"Traditionally, you could not get small business financing from banks until you had two to five years of financials to present to them, " says Patrick Gannon, a senior vice president at Lending Club and a former executive at Wells Fargo's small business division.
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The Americans have tried to boost business by financing the construction of markets across the country.
Two nationalised French financial firms, Caisse des Depots et Consignations and La Banque Postale, are taking over Dexia's economically important business providing financing to municipal government.
Indeed, I have argued the nation would be better off if the federal government got out of the business of financing college education (especially with money borrowed, often from foreigners).
SRA's pugnacious chairman, has a long record in financing business projects such as Eurotunnel.
Blackstone has considered splitting the company up, selling its financing business or even spinning off its PC business.
Since its founding back in 2000 Idea Village has assisted 1, 000 local companies with business plans, financing and focus.
The whole PIPE financing business has been under scrutiny for years, as was detailed by Forbes in 2007.
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Rarely, if ever, have I seen this truism taken to the extreme that it is in the home financing business.
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It also bulked up its capital late last year by selling 35% of its U.S. auto-financing business to private-equity firms.
The Financial Services business includes mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services.
From 1999-2004, GMAC's mortgage and insurance businesses enjoyed a compound annual growth rate of 25%, compared to 7% for the auto financing business.
But their idea of one-stop shopping involves not just a collection of different legal specialties, but advice on business strategy, financing, management, computer systems and personnel as well.
And Boeing's plans to develop Boeing Capital into a broad financing business were abandoned this autumn when the company decided (following complaints from its airline customers) to return to a focus on financing aircraft.
In addition to common business challenges like financing and securing customer contracts, the group has spent the better part of the last ten years navigating the National Environmental Policy Act, which means showing why a refinery won't negatively affect everything from flowers and shrubs to endangered species of animals.
So when that free or introductory period is up, this can be a very expensive option for financing your business.
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One of Suzlon's avid customers is John Deere, the farm-machinery maker, which has gotten into the business of brokering and financing windmills.
The SBA website, SBA.gov, is a rich destination offering free online courses that cover the basics of starting, managing and financing a business.
Likewise, rather than take out an interest-bearing loan, a business in need of financing might enter a musharaka, a partnership with profit-and-loss sharing.
At the present time, the IRS interprets the tax code in a way that pushes foreign investors towards financing big business at the expense of small business owners.
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Financing a monopoly business like London's Underground in this way would make a great deal of sense.
He said his car was stopped after a meeting in Zurich with some business associates about a film financing project.
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Son of a Croatian immigrant, Andrnico Sr. began investing in the mining business in northern Chile with financing from Nippon Steel.
Thus, the Congress believed it is appropriate to provide an exception for income derived in the active conduct of a banking, financing or similar business.
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Mandating a floating NAV would make short term financing for American business less efficient and more costly, ensuring a severe setback for an economy emerging from a recession.
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So, like a good Stanford alumnus, he tapped out a business plan and lined up financing from the likes of Intel Corp. and Digital Equipment Corp. cofounder Gordon Bell.
How will doing this help support business objectives, including securing financing and regulatory approvals, increasing access to qualified employees, and reducing the risk of work stoppages and other disruptions?
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