Mass. SBA loans top $595M

Mass. SBA loans top 5M

Massachusetts small business owners received 2,397 loans worth more than $ 595 million from the U.S. Small Business Administration in fiscal year 2014, which ended September 30, according to an announcement by Massachusetts SBA Director Robert H.

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Social Lending Circles Help Subprime Consumers Build Credit

The San Francisco-based nonprofit organization known as MAF formalizes a traditionally informal practice partly to keep participants away from payday lenders and other sources of short-term, high-cost credit. The organization brings together … By the …

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Downtown Cleveland parking portfolio sells for million, setting stage for …

In separate transactions, the investors paid other landowners an additional $ 2.75 million for two small parcels that round out a development site just north of Quicken Loans Arena. The Plain Dealer first reported on the potential real estate deals in …

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Gov. Jay Nixon vetoes record number of bills

Despite the vetoes, Nixon did approve a number of bills passed by the Legislature this past session. He signed a bill limiting patients' out-of-pocket costs for cancer-fighting pills to $ 75 a month after meeting their deductible. He also signed …

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Council to intro plan for minority businesses

Goode said his bill would be helpful when private sector projects come to the council for government approvals, noting that council members should be able to question the diversity of the eventual ownership and track it. “Once we begin to track the …

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Councilwoman pushes for 'yes' on sustainability

… sustainable business tax credit; the guaranteed energy savings contract and the energy benchmarking and disclosure measure. Brown's sustainability and greening initiatives began well before her work on this ballot question. Aside from the ballot …

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