Jerry Chautin: Stimulus for Small-Business Loan Programs is Inadequate and Time-Dated
The on-again-off-again stimulus funding for small businesses is giving me a bad case of heartburn. The' lack of adequate funding for lending programs through the Small Business Admin. is myopic.
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Business briefs: March 11
Knoxville firm wins TNInvestco fundingKnoxville-based TrakLok Corp., developer of a security device for shipping containers, will receive funding from Innova, an investor in the biosciences, technology and agbio fields across Tennessee.The investment is Innova's first under the Tennessee Small Business Company Investment Credit Act, Innova announced Wednesday.TrakLok developed GeoLok, a security ...
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Small business leaders ask for help
Northeast Wisconsin small businesses are asking Washington for help in getting money flowing again. Area business leaders came together to voice their concerns. Click the headline for Mark Leland's report.  
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Capital-hungry small business owners see 'disconnect' with lenders
For small-business owner Skip Gronauer, the quest for capital continues.
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Senate Extends Small Business Loan Changes to Boost Job Creation
Landrieu secures SBA Recovery Act funding through the end of the year.
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Gardner-Webb hosting event on small business funding presented in part by the Godbold School of Business
BOILING SPRINGS – A panel of financial and real estate experts will share their knowledge and answer questions at a program presented by The Gardner-Webb University Godbold School of Business and The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. The...
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Kiffmeyer hosts small business roundtable
Small business owners from Big Lake, Monticello, Elk River, Princeton and other local cities came to Big Lake city hall Monday evening for a roundtable discussion with state representative Mary Kiffmeyer and government experts.
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Newtek Business Services Reports Full Year 2009 Financial Results
NEW YORK -- Newtek Business Services, Inc. , The Small Business Authority, a provider of business services and financial products to the small- and medium-sized business market, reported today its financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2009.
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Small Businesses Find Alternative Funding Option for Growth Capital
Data Shows Businesses Are Improving Cash Flow by Selling Accounts Receivable as Online Marketplace Provides Access to More Than $20 Billion in Capital
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Panel: Education key to attract business
What is important to Yuma business expansion is not merely increasing education funding but convincing residents of the importance of education says a keynote speaker for the Yuma and Business Education Council.
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$21 Million Funding Boost for Food Innovation
The New Zealand Food & Grocery Council says Government funding of $21 million, to establish a network of new food innovation centres in Manukau, Waikato, Palmerston North and Canterbury, will create a significant resource for the food industry, and encourage more product development to be done in New Zealand.
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Knoxville company funded under TNInvestco program
KNOXVILLE -- TrakLok Corp., developer of a security device for shipping containers, will receive funding from Innova, an investor in the biosciences, technology and agbio fields across Tennessee.The investment is Memphis-based Innova’s first under the the Tennessee Small Business Company Investment Credit Act, Innova announced today.Financial details of Innova's investment were not disclosed ...
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Small Businesses Find Alternative Funding Option for Growth Capital
NEW ORLEANS, LA--(Marketwire - 03/10/10) - The Receivables Exchange, the world's leading online marketplace for real-time trading of accounts receivable, announced today that its market-based working capital solution experienced 100% quarter-over-quarter growth in receivables sold as of the end of 2009. With access to competitively-priced capital at their fingertips, many businesses are gaining ...
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Memphis-based Innova will invest in Knoxville cargo tracking company
Memphis-based Innova, a pre-seed, seed and early stage investor firm, has made its first venture-funding investment as part of the Tennessee Small Business Company Investment Credit Act (TNInvestco), company leaders said Wednesday.Innova, which funds high-growth startups in fields that include biosciences and technology, will invest in 2-year-old TrakLok Corp. of Knoxville.Key to the Innova ...
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TechGrowth pushing industry, business in SE Ohio
GALLIPOLIS — You have an idea for a new product, a new business or upgrades to your existing business, then comes the hard part: figuring out how to make that idea a reality. Recently representati...
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Helping women get their fair business share
Women business owners don’t have their fair share of government contracts, at least not yet, supporters say.
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Earth2o's Emery Oregon's 'Small Biz Person of Year'
Oregon Business Development Commissioner Steve Emery, president and CEO of Culver's Earth2o, chosen as 2010 Oregon Small Business Person of the Year by U.S. Small Business Administration.
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Toledoans start small businesses with class from The Source
More than 50 Toledo area residents are betting on economist's predictions that small businesses will rebound the economy.
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Innova Locks Up First Investment Under TNInvestco Program
MEMPHIS, TN--(Marketwire - 03/10/10) - Innova, a pre-seed, seed and early stage investor focused on starting and funding high-growth companies in the Biosciences, Technology and AgBio fields across the state of Tennessee, announced today it has made the first venture-funding investment as part of the Tennessee Small Business Company Investment Credit Act (TNInvestco). Innova has chosen to invest ...
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India figures at Berkeley Asia business meet
Enterprise, entrepreneurship, risks and returns were the buzzwords at the Tenth Berkeley Asia Business Conference 2010 last month that saw for the first time the holding of an India forum, evidently in recognition of the country's growing economic prowess.
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