The Venture Capital Infusions
From Entrepreneur.com : It’s not often that America’s small businesses get $2 billion in federal funds set aside just for them. But that’s what happened when President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act this February. Better known as the stimulus bill, the ARRA changed the rules for a little-known SBA program that loans money to qualified VC firms called Small Business Investment Corporations, or SBICs. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-09 14:00:00
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10 of the Millennium’s Best College Business Scandals
Having a higher education usually means making a higher income, but these ten deal snatchers have made an art form of pilfering available resources ... list. About 90% of students look no further when seeking a federally guaranteed student loan ... returned millions to the schools based on loan volume the schools referred. Six schools have agreed [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 19:30:49
It Is Illegal Under RESPA to Require Even Prequalification With a Particular Lender
RESPA no person shall give and no person shall accept any fee, kickback, or thing of value pursuant to any agreement or understanding, oral or otherwise, that business incident to or a part of a real estate settlement service involving a federally related mortgage loan shall be referred to any person. Let me repeat the important [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 14:43:35
TARP II: The Wrath of TALF
In normal times the Federal Reserve responds to crises by using teeny, gold-plated hydraulic levers to raise and lower interest rates ... which it will lend up to $200 billion to support the issuance of debt backed by consumer and small-business debt -- such as credit-card loans, student debt, auto loans and loans backed by the Small [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 15:35:02
Choking to death while Stefanie breathes our oxygen
Choking to death while Stefanie breathes our oxygen Wed, 01/14/2009 - 9:50am — lambert Ah, the incongruities. Two stories on page 1 of Izvestia ... finances by repaying short-term loans from the Federal Reserve. “It is like if you are in an airplane ... I suffer for the sake of somebody else's business model? So, can somebody help me out with this [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 15:01:27
Whoops: Ford Might Need A Bailout After All [Auto Bailout]
Ford has been busy marketing itself as America's Healthiest Automaker — but Bloomberg says that the company may need a bailout after all. Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, may have to abandon a plan to forgo federal loans as the weakening economy threatens to drive domestic sales 10 percent lower than the company’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 19:27:54
"A surge of inflation is sure to follow". Fed fault line grows.
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Key fault lines are emerging at the Federal Reserve over the central bank's journey into uncharted monetary policy ... - saying the Fed's plan to purchase consumer and small business loans with the help of the Treasury [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 02:35:13
Best Lecture Bet: An Evening with Gertrude Jekyll
Permalink :: Comments Beige: The Color of Gloom and Doom The Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book takes a bleak look at the region’s economy, ... . Manufacturing weakened. Home sales decreased. Bankers reported a decline in loan demand. That’ ... , Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and parts of Missouri and New Mexico, according to the Denver Business J [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:15:56
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