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Tight Credit Becomes Problem For Small-business Owners
as lawmakers debate the proposed financial bailout bill, small-business owners who are especially vulnerable to financial meltdowns face even tighter credit than usual.
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Inside Entrepreneurship: Use Caution When Tapping Home Equity For ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer
q: do you have advice about the pros and cons of mortgaging your home to start a new business? what percent of your home's value should you leverage? if i take out a loan i will be at the full 80 percent of home value. i'm assuming that in this ...
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Repros Therapeutics Inc. Announces Closing Of Previously Announced ... - Forbes
repros therapeutics inc. (nasdaqgm:rprx) today announces that it has consummated its previously announced sale of an aggregate of 2.4 million shares of its common stock resulting in net proceeds to the company of approximately $15.5 million after ...
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Small Business Owners Look For Other Financing
small business owners have started turning to other source for loans as the credit markets freeze up. some are using second mortgages and credit cards to finance their businesses as banks change the terms of loans and increase interest rates.
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Small Business Owners Finding Loans Hard To Come By
many small business owners, or people who wish to open a new business, are finding small business loans from banks extremely hard to come by thanks to the financial crisis.
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Small Business Feeling The Credit Crunch? - Msnbc
president bush, members of congress and wall street executives say that without a government bailout of the financial sector, credit markets will dry up. msnbc.com is looking for specific stories from small business owners across the nation who are ...
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Fiat Mum On Hybrid, Electric Plans - Guardian Unlimited
paris, oct 2 (reuters) - in contrast to its peers, italy's fiat is keeping quiet about its plans for a hybrid or electric car -- so quiet that it does not even say why it is keeping mum about it. although renault and others are rushing to be the ...
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Small Business Frozen By Crisis
whether because banks won?t lend to them, or because they don?t want to take risks in a difficult market, small businesses, which employ 40 percent of americans, have been sitting still.
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Small Business Owners Get Advice On How To Survive Economic Crisis
it's on everyone's mind: the economic crisis and how we'll make it through.  we've heard a lot over the week about major financial giants folding and the government stepping in to help. but what about the small business owner who often invest literally everything they have to make business run?
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Scaled-back Plan For West Side Unveiled - Baltimore Sun
a scaled-back revitalization plan for the "superblock," a crucial piece of baltimore's west-side renewal effort, would include small- and medium-size stores, market-rate apartments in a 32-story tower and a 150-room boutique hotel. revised plans by ...
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World Markets Move Lower On Global Economic Fears - San Diego Union-tribune
london – world stock markets fell thursday as broader concerns about a global slowdown dampened relief over the u.s. senate's passage of the $700 billion bank rescue package. the dow jones industrial average fell, pushing europe's stock markets ...
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When To Expand Your Small Firm?
for the entrepreneurial women behind baby abuelita productions, one motivation for seeking outside financing for their budding hispanic doll and media business was driven by very practical considerations.
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Patriot Capital Funding Closes A $21.0 Million "one-stop" Financing, Including An Equity Co-investment, In Support Of ...
westport, conn.----patriot capital funding, inc. , a specialty finance company providing flexible financing solutions to small- to mid-sized companies primarily in transactions initiated by private equity sponsors, today announced that it closed a $21.0 million "one-stop" financing, comprised of senior and subordinated debt, and a $1.0 million equity co-investment; total funded capital at close ...
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Trial To Begin For Ohio Exec In $1.9b Fraud Case - International Herald Tribune
columbus, ohio : entrepreneur lance poulsen founded an innovative business helping cash-starved medical providers like nursing homes pay off their bills earlier than slow-moving insurance reimbursements. along the way he became a yacht-owning ...
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Astadia Secures $7mm Series B Financing - Forbes
north atlantic capital's david coit appointed to board of directors atlanta, oct. 1 /prnewswire/ -- astadia, inc., the leader in it consulting services and solutions for the software-as-a-service (saas) market and the largest salesforce.com partner ...
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Economy May Mean Problems For Small Business
economic uncertainty and tighter credit is making it hard for new small businesses to start. rising costs are also hurting existing businesses.
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Perriello Assails Goode On Business Vote
a vote cast by 5th district u.s. rep. virgil goode jr. on monday was an effort to ensure that federal programs designed to help small business owners benefit only u.s. citizens, but tom perriello, goode’s challenger in the nov. 4 election, said the vote missed the mark.
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Small Businesses Get Caught In Credit Crisis - Hamptonroads.com
karen bradley, like many retailers, has had a tough 2008. sales are down about 30 percent for the year. they were down 50 percent for august, typically one of the busiest times for her uniform-supply stores, karen's uniforms. when one of her ...
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Banking On Sellers For The Loans - Minneapolis Star Tribune
p.j. voysey, president and ceo of techies, bought sub-tronics in 2004. seller financing helped an entrepreneur buy his first business. and as credit tightens after wall street's stumble, this model likely will become more common. for years, p.j ...
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Small Businesses Feeling The Chill
whether because banks won?t lend to them, or because they don?t want to take risks in a difficult market, small businesses have been sitting still.
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