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Business Brief: Quick Hits From The Region And Beyond
crown point sba offers financing program aug. 26 the u.s. small business administration (sba) will conduct a small business financing program on tuesday, august 26, 2008 from 3 to 5 p.m. aug. 26 at the purdue university tech center, northwest indiana small business development center, 9800 connecticut drive.
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Finding The Best Buyer For Your Small Business
learn more about the process business owners go through to seal a merger or acquisition deal.
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Wells Fargo Announces Next Small Business Webcast: "sound Credit Practices For Your Business"
----wells fargo : what: wells fargo will premiere its fifth small business webcast, "sound credit practices for your business," on tuesday, july 29th. the webcast will feature a panel discussion with leading financial industry insiders and business owners on how to establish sound credit practices for managing business credit and cash flow.
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Poll: Small-biz Owners Down On Economy, Working Longer Hours
the good news: the economy is not as bad as it was in the early 1980s, when unemployment hit 10% and the inflation rate touched the double digits. the bad news: a lot of small business owners think it is.
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Two Financing Facilities To Help Smes Weather Hard Times
kuala lumpur: bank negara will set up two financing facilities of up to rm1.2bil to help small and medium enterprises (smes) cope with the impact of higher costs due to rising prices.
thestar.com.my

140,000 Smes To Get Financing Worth Rm70 Bln This Year
kuala lumpur, july 24 (bernama) –- banks and development financial institutions (dfis), anticipating demand for small and medium enterprise (smes) financing to increase, are expected to approve rm70 billion in loans to 140,000 sme accounts in 2008. this will be further complemented by the various government’s funds and schemes undertaken during the year, the national sme ...
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140,000 Smes To Get Financing Worth Rm70 Bln This Year
kuala lumpur, july 24 (bernama) -- banks and development financial institutions (dfis), anticipating demand for small and medium enterprise (smes) financing to increase, are expected to approve rm70 billion in loans to 140,000 sme accounts in 2008.
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Banks And Dfis To Provide Rm70 Bln Financing To Smes This Year
kuala lumpur, july 24 (bernama) -- banking and development financial institutions (dfis) are expected to approve a total of rm70 billion financing to about 140,000 small and medium enterprise (sme) accounts this year, compared to rm63.2 billion to over 132,000 sme accounts last year.
malaysia.news.yahoo.com

Better Funding Access For Smes
petaling jaya: with the greater focus on the development of small and medium-scale enterprises (smes) in malaysia, initiatives have been taken to improve their access to financing at various stages of their business lifecycle.
biz.thestar.com.my

Ibm Global Financing To Fund En Pointe Solutions For Ibm's Services Business
ibm global financing, the lending and leasing business segment of ibm and the largest it financier in the world today, announced that it will provide inventory financing for los angeles-based technology reseller en pointe technologies® (nasdaq: enpt), a provider of solutions for ibm's global technology services business.
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Netflix Shuts Movie Financing Arm To Focus On Core - Washington Post
new york -- the movie-rental service netflix inc. is closing a small unit that finances independent movies, partly to avoid competing with hollywood studios with which it partners for dvd and internet distribution. the financial impact on the company ...
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Business Brief: Quick Hits From The Region And Beyond - Nwitimes.com
the u.s. small business administration (sba) will conduct a small business financing program on tuesday, august 26, 2008 from 3 to 5 p.m. aug. 26 at the purdue university tech center, northwest indiana small business development center, 9800 ...
nwitimes.com

How Financing Trends Impact Entrepreneurship - Forbes
small businesses come in myriad flavors--but capital is a constraint, on some level, for every one. unfortunately for entrepreneurs, the mechanisms now in place to finance them are inadequate.
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Netflix Shuts Movie Financing Arm To Focus On Core - Businessweek
the movie-rental service netflix inc. is closing a small unit that finances independent movies, partly to avoid competing with hollywood studios with which it partners for dvd and internet distribution. the financial impact on the company will be ...
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Ford Bleeds Record Figure - The Columbus Dispatch
detroit -- the ford motor co., stunned by abysmal sales of its most profitable vehicles and a sudden shift in consumers' tastes, said yesterday that it lost $8.7 billion in the second quarter, its worst ever, and plans to overhaul its north american ...
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Mitchells & Butlers Lifted By Summer Trade - International Herald Tribune
london : british pubs operator mitchells & butlers reported a small pick-up in trade over the early summer, driven by food, and announced a new three-year facility to cover its short-term borrowing, boosting its shares. the owner of the harvester and ...
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Asking Prices For Small Businesses On The Decline - Dallas Morning News
to all the usual reasons that small businesses are put up for sale – personal problems and personnel squabbles among them – add economic woes this year. but even as for-sale listings rise around the country, so is buyer interest. "when economic ...
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Venture Financing With A Mission Beyond Profit - New York Times
cities have long offered tax incentives to encourage companies to stay and newcomers to relocate. but another option is gaining currency in old manufacturing cities looking to prop up their struggling economies — homegrown nonprofit groups that ...
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No Sure Pro Shot - Baltimore Sun
a new arena is a poor risk for baltimore if the city is counting on attracting an nhl or nba franchise, sports business experts say, but some agree with city leaders that a proposed 18,500-seat venue could be profitable without such an anchor tenant ...
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Legendary Texas Oilman Embraces Wind Power - Minneapolis Star Tribune
oil billionaire t. boone pickens wants to line up wind-energy towers across the nation’s midsection. t. boone pickens wants america to make a huge investment in wind-power infrastructure. he will personally spend $58 million to make the case. mr ...
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