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CARES Bill Opens Billions In Relief To Small Trucking Companies
Thursday, March 26, 2020 - 5:25pm | 651Small trucking companies and other businesses in danger of permanently closing their doors as a result of COVID-19 can apply for immediate relief under the stimulus package expected to be approved tomorrow. After the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed the...
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Xero Aggressively Targets Underpenetrated Cloud Accounting Market
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 4:42pm | 861Cloud adoption has become one of the most noticeable shifts in business in recent years, but accounting has lagged its peers in following the trend. About The Company The Wellington, New Zealand-based Xero (OTC: XROLF) is helping pioneer the cloud accounting revolution, which is changing...
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The Credit Question: How Big Of A Role Does A Credit Score Play In Small Business Lending?
Monday, April 1, 2019 - 10:38am | 918For many small and medium-sized businesses, concerns over credit and the terms of a loan often stop the search for financing before it even begins. That reticence could also stifle plans to expand operations, invest in capital expenditure, or improve employee salaries. But what if your business...
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January's Government Shutdown Is Still Affecting Small Business Lending
Thursday, February 14, 2019 - 2:20pm | 616Thanks to a stop-gap funding measure passed in the final week of January, the U.S. government is, for the time being, fully operational. More precisely, the U.S. government is operating to the best of its ability under a five-week backlog of work, as well as the threat of another shutdown...
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Financial Help For Business-Savvy Veterans
Friday, December 15, 2017 - 12:31pm | 961When Stephen Aldridge got out of the U.S. Army, he went into business for himself and never looked back. Today, the veteran is president of Artizan Concrete Design in Newport News, Virginia, one of several companies he's built over the last 21 years. Aldridge financed his early ventures with...
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Which 'Senior' Startup Founder Is The Smarter Investment?
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 10:35am | 455If you're a venture capitalist, your office is typically swarmed on a daily basis with startup founders of archetypal fashion: college students and recent grads in their “signature Mark Zuckerberg hoodie attire” who inhabit the local Silicon Valley coffee house and claim to have...
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Investor Beware: Despite The Myths, Franchises Can Fail
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 11:51am | 743The recent Chapter 11 filings of two national restaurant chains, Sbarro and Quiznos, are drawing new focus on the opportunities and challenges faced by franchises. U.S. Census Bureau data from 2007 showed franchise businesses employed over 58 million U.S. residents, while bringing in revenues,...
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So The Government Shuts Down… What Happens Now?
Friday, April 8, 2011 - 10:43am | 442What happens in the U.S. if Congress doesn't reach a budget resolution by midnight? At midnight, if Congress hasn't reached a compromise, the federal government will shut down starting Saturday, April 9. Congress will stay in session seeking to reach an agreement. Because most government employees...