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BusinessCashAdvance.com Offers Alternative Financing to SBA Business Loans (Jun-25, 17:52 EDT )-- CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 15, President Barack Obama signed legislation to add $80 million to the Small Business Association (SBA) business loan programs, and effectively extend stimulus benefits through the end of May.
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Another View: Now It's Up to the Regulators (Jun-25, 21:20 EDT )-- Eugene A. Ludwig, a former comptroller of the currency, argues that the real work of overhauling the nation's financial regulations has just begun.
U.S. First-Quarter Growth Revised Down to 2.7% (Jun-25, 21:05 EDT )-- The increase in the gross domestic product was revised down to 2.7 percent in the first quarter, from an earlier estimate of 3 percent.
Genetically Altered Salmon Set to Move Closer to Your Table (Jun-25, 20:59 EDT )-- A developer has submitted data for the first genetically engineered animal that people would eat, and a public hearing might be held this fall.
Finance Deal Brings New Authority Over Wall Street (Jun-25, 20:51 EDT )-- An overhaul of the financial regulatory system will vastly expand governmental authority in a bid to curb what led to the plunge of the world economy in 2008.
Talking Business: Facing the Risks of Deepwater Drilling (Jun-25, 20:51 EDT )-- Facing the dangers inherent in deepwater drilling for natural gas and oil is preferable to delaying the activity.
G-20 Summit Talks Will Test Nations’ United Stance (Jun-25, 20:50 EDT )-- President Obama arrived Friday for back-to-back meetings of world leaders that will test international unity on how to restore global economic growth.
Bank Stocks Rise as Fears Ease Over Finance Rules (Jun-25, 20:50 EDT )-- Despite a modest rally, the main indexes closed down for the week after two straight weeks of gains.
News Analysis: The President Reasserts His Authority (Jun-25, 20:45 EDT )-- President Obama re-established command and control of his office this week in dealing with BP, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal and the financial overhaul bill.
Goldman Told to Pay Some Bayou Fund Losses (Jun-25, 20:31 EDT )-- Goldman Sachs was ordered to pay $20.58 million to creditors of a failed hedge fund to settle claims that the bank helped the fund perpetrate a Ponzi scheme.
A New Suffix for X-Rated Web Sites (Jun-25, 20:31 EDT )-- The agency that governs Internet addresses agreed to move forward on the dot-xxx proposal from an adult entertainment site.
Rules May Hit Every Corner of JPMorgan (Jun-25, 20:30 EDT )-- In ways subtle and profound, new financial rules could change the way business will be done for years to come at big banks like JPMorgan.
Your Money: A Wave of New Rules Is to Protect Consumers (Jun-25, 20:25 EDT )-- Provisions in the financial bill will change many ways of doing business.
After Suicides, Foxconn Will Outsource Its Worker Dorms (Jun-25, 20:00 EDT )-- Under scrutiny after several suicides at its factories in China, Foxconn Technology, a supplier to Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, has decided to stop operating dormitories for workers.
Ex-Trader Jérôme Kerviel Remains a Mystery as His Trial Ends (Jun-25, 19:03 EDT )-- Jérôme Kerviel is facing a maximum of five years in prison for causing losses of about $7 billion at Société Générale.
How the Skilling Ruling Reins In White-Collar Cases (Jun-25, 18:01 EDT )-- Watch Collar Watch examines the limitations that the Supreme Court's ruling in the Skilling case puts on the prosecution of corporate executives for misconduct that does not involve lining their own pockets.
Mississippi Man Charged With Repairing BP's Image (Jun-25, 14:28 EDT )-- Bob Dudley, a BP executive from Mississippi, has been picked to replace CEO Tony Hayward as the face of the company's efforts to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Dudley, who has spent much of his career abroad, has a relaxed style -- and...
Week In Politics: Financial Bill, McChrystal's Ouster (Jun-25, 14:00 EDT )-- Robert Siegel speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times, about the week in politics.
Gulf Fund Administrator: No Sense Bankrupting BP (Jun-25, 14:00 EDT )-- Kenneth Feinberg, the new administrator of the $20 billion Gulf Coast claims fund, met with Louisiana residents Friday to get their input on how to compensate families and businesses affected by the BP oil spill.
New iPhone Owners Complain About Dropped Calls (Jun-25, 14:00 EDT )-- The new iPhone 4 seems to be dropping calls if people touch the phone in a certain area -- the steel-rimmed antenna that Apple chief Steve Jobs bragged about earlier this month.
Lawmakers Compromise On Wall Street Bill (Jun-25, 14:00 EDT )-- House and Senate negotiators have reached agreement on a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations. The bill is designed to address many of the causes of the financial meltdown that occurred in 2008. It seeks to limit speculative trading by banks and...
Fannie And Freddie: Where Do We Go From Here? (Jun-25, 10:12 EDT )-- The government-sponsored enterprises are relying on backing from the U.S. Treasury to cover their losses. And as the bill climbs into the hundreds of billions of dollars, some are wondering what to do with the struggling firms.
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