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• Kiva.org Facilitates $100 Million in Microloans

  
  Kikabink News - Internet Marketing News — Authority: 479
  Four-year old microloan site, Kiva.org, can be proud. It has now facilitated over $100 million in microloans between lenders and (largely third world) entrepreneurs from around the world.With around... (Click on the title for the full story...)
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• Brooks Construction: A Long-time Family Affair

  
  The Daily Dose — Authority: 140
  Congratulations to Brooks Construction Company - they are celebrating 100 years of business, and Governor Mitch Daniels took note and honored them with the Governors Century Business Award. Brooks is on a roll - they also just won the Chambers Large Business of the Year Award. Their longevity and ethical business ...
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• 13 Million Hits Per Month Signifies the Reach of Social Media

  
  Procurement Insights — Authority: 128
  Cenk Uygur , is the main host of the liberal talk radio show The Young Turks . He was also the host of the internet interview show Meet The Bloggers throughout its run. The show currently airs in a number of places, including the 8pm slot on XM Satellite Radio’s America Left, channel 167. Aside from airing ...
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• Consumer outlook brightens

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  LONDON (Reuters) - House prices jumped last month, retail sales notched up their best October in seven years and car imports leapt at their fastest rate since 1996 -- all suggesting a consumer-led recovery may not be far off.
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• PM plays down bank transaction tax

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday banks must be made to act responsibly but that a levy on transactions was only one possible way of achieving this.
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• Barclays, HSBC signal bad debts may have peaked

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britains top two banks, HSBC and Barclays, signalled bad debts may be past their peak, with HSBC declaring on Tuesday the first improvement for three years in losses on U.S. consumer credit.
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• Beazer flips to quarterly profit; shares jump

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Beazer Homes USA Inc on Tuesday reported its first quarterly profit in more than a year, sending its shares up 8 percent in premarket trading.
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• FTSE led up by HSBC

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  LONDON (Reuters) - Leading shares were up 0.2 percent midday on Tuesday, led by HSBC after the bank posted strong third-quarter results, offsetting weakness in peer Barclays and mobile phone group Vodafone .
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• U.S. small business optimism edges higher in October

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. small businesses grew slightly more optimistic last month but owners remained cautious as weak sales gave them little reason to order new stocks, a survey released on Tuesday showed.
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• JPMorgan to add $4 billion in small business loans

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co
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• Barclays, HSBC signal bad debts may have peaked

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britains top two banks, HSBC and Barclays, signaled bad debts may be past their peak, with HSBC declaring on Tuesday the first improvement for three years in losses on U.S. consumer credit.
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• Families facing financial abyss see little reason for optimism

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 838
  Low-and-moderate income families in this region continue to report deteriorating financial conditions,according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
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• Wal-Mart creates crowd control plan for Black Friday shopping

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 838
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has developed plans to manage holiday crowds shopping at its 3,500 U.S. stores after an employee died in a “Black Friday” trampling a year ago.
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• Dubai shares rise after Sheikh Mohammed assures investors

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 535
  Shares on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) climbed for a third day after Dubai’s Ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, assured investors the nation’s upcoming debt offering will be “well received,” reports Bloomberg . The DFM, the only exchange to sell shares to investors, rose 2.2 percent to ...
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• DynaSis offers Excellent On-premise IT Support Plans

  
  Information-Online - The first choice for business news and press releases — Authority: 509
  IT support is essential for any company dealing with a wide clientele all over the world. As the online nature of the business indicates, companies cannot afford to lose communication abilities due to server downtimes, hacker attacks, any natural or technological disaster. DynaSis believes that most of the IT failures ...
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• Apple can see Microsoft on the horizon

  
  NBCSports.com: Other sports — Authority: 922
  Apple phoenix-like rise from the ashes has propelled its market value to $180 billion, raising the possibility that it could challenge Microsoft for the technology crown.
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• Lloyds to cut 5,000 jobs

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 535
  Lloyds Banking Group, the UK’s largest mortgage provider, announced it will cut 5,000 jobs in its administration, insurance and mortgage sectors, reports Bloomberg . The bank will fire 2,600 full-time employees and another 1,000 contractors and part-time positions by the end of 2010. It will redeploy or relocate ...
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• Randgold quarterly profit disappoints

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  LONDON (Reuters) - Gold miner Randgold Resources posted higher output but lower-than-expected profit in the third quarter on rising unit costs, but said it would fast-track its Gounkoto project to tap its "spectacular" grades.
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• Tyco International profit falls less than expected

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 826
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Industrial conglomerate Tyco International Ltd posted a 53 percent drop in quarterly net profit as soft economic conditions sapped demand for its construction and control products.
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• Sheikh Mohammed gives go-ahead to Federal Demographic Council

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 535
  The Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, approved a resolution to create a Federal Demographic Council to help “deepen the spirit of loyalty of UAE citizens to their leadership and homeland,” the nation’s official news agency reported on Tuesday. The Emiratisation ...
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