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Guide To Small Business Loans for Women

January 6th, 2012

According to a recent publication by a non-profit organization geared to expanding opportunities for women and business, 3.6% of the CEOs of the Fortune 500 companies are women, and 51% of the management-related professions are held by women. These statistics show how much women are starting to compete with men when it comes to starting, growing, and managing a business. In fact, in the United States of America, women make up 46.7% of the country’s working force in 2010.

Over the years, women have slowly evolved to become competitive, strong-willed and business-minded individuals. If you are a woman who wants to pursue her dreams of starting her own business but don’t have enough financing, there’s help for you out there.

There are small business loans for women who want to start, grow, and develop their own business. Small

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Personal budget, a must!

January 3rd, 2012

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It is a good idea to categorize your payments under different headings like daily living expenses, entertainment and vacation, health etc. This will give you a fair idea of how much you spend on different categories. It is easier to keep track and also control your expenses once you know how much portion of your earnings goes into each expense.

Getting married? Starting a job? Getting further education? Starting your own family? Have you planned for these important phases in your life? Good control over your personal finances will help you achieve the goals you have set for yourself and cope with changes in your life.

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Italian Bond Auction Pushes European Shares Higher

December 31st, 2011

The euro rose and European shares reversed earlier losses to gain for a third straight day on Tuesday, relieved by Italy’s success in selling 7.5 billion euros in bonds even if its cost of borrowing continues to soar.

Europe’s third-largest economy paid record yields of nearly 8 percent to sell three-year paper, a level that is likely to see its debt burden spiral out of control if sustained over time. It also sold a 10-year bond at a euro lifetime high of 7.56 percent, up from 6.06 percent at the end of October.

But the amount sold was close to the upper end of its target ahead of the sale, easing nerves among investors who had been worried by the prospect of limited demand or yields sharply higher than market levels.

“All in all … not bad at all,” said Marc Ostwald, strategist at Monument Securities. “They sold what they wanted to sell, and most importantly …

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Search Marketing – What’s New?

December 30th, 2011

Much has been happening in the world of Internet Marketing lately, so here is a brief synopsis of what’s new, and what it means for small businesses looking to market themselves on the web.

Growth of online advertising.  Internet advertising will be 2^nd only to TV advertising in revenues by 2014 and will surpass newspaper ad revenues by 2013.  While representing 14.4% of all advertising today, Internet advertising is projected to grow to 21% of all ad revenues by 2014, growing by roughly $10B a year for the next 3 years.  Read more.

Google puts online ads everywhere.    Online real estate is limited and growing more scarce.  So, Google is trying to squeeze ad real estate out of every corner they can.  Here are 6 new paid search products that Google has introduced to offer still more opportunities to advertise online.  Read more.

Google deals.    It appears that Google is planning to roll out a ‘check-in’ feature for its Google Place Pages so that companies can offer coupons & deals like they do with Groupon, Living Social and other deal competitors that are growing in popularity.  Can Google really compete in this space, even after earlier failed attempts?  Will sharing offers on Google+ make the difference for them?  Read more.

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Cutting-edge kit opens new doors for steel company

December 18th, 2011

A STEEL company has invested in literally cutting-edge equipment which will help it target new emerging markets.

Barrett Precision Tubes, part of the Barrett Steel Group, is the first steel stockholder to introduce a fibre laser cutting system to the UK.

It has commissioned a LT FIBER laser cutting system at its Lasertube North plant in Elvington, near York.

Chris Lamb, group marketing manager for the Bradfrd-based group, said the new investment at the York plant represents a huge opportunity for the company to break into emerging markets, such as oil and gas, naval and marine and offshore wind farms.

The technology is specifically designed and developed for cutting tubes and open profiles, and increases the range of materials that can be processed, particularly highly reflective materials such as copper, brass, stainless steel and aluminium.

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Tissue Regenix to raise £25m for expansion

December 14th, 2011

TISSUE Regenix, the York healthcare company, is to raise £25 million through a conditional share placing to fund its expansion.

The proceeds from the placing of 181,818,182 new Ordinary Shares of 0.5p each is intended to fund development of the company’s products, including a vascular patch to repair badly damaged veins, and a porcine heart valve – tissues that can be transplanted into the human body and then is repopulated with the patient’s own cells and is adopted as a living part of their body.

The company said the funding would also enable it to move to new premises and create up to 30 new jobs in product development, quality assurance, regulatory affairs and manufacturing.

Managing director Antony Odell told The Press the company was looking at potential sites in York and Leeds to relocate to, and hoped to have identified a suitable site within six months.

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