MICROCAPITAL.ORG STORY: Nigerian Central Bank Warns Of Increase In Non-Performing Microfinance Loans, Poor Corporate Governance And Commits To Impose Sanctions On Errant Officials At Microfinance Banks

In a recent report on the Nigerian news portal, Business Day Online , entitled ‘CBN to sanction erring directors of microfinance, mortgage banks’ , it was reported by Hope Moses-Ashike that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)  has threatened to dismiss and prosecute senior officers and operators at microfinance institutions and primary mortgage banks who have been found to have engaged in malpractice. [more...]

Date: 2009-07-28 05:00:23

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QuickBooks Pro 2009 3 User

Amazon. com Product Description Small business accounting software that makes accounting easy with tools to organize your finances all in one place. Track sales & expenses. Click to enlarge. Reduce data entry by downloading your bank & credit card transactions into QuickBooks. Click to enlarge. Create purchase orders. Click to enlarge. Generate reports with one click to see how your business is doing. Click to enlarge. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 23:40:46

Top risks ... er, opportunities ... for 2009

It's the holiday season, which means it's time for the traditional Year in Review. So how shall we describe 2008? Let's see .. ... up is Ernst & Young's 2009 Business Risk Report, which lists the 10 biggest risks facing global ... , E&Y ranks the credit crunch as the top risk, followed by regulation and compliance [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 05:50:22

Media Centers: Alternative, Open-Source, Cross-Platform Solutions - A FLOSS Comparison

Looking for an open-source alternative to proprietary media center solutions from big brand names like Microsoft and Apple? Tired of buying into their own closed and proprietary business strategies? Here is a report ... -comparison-guide-intro.jpg Photo credit: ishook A media center is a multimedia hardware/ software combo [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 09:30:00

And Then There’s This…Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Almost from the moment that trading began in the Far East on Monday morning, there was someone there to sell the gold and silver market down ... thing in the morning (7:00 a.m.) in London. Then, the moment the Comex opened for business ... of Thanksgiving. This report was for positions held as of November 25th. In gold, it showed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 20:08:28

Five in the Morning 011309

Jason Falls brings us an interesting list of the Top 50 Educational blogs, with links aplenty. Nice.Busy, busy ... . Then, a summary of Forresters Wave Report on Social Media Platforms.In recent days, Fast Company ... in your hand. Or electricity without wires. And how does Sony’s new mini video cam match up against [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:10:07

Contrarian money manager bullish on gold and bearish on treasuries and dollar

Report on Business: The Smartest Man We Know has heard the slurs ... the past five. Nice numbers, but once you’ve made your money calling the credit crisis and short ... . I think the Canadian dollar should go through parity. “I like the whole Canadian market. I don’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 14:32:32

Latest News in Goverment Grants and Debt Relief - Nov 11, 2008

Jigawa gets N3.8bn to boost MDG projects - Vanguard 10 Nov 2008 at 4:21pm Dutse?THE FEDERAL government has released N3 ... Times Few presidents have entered office with an economy … The highs and lows of the Canadian dollar - Globe and Mail 4 Nov 2008 at 10:51am As the global financial crisis deepens, Report on Business [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 12:11:37

You Can’t Fake It Any More In California

Bloomberg reports on California. “A tidal wave of anxiety is washing over America, ... m educated, I’m intelligent,’ she said in an interview. ‘I have a business plan. These things aren’ ... s unemployment report was, to put it bluntly, ugly,’ UCLA Anderson Forecast economist Jerry Nickelsburg [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 19:39:45

Ontario May Lose 517,000 Jobs In Five Years, Almost Equivalent To The Number Of Immigrants To The Province Over The Same Period.

The lost 517,000 jobs number is derived from a worst case scenario if the Detroit Three (Ford, GM, Chrysler LLC) went out business ... economy will be devastated, report saysRobert Benzie and Rob FergusonQueen's Park BureauDec 16 ... , according to a new provincial report obtained by the Star.The review, prepared for the Ministry [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 14:27:00

Top seven issues facing CPAs in business and industry

Rising health care costs, workforce development, ... .  Here is the report from our session. DSC00674 CPAs in business and industry represent half ... in business and industry, according to a survey conducted recently by the Maryland Association of CPAs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:17:56

Guest Post: So you want to work with BRAC?

Editor’s note: This post first appeared on VisionSpring’s Business in a Bag blog ... ://www.doingbusiness.org) report from the World Bank notes that when a Bangladeshi company imports goods, it has to prepare 16 types of documents and obtain 38 signatures, and that the whole process [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 12:00:00

Is Bernie Maddoff Your Next Business Partner?

