Emissions trading could cost a million jobs: business ...The West Australian: 0 views since Monday, October 6, 2008 at 07:58 PMEmissions trading could jeopardise up to a million Australian jobs, big business warns. The powerful Australian Industry (Ai) Group has released a submission on the government?s design for emissions
SBA small business loans drop 30% in 2008 ...CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance: 0 views since Monday, October 6, 2008 at 03:46 PMA growing number of businesses are struggling to land loans through the Small Business Administration's flagship lending program. The number of 7 loans given in the 2008 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, dropped 30% from 2007, the SBA reported last week.
THE BOTTOM LINE / Who's doing what in the Bay Area business community ...San Francisco Chronicle: 0 views since Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 11:00 PMNow back to the business of saving the planet: Looking for a silver lining in our current financial fiasco? Consider this: Washington's "rescue" package restores $18 billion in alternative energy tax credits. And nothing says Silicon Valley these days like...
Aozora Bank submits revised business revitalization plan ...Thaipr.net: 0 views since Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 10:33 PMAozora Bank, Ltd (?Aozora? or ?the Bank?), a leading Japanese commercial bank, today announced the submission of its revised Business Revitalization Plan (?BRP?) to Japan?s Financial Services Agency (
Schumer calls for small-business loan program ...Newsday: 0 views since Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 10:20 PMSen. Charles Schumer Sunday called on the Bush administration to create a temporary small-business direct-loan program to serve as a bridge until funds kick in from the $700-billion federal bailout for Wall Street banks.
Business Bankruptcies ...Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: 0 views since Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 09:55 PMThis is a list of recent business-related bankruptcies filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The number following the filing date is the case number.
Ferocious fire destroys business ...The Desert Sun: 0 views since Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 02:49 PMA ferocious fire chewed through wood, paint, thinners and other flammable material today and ``pretty much destroyed'' a 5,000-square-foot wood shutter manufacturing business in Beaumont, a CalFire captain said.
Reliance Globalcom to rejig business ...Business Standard India: 0 views since Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 02:39 PMReliance Globalcom, the international telecom operations subsidiary of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG), is restructuring its business under four verticals in an attempt to further penetrate the $285-billion global communications market.
Business Booms For Foreclosure Contractors ...NPR: 1 views since Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 04:51 PMHundreds of thousands of families have been forced out of their homes, leaving banks to take over those properties and salvage them for what they're worth. That means extra business for contractors that specialize in "preserving" the homes so banks can resell them.
Lockhart's new overpass burns one business in passing ...News 8 Austin: 1 views since Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 04:17 PMA new four-lane overpass officially opened on Highway 183 in Lockhart. The city said the project will improve public safety and economic development, but for one business it?s a burden.
Ark. Turtle Farm Doing Snappy Business ...KTHV Little Rock: 1 views since Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 03:52 PMReece Turtle Farm in northeast Arkansas is serious business, selling to a restaurant on the West Coast and customers in China. Brothers Charles and Brandon Reece run the farm in Lester, raising about 200,000 turtles on their eight acres off Highway 135.
AIG plans sale of business units to repay debt ...Lexington Herald-Leader: 1 views since Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 02:52 PMThe insurer American International Group Inc. said Friday it plans to sell off a number of business units to pay off its massive government loan. The announcement was expected by Wall Street. But it now leaves investors wondering how much AIG will be able to raise from the sales. On the brink of failure last month, AIG was bailed out when the government offered it an $85 billion loan ...
Britain to seek quick release of European business fund ...AFP via Yahoo! News: 1 views since Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 01:44 PMBritain will urge the early release of 12 billion pounds (15 billion euros, 21 billion dollars) in funds committed to helping small business in Europe, when Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets with other European leaders Saturday.
Belgium Is Exploring `All Methods' to Keep Fortis in Business ...Bloomberg: 1 views since Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 11:50 AMOct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Belgium is exploring ``all methods'' to keep Fortis in business after the financial-services company's operations in the Netherlands were taken over by the Dutch government, Finance Minister Didier Reynders said.
Business as usual at soggy Randwick ...The West Australian: 1 views since Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 03:51 AMIt was business as usual on Super Saturday at Randwick, despite rain and a sodden track. The weather kept the crowd down to 16,500, but after equine influenza, which wiped out last year's spring
Business news in brief ...Guardian Unlimited: 1 views since Friday, October 3, 2008 at 07:52 PMMore news from around the business world