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Small Business Jobs Bill

Congress Should Pass Bill to Let Credit Unions Lend More So Small Businesses Grow, Create Jobs

Dave Adams | Posted 06.02.2012 | Detroit
Read More: Small Business Loans, Small Business Job Creation, Small Business Jobs Bill, Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow, S 2231, Credit Union Small Business Jobs Bill, Detroit News
Dave Adams

Despite some unfair treatment of banks, the American Bankers Association's opposition to legislation that would allow credit unions to make more small business loans is simply wrong.

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New Refinancing Program May Help Stem a Pending Foreclosure Disaster

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Financing, Small Business Jobs Bill, Real Estate, Commercial Loans, Credit Crunch, Small Banks, Small Business Owners, Business News, Office Building, Recovery Act, SBA 504, Financial Institutions, Sba, Large Banks, Franchise, Job Creation, Acquisition Loans, HR 5297, Alternative Financing, Small Business Loans, Restaurant, Brooking Institute, Operating Costs, Borrowing Money, SBA Loans, Lending Programs, Commercial Real Estate, Tarf, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Pundits say that $350 billion of commercial mortgage loans are coming due for payoff. The balances still owed are so high that many borrowers will be unable to refinance conventionally.

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Politics Trumps Progress: Main Street Likely to Be Left Out in the Cold Yet Again

Kristie Arslan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Senate, Congress, Small Business, Wall Street, Self-Employed, Economy, Tax Relief, Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, Tax Cuts, Main Street, Small Business Jobs Bill, Business News
Kristie Arslan

To date, Wall Street has received close to $5 trillion dollars in aid. Yet, nothing has been done to provide assistance or relief to the largest sector of our economy -- small business.

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Revive America's Construction Industry

Laura A. Hutchings | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Small Business Jobs Bill, Home Star, Home Star Cash for Caulkers, Efficiency First, Denver News
Laura A. Hutchings

Like many small business owner in the energy efficiency and construction industries, I have spent months writing letters to my senators in support of the home energy retrofit legislation called Home Star.

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