By now we are all aware of Bernard Madoff and his fabulous Ponzi Scheme where he ripped off something like $50 billion ... due diligence.   At the very least a business credit report is advisable.   A variety of civil [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:26:36

Flextronics Shrs Plunge; Sanmina, Celestica Also Crumble; Report All Three Companies Losing Alcatel Business

If the world is going to cut back buying PCs, cell phones and all other things electronic, ... targets. Credit Suisse’s William Stein lowered his target to $4, from $6, while keeping his Outperform ... billion in revolving credit lines. In an attempt to explain the massive selling in the sock, he says “ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 12:12:00

CDT Highlights Privacy and Security Impact of Tax Reporting Plan

In testimony before the House Small Business Committee today, ... require banks to track credit card payments and report the data to the Internal Revenue Service for tax ... from small businesspeople and others, and would set a dangerous precedent. [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 20:17:17

Real Estate Market News: Morning Edition

Housing sales fall sharply in Canada: MLS ... markets on shaky ground. Report on Business...Canadian Market News: Credit Crunch & Stock Market ... in November — the lowest level recorded since January 2001, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday.” [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 15:54:30

Class Action Blogojevich Weekly Review

Here are some blog posts from the week that was that might be of interest to class action practitioners: ... Carolina Business Litigation Report discusses a North Carolina federal court’s decision denying [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 08:00:00

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Business CORRECTED - Rio Tinto names Jim Leng as new chairman ( ... : 49% Popularity: 49%... Business Stocks Tumble as Retail Sales Report Shows Sharp Decline ... credit crisis and soaring job losses. Popularity: 49% Popularity: 49%... Business Oil Prices [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:47:40

Years Of Appreciation Have Been Wiped Out In California

The San Francisco Chronicle reports from California. “Despite a brisk business in foreclosure sales, the Bay Area real estate market showed little sign of recovery as the summer selling season concluded, according to a real estate report. Although [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 16:47:42

Good Bank, Bad Bank: The Rich Win Again

So let’s see if I understand this brilliant brain fart correctly…Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC) ... . What a fun game.Citigroup Reports $8.3 Billion Loss, Split Into Two Businesses: “Citigroup Inc. posted an $8.29 billion fourth-quarter loss, completing its worst year, as the credit crisis eroded [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:40:00

Germany preps new $70B bailout on infrastructure, public health, tax cuts

Author: Dave Germany preps new $70B bailout on infrastructure, public health, tax cuts Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:22 pm (GMT 0) ... . She has also agreed to establish a fund of 100 billion euros to help private business obtain loans ... to a new report by Morgan Stanley Research. Two months ago, the government passed a package [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:07:31

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

Addons and Healing

I get asked what addons I use for healing probably more often than any other question ... to play the game for you. How you spend your money is your business, but I think it’s very sad ... report whether or not the person I’m healing already has an incoming heal. Oho, and now the magic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:57:45

Citigroup Posts $8.3 Billion Loss, Splits Up Company

NEW YORK — Citigroup said Friday it is splitting up into two businesses as it reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $8 ... and banking revenue, and $5.3 billion on the value of credit derivatives. It also lost $2.5 billion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:14:43

McDonnell’s legislative agenda

Bob McDonnell issued the following statement regarding Gov ... . Every day brings new reports of job losses and business closings. Our citizens are facing tough [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:45:40

More Important Than Lipstick, Take 3

by hilzoy From the NYT: "Tracey Minda needed cash to buy clothes and school supplies for her 6-year-old son before the 2006 school year ... , banks and credit cards remain in business. I wonder how? According to this CBS report ... her debt. Ohio lawmakers sought last spring to aid borrowers like Ms. Minda by capping annual [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 04:07:30

The Year in Business: 2008

ABC News’ Daniel Arnall reports: 2008 has been the most important year in the lifetime of every working-age American ... say this firm -- the bookie for hundreds of billions in credit default swaps -- was too big to fail [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 15:10:56

HP mulling over merging printer and PC business units

(Credit: Crave CNET) Hewlett-Packard is considering a reorganization that would see the company's printer unit combined with its personal computer business, according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday. The plans, which ... [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 07:00:00

Citron Comments on Apollo Part 2 - Revenge of the Analysts

stock ticker: APOL Citron is fascinated by the analysts’ quick responses to its Apollo report, which focused on the business risk revealed in the recent lawsuit by a group [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:24:54

Open Source Science

The "internet generation" (notice I'm using the label preferred by youth in the Harris survey) has grown up accessing content online for free -- whether it's actually free or they find free ... in yesterday's post on the AP report, traditional media are scrambling to invent new business models [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 18:22:22

Reputation Management Begins Now

The Internet has become an increasingly great resource for consumers over the years Once upon a time if a person wanted to know the dirt on a business they got a subscription to Consumer Reports [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 05:15:04

Good news, bucking the trend and the 3 P’s

As usual in any new year there seems to be lots of customers out there buying lots of cars but hold on aren’t we supposed to be in a recession? ... of used cars and writing finance business to support it then we will obviously report ... in trouble long before the “credit crunch” and talk [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:08:09

