skewed to the buy side and selling ... for the market and will provide some real world data points to observe if credit market rehabilitation [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 19:53:38
Property Investors Expected To Spend More This Year: Report
Source : The Business Times, January 13, 2009US seen as country providing the most stable and secure real estate(NEW YORK) ... , according to an annual report tracking institutional investor interest.Displaced: In the US market, Afire's ... globally and in the United States, their favoured international investment target, report members [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 16:00:00
LunarPages vs DreamHost: LunarPages Won
LunarPages vs DreamHost: LunarPages Won By Jonathan Baldwin on Dec 29, 2008 in Web Hosting | comments(0) Honesty or Reliability? ... has trumped the business model of DreamHost. This article intends to look at the business implications ... to report this on their blog, as always, rather than keeping it limited to a professional notification [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 20:55:22
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
Back to Basics- Expense Reports
money Many business owners are reflecting on 2008 and thinking about some improvements for 2009 ... a company credit card, expense reports can greatly improve your overall process of bookkeeping. An expense report is a simple document that is filled out with each purchase or group of purchases [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 19:34:17
Privacy: It’s none of their business
Peter at Bible Money Matters reports that when he called American Express to cancel an old credit card account that hadn’t been used in years, ... who answered his phone call asked him why he would want to cancel a perfectly fine credit card ... . © 2008 Wow! All of these matters come under the heading of nobody’s business but yours. Stand [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 18:25:04
What if the economy is worse than you think?
Harder times ahead? I stay out of the predictions business as much as I can ... report: “Shockingly awful” seem much more common — and there are good reasons to think that things ... its implications. (For a fuller view of his data and arguments, you can sample recent posts of Dave’s here [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 23:33:30
Annual Report - Sasken - 2008-2009
SASKEN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009DIRECTOR'S REPORTYour Directors have pleasure in presenting the report on the business and operations of the Company along with the Audited Accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 2009.Result of Operations (Consolidated) - Extract Amount in Rs. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-16 03:37:00
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
Employers Beware: Red Flag Rules On Address Discrepancies Not Delayed
If you've been following the story of the Red Flag Rules, that we posted about last winter you'll know that on October 22, 2008, ... your business uses consumer reports. If you do background, criminal or credit checks on employees ... the FTC announced a delay in enforcing the rules, moving the date from November 1, 2008 to May [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 17:21:00
BOSSES RUNNING AWAY IN CHINA
Cao Jun of The Times’ Shanghai Bureau contributed to this report ... of his industrial gas business. Tao owed him $850,000, Mao said, about 60% of his annual revenue. “We cannot pay ... and environmental requirements. When the credit crunch took hold — prompting Western businesses to slash [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 02:55:20
Merck Loses Vioxx Appeal
The New Jersey Supreme Court has thrown out a Merck & Co. appeal of a $4.5 million Vioxx award. According to a Business Week report, the dismissal ended the last unresolved Vioxx patient lawsuit. Vioxx was approved for use in 1999, and quickly became a blockbuster for Merck, with annual sales of $2.5 billion. However, [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 16:55:39
Not quite Hardball enough
Not quite Hardball enough Posted by: Economist.com l WASHINGTON Categories: ... ," reports the New York Times, "that Mr Matthews was flirting with a Senate run as a way to give ... , as when he asked a pretty business reporter to "move closer to the camera", or when he said Hillary [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 06:10:46
Political Heavyweights and Lightweights
There is a claim doing the rounds that Barack Obama said, “What a lightweight!” after meeting Tory Leader David Cameron last July ... that suggested people thought Cameron a lightweight, albeit likeable. So the New Statesman report may ... , you know they mean business. Like Margaret Thatcher. And like Barack Obama. Later on the image consultants catch [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 13:50:00
Latest News in Goverment Grants and Debt Relief - Jan 06, 2009
Obama supports $300-billion tax-cut plan - Globe and Mail 6 Jan 2009 at 4:29am Fake Name from Canada writes: ... As the global financial crisis deepens, Report on Business writers examine and explain the turmoil in credit and stock markets. Here, we answer your questions daily, with the most recent at the top [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 12:26:07
Expensify: A new take on expense reporting
Business travel seems to be one enormous headache, with the long security lines, the new fees for luggage, ... travel is what happens after your return to the office: the dreaded expense report ... your credit card information. They send you a brand new Visa debit card, which you then use [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 11:30:59
Lots to Report
This has been a busy few weeks here in Beijing! First of all, Ivan the puppy keeps us pretty busy, what with all the energy of a growing puppy and his and Leo's growing relationship. Whereas originally Leo was a bit indifferent to the newcomer, the two of them now get along very well, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 04:55:47
Thursday Opening Report: Inside Park, Pizza and Calzone Certified Open; AQ Kafe Maybe Monday
aq%20kafe.jpg Photo Credit 1) Midtown: TONY and Midtown Lunch both report on the opening of AQ Kafe, a spin-off of the Scandinavia House eatery ... ; 212-593-3333. NYT; Metromix 3) Carroll Gardens: More of a reopening report than an opening report ... in Brooklyn, is back open for business, after a month-long renovation...Inside, it doesn't look [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 19:32:57
Data Breaches Affect Records of 35.7 Million People in 2008
Businesses, governments and educational institutions reported a nearly 50 percent increase in data breaches last year over 2007 ... that steals data blamed for nearly 14 percent of breaches. Many Companies Fail to Report Foley said annual ... and inadvertent posting of personal data online along with other accidental disclosure account for more than 35 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 20:10:52
Today's Stimulus Hearing
This morning's Republican hearing on the economy offered several alternatives to the Democratic stimulus package that was set forward just afterward ... : A "net new hire" tax credit, which would make it less risky and expensive for businesses to expand ... businesses to make such investments, as they must currently report depreciation losses slowly over [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 23:53:16
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