Despite emergency stimulus measures, small business lending continues to fall. In the just-ended quarter, the Small Business Administration’s flagship program backed 30% fewer loans than it did a year ago, and 55% fewer loans than it did in 2007, before the recession set in.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today suspended trading in the securities of Fort Lauderdale-based music production company GenX Corporation amid questions about the accuracy and adequacy of publicly disseminated information appearing in stock promotional materials about the company and its purported relationships with music stars.
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The battered U.S. labor market took a step backwards last month as employers trimmed more jobs from their payrolls in June, according to a government report Thursday.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted on three measures that are intended to better inform and empower investors to improve corporate governance and help restore investor confidence.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Lorin L. Reisner, a former federal prosecutor and current litigation partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, will join the Division of Enforcement as Deputy Director in early August.
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Getting an electronic health record system in place by 2014? Tough.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant today announced the selection of Jack Krogstad and Nancy Mangold as Academic Accounting Fellows for one-year terms beginning this summer.
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If ever there were an industry in need of a general, it’s the ethanol industry. Already under siege from food companies blaming biofuels for rising grocery prices, ethanol companies are now seeing their profit margins crushed by falling prices for their product. Compounding the problem, many environmentalists — who five minutes ago seemed to be [...]
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A new national poll indicates that nearly half of all Americans think the economy has stabilized, but only one in eight believes that a recovery has started.
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