“I am an advocate for investors’ contractual rights,” says Frey, 50, in an interview. He has publicly argued since March that loan modifications (BusinessWeek, 11/26/08) are against contract law, and has threatened to sue banks—despite, ...

Chris Hart, the founder of Real Groovy, announced today (Friday