The outplacement firm believes, as I do, that the difficult financing environment for start-ups contributes to the low levels of entrepreneurship among job seekers.
Acquisitions are stalling because of frozen credit markets, which make it difficult to locate financing.
Many potential buyers of distressed properties give up because it is difficult to find financing.
That is, I hope, a first step toward solving the difficult challenge of financing long-term care services.
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As I mentioned, the functioning of that market deteriorated significantly in September, with borrowers finding financing difficult to obtain, and then only at high rates and very short (usually overnight) maturities.
Financing remains difficult for small businessowners across the country, even those that are making a profit.
"The Artist" producer Thomas Langmann said the awards attention for the film was especially gratifying given how difficult it was to line up financing for a silent film, a form that went out of vogue more than 80 years ago.
While flush with confidence of their own, North African states are finding it difficult to attract the kind of infrastructure financing necessary to kick-start solar and wind projects in a significant way.
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The sharply increased use of bonds and other securities has actually compounded the problem of moving such governments toward disciplined, transparent financing methods and made more difficult the rescheduling of such debt instruments during periods of financial distress.
Now comes one of the more difficult problems faced by many entrepreneurs, obtaining financing.
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First, you need financing, which is much more difficult than in the past.
Paying only the minimum monthly payment on your credit card makes it difficult to accumulate savings so that you can start paying for things in full instead of financing them.
The major tax cuts promised in the 2008 election campaign have been put on hold and stimulus measures appear to have been limited and designed to be largely self-financing or financed by reallocating existing funds (although they have been introduced in parts, which makes it difficult to assess the full impact on the economy and the public finances).
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