Report: Sacramento Headed for Double-Digit Unemployment in 2009

From the Sacramento Bee: A new forecast says unemployment will hit 10 percent in Sacramento this year [ ... in the 12 months ending in November.From the Sacramento Business Review report pdf : Construction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:58:00

Hispanic community's new green card ... economic strength

November, 30, 2008 By LLUVIA RUEDA Businesses are turning into the new "green cards" of opportunity, ... other business sector, according to a 2006 report by the U.S. Census Bureau. That growth is soon [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 03:08:31

Four at Four: Looking for Cash

Whatever remaining euphoria that existed on expectations for the passage of a mighty bailout package that will cure all bad debts and even ... s not ideal.” Business as usual means looking forward to the jobs report due out in the morning, the lackluster demand for consumer goods, and ongoing credit problems that have reduced borrowing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 11:40:00

Fannie teed up. Are you teed off?

Housing headlines of note in today's Los Angeles Times Business section: --"Fannie regrets golf excursion," ... not dispute the report, described the event as a mortgage industry customer meeting held twice ... for the quarter would fall by half to $1.5 billion. -- Lauren Beale Your thoughts? Comments? Photo credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 20:53:11

Showroom Experience: A Tale of Two Showrooms

 CNY @ BMW: Sapura Auto & Auto Bavaria Bkt Bintang “It was the best of times, ... serious liquidity crisis,’ and when the business section carries a report about the Church of England [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 07:08:46

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Showing off your elegant neckline is an excellent way to draw attention to your well-formed upper body, and to bring a natural glow to your face. Oftenitmes we forget dreams as soon as we wake up. Small business credit cards are unsecured ... copy of my credit report? Yes. - Avoid shaving as much as possible; while shaving takes care to avoid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:34:22

Waiting For the Recession Call

The government’s report on third-quarter economic output should be enough to pinpoint the start of the current recession to sometime in the summer of 2008 at the latest. But the relatively small size of the reported decline — an annualized 0.3 ... Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee, hasn’t weighed in formally yet [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 14:56:58

An Introduction to Sarah Palin-omics

An Introduction to Sarah Palin-omics Posted by Kim Priestap Published: September 2, 2008 - 4: ... , the oil companies are not taxed for the cost of doing business. James Pethokoukis at US News and World Report notes her tax cutting policies from when she was mayor of Wasilla: Jimmy P. at the RNC [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 21:16:55

The Business Pundit Energy Plan: Electrification, flex power, and a smart grid

By now, 99% of us are aware of the problem. Cheap oil, whether due to peak oil or not, is over ... ? Business Pundit sorted through a slew of reports, comments, and statistics to come up with a plan [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 21:08:14

Tax Questions Recording Ready

If you missed the eBay Selling Coach grilling me on taxes, here’s the recording.  Enjoy! More Posts: Do LLCs Pay Self Employment Tax? Q&A - Do I report my eBay activity as a hobby or business? Recovery Rebate Credit for 2008 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:19:15

Web Solutions

Press Release: “The Economic Report” show to feature Heritage Web Solutions October 22, 2008, Deerfield Beach, ... affordable websites for small and medium size businesses. In business since 2001, Heritage designs ... FL – The producers of The Economic Report are pleased to announce that Heritage Web Solutions [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 04:32:00

Citi Breakup in Sight (Reuters)

This just in from Reuters; Robert Rubin's departure from Citigroup appears to have been a prelude to this ... its business model. The bank on Wednesday said it will report fourth-quarter results on January 16 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:05:44

Government help for small business: The key points

Working Capital Scheme - Open to “ordinary-risk” businesses with a turnover of up to &beat500m - Government will guarantee up to 50pc of new and existing working capital credit lines ... Fund - A £50m fund to convert businesses’ debt into justice, announced in the pre-budget report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:09:09

Yawn

This is probably going to be one of the shortest posts in ATA history. It's not because I'm too busy (who isn't this time of year) ... with a report on Bernard Madoff. The 'Breaking News' in this story was the SEC saying that they dropped ... and the SEC continued after John's report with Andy Serwer and Ali Velshi. I iz a bad blogger because [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 06:23:52

Executives fear Infrastructure Investment will be Inadequate

Despite all the talk about infrastructure investment, ... . Analysts estimate that two trillion dollars will be spent on infrastructure globally on an annual ... the majority of business leaders surveyed globally. Click here for the full free report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:16:04

Crime doesn’t pay…

sourceFor many of us, the stock market debacle of 1929 conjures images of devastated investors leaping from upper-story windows; ... today.As the Financial Times reports, corporate fraud is spiking:Fraud is closely correlated with the business cycle… As the downturn deepens and companies struggle for credit, the more managers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 00:31:49

Could it be that the Banks and Flaherty are both right?

The worst global financial crisis since 1932 was born out of loose lending practices in the subprime market, ... doing what they can to do business with “credit worthy” clients. For our own part, I can report ... but that’s not going to stop Canadian politicians from demanding that Canada’s banking fraternity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:00:39

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

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