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Business owners seeking business loans need to beware of scammers

Business owners seeking business loans need to beware of scammers

Scammers have turned to business loans an a new area of opportunity A Boca Raton loan broker led a scam that pried more than $10 million in bogus business loans from area banks, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Frank Santa, 51, of Boca Raton, ran Palm Beach Business Consultants, a loan brokerage that specialized in...

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Government bankruptcies solution to crushing debt?

Government bankruptcies solution to crushing debt?

Cities across America are facing dire financial distress Meredith Whitney, a banking analyst turned independent adviser who correctly predicted the banking meltdown, has issued an Armageddon-like prediction of mass municipal defaults. To anyone reading the headlines of budget deficits and staggering pension liabilities, it takes little imagination to conclude that the next big one...

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Banks increased lending to businesses expected to rise in 2011

Banks increased lending to businesses expected to rise in 2011

Some big U.S. banks are starting to increase their lending to businesses as demand for loans rises and healthier banks seek to grab customers from weaker rivals. After declining steadily for most of the past two years, the amount of commercial and industrial loans held by commercial banks inched upward during the past two...

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Number of shaky banks rise that got bailout money from Fed

Number of shaky banks rise that got bailout money from Fed

98 banks who received TARP funds in current financial trouble The 98 banks in shaky condition got more than $4.2 billion in infusions from the Treasury Department under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. They are victims of eroding capital levels, a pileup of bad loans and warnings from regulators. Seven TARP recipients have already...

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Slow economy has an upside for franchise owners

Franchises and national retail chains are growing in this slow economy Franchise owners are using the Great Recession to their advantage to grow their business. A recent business report on Fox News outlines the savings available to franchise owners: Lease rates are more affordable with a reduction in rates by as much as 33%...

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Q: Will quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve be good for the economy?

Q: Will quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve be good for the economy?

Answer: Overall, bad for the economy, good for investors if you know what asset classes to park your money. The pros and cons of quantitative easing, aka, QE or QE2 was discussed on a segment of the Nightly Business Report PBS program. Also, financial and investment expert, Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D., gave...

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Business credit coming to businesses with Senate passage of Federal bill

Business credit coming to businesses with Senate passage of Federal bill

Finally! Today the Senate approved a multi-billion dollar package of tax breaks and government-backed loans for small businesses. Democrats surmounted months of opposition by Republican leaders. Backers say the bill could spur business growth and new hiring. “Small businesses are the major job creators in our economy, and this legislation will ensure that our...

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Banks getting it from all ends precurer to more economic woes

Banks getting it from all ends precurer to more economic woes

Banks are getting the shaft from all their key profit centers and is signaling more trouble ahead for the U.S. economy Profit center #1: Falling home mortgage loan demand Housing starts are stagnating in the 550,000 range, while building permits just slumped to a 15-month low. The National Association of Home Builders’ confidence index...

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Idaho Congressman has plan to help small banks

Idaho Congressman has plan to help small banks

Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick’s plan intended to help small banks making loans for commercial real estate “This will stabilize their balance sheets so they can both survive and again begin lending to the builders, developers, and small businesses who will create the new jobs required for our economy to recover,” Minnick said at the...

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