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1:   (TAX BILL) Business Provisions, Trust Fund Removed from Tax Extenders Bill : Tax extender provisions that were designed to aid small businesses and provide money for an affordable housing trust fund were removed from legislation that ultimately ended up being signed July 23 by President Obama as a stripped-down bill that exte... 07/23/2010 4:24 PM

2:   (GRANTS) Goldman Sachs Offering Capital Access, Education to Southern CA Small Businesses : Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will begin a program in August offering $20 million in small business loans, while providing grants to community colleges that will provide chosen applicants free access to business and management education. The 10,000 Small... 06/14/2010 5:45 PM

3:   (FUNDING) USDA Sets Application Deadline for Rural Microentrepreneur Program Grants, Loans : Rural microdevelopment organizations (RMOs) have until July 16 to submit applications for portions of more than $45 million in grants and loans from the fiscal year 2010 Agriculture Department's Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP). The... 06/04/2010 09:57 AM

4:   (SENATE) Landrieu Offers Changes to Obama Aid Package to Help Gulf Coast Businesses : Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) offers a series of amendments to the Obama administration's disaster aid request, including moves to aid small businesses that will be hard-pressed to pay back Small Business Administration (SBA) loans in the wake of the oil... 05/20/2010 3:35 PM

5:   (GRANTS) Small Business Entities Can Apply for Regional DOT Technical Aid Grant Funds : Transportation Dept. officials set a June 2 deadline to file applications for grantees in three national regions to receive parts of the Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC) Program. Among the eligible small business entities are bu... 05/04/2010 10:54 AM

6:   (STATES) TN Group Wins Award for Innovative Capital Access Program : A Tennessee-based group is the winner of a Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) award for an innovative access-to-capital strategy helping small businesses in rural communities in rural sections of the state. The Fund is a publ... 04/05/2010 3:10 PM

7:   (CONGRESS) Lawmakers, Obama Extend SBA Stimulus Loan Programs through April 30 : Small Business Administration (SBA) officials now have until April 30 to continue the agency's two largest stimulus loan programs, thanks to a $40 billion package that extends a sunset through April 30. The enhancements – a higher loan guarantee and... 03/31/2010 09:47 AM

8:   (LENDING) Community Banks Will Get Support under Obama Proposal : Community banks will be big winners if Congress approves the Obama administration's request to transfer $30 billion in unused Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds into a new Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) to support lending by banks with as... 02/26/2010 4:58 PM

9:   (JOBS) Obama Seeks to Use TARP Funds for Small Businesses, Add to Infrastructure Programs : An expansion of economic stimulus-based infrastructure projects and tax breaks for small businesses who hire new employees are at the heart of President Barack Obama's latest plan to combat rising unemployment. Billions in paybacks from financial in... 12/08/2009 4:49 PM

10:   (CONGRESS) House Panel Seeks to Help Small Businesses with Broadband Grants : House Small Business Committee leaders want federal agencies to help small business participate in federal funding programs for expanding broadband. Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) are asking the Nat... 11/20/2009 6:58 PM

11:   (GRANTS) SBA Sets Dec. 14 Deadline for Small Business Energy, Technology Grant Applications : The Small Business Admin. (SBA) sets Dec. 14 as the deadline for applications totaling $1 million combined from two programs that have been split under the former Small Business Sustainability Initiative (SBSI). SBA is asking for applications for tw... 11/20/2009 3:48 PM

12:   (JOBS) Goldman Sachs Launches $500 Million Initiative to Aid Small Businesses : The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. unveils a new $500 million initiative to support small business job creation by providing them with greater access to business education, mentors, networks and financial capital. Warren Buffett, the Initiative for a Comp... 11/20/2009 08:39 AM

13:   (AWARDS) SBA Provides $5 Million in PRIME Funds for Small Businesses : Low- and very low-income business owners can compete for $5 million in competitive grants from more than 50 nonprofit groups that receive Small Business Administration (SBA) funds. SBA made its announcement for the 2009 grants to nonprofits as part ... 10/09/2009 5:36 PM

14:   (SBA) Small Businesses, Lenders Gain One-Year Extension of SBA GO Loan Program : Small businesses severely impacted from the wrath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita four years ago -- and the lenders providing money -- are receiving an extra year to gain loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA). The SBA is extending the Gu... 09/29/2009 3:19 PM

15:   (CONGRESS) Nelson Pushing TARP Recipients to Participate in SBA Loan Program : President Barack Obama is being asked to ensure that recipients of federal banking bailout money increase participation in Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) made the request in an Aug. 26 letter to the presid... 09/02/2009 2:40 PM

16:   (ARRA) SBA Dips Into Stimulus Money to Meet Microloan Program Demand : Having used its entire fiscal year 2009 funding allocation for its Microloan program, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is already dipping into the more lucrative level of funding provided in the stimulus package earlier this year. The America... 08/20/2009 11:19 AM

17:   (DISASTERS) SBA Asked to Expand Authority to Aid Homeowners with Chinese Drywall Problems : Senators are asking the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to expand its authority to aid homeowners and businesses complaining about homes built using Chinese-made drywall. The pressure comes from Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship ... 07/28/2009 5:31 PM

18:   (CONGRESS) Senate to Put SBA Vet-Run Businesses on Equal Footing when Seeking Contracts : Military veterans running small businesses may no longer be at a disadvantage when competing against other federal government programs for contracting work, if a Senate amendment to the fiscal year 2010 defense bill survives. Small Business & En... 07/23/2009 6:26 PM

19:   (CONGRESS) Appropriators Push Increases for SBA Programs : The Treasury's Department's Small Business Administration (SBA) – and especially some of its business assistance programs -- could be gaining a significant budget increase should the current numbers in the Senate and House Financial Services budget b... 07/16/2009 10:19 AM

20:   (CONGRESS) SBA Appropriations Language Contains More than 200 Earmarked Projects : In both appropriations bills financing the Small Business Administration, those anxious to point out earmarked spending will have a golden opportunity – approximately $30 million in each. The two bills (S 1432 & H.R. 3170) provide each a list of... 07/16/2009 10:18 AM

21:   (SMALL BUSINESS) House Panel Looks to Expand SBIR Eligibility to Venture Capital Firms : As Congress begins work on reauthorizing and modernizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, the review of draft legislation to do so receives good reviews on language to expand program eligibility. SBIR is run by the Small Busine... 06/19/2009 10:07 AM

 

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