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Obama Pushes Small Biz and Health Care Relief

Posted Fri, 2010/01/29 - 07:15 by BMM Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Barack Obama discussed the economy and the condition of small businesses in his first State of the Union address given to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night. “We cut taxes for small businesses,” he declared early on in his speech.

CIT Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Posted Sun, 2009/11/01 - 23:23 by paulsegreto

After struggling for months to avert bankruptcy, lender CIT Group has filed for Chapter 11 protection in an attempt to restructure its debt while trying to keep badly needed loans flowing to thousands of mid-sized and small businesses.

Obama Asks for SBA Loan Expansion, Franchisees Agree

Posted Thu, 2009/10/22 - 07:56 by Don Sniegowski
Pres. Obama discusses using TARP to help give relief to small businesses
Pres. Obama gives speech at a family-owned business in Maryland / youtube

Explaining How Easy Credit Created This Bust

Posted Tue, 2009/04/21 - 13:01 by Don Sniegowski
Alex Blumberg and Adam Davidson of NPR’s “Planet Money,” discuss the U.S. economy with NBC’s David Gregory on “Meet the Press." (Video 2:19)

A Peek at SBA's Future?

Posted Thu, 2009/01/15 - 00:14 by Don Sniegowski

Fred Hochberg, a Clinton-era agency administrator, is drafting recommendations for the Obama transition team on what to do with the Small Business Administration.

Anonymous Banker: Why Are S.B.A. Loans Disappearing?

Posted Wed, 2008/12/03 - 03:22 by Dave Tanaka
"Anonymous Banker," who works for a major bank and so understandably wants to keep his identity secret, tells us why fewer S.B.A.
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Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into The Giant Money Hole?

Posted Wed, 2008/11/19 - 01:16 by Bob Frankman
SATIRE -A panel of experts debate whether the government should stop dumping money into a giant money hole or whether the free market should decide.

SBA Loans Sink

Posted Mon, 2008/11/03 - 10:13 by Don Sniegowski
WASHINGTON (Blue MauMau) - The Small Business Administration announced Thursday that the number of government-backed loans to small businesses sank by 30 percent.
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Franchisors Need Balanced Approach to Recession

Posted Fri, 2008/10/31 - 12:31 by Eric H. Karp

For most of us, the current global economic crisis is like nothing that we have ever seen.

Restaurant Franchising Turns to Sale-Leaseback for Capital in Tough Market

Posted Thu, 2008/10/30 - 08:42 by Jim Coen
Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor for Commercial Property News states in an interesting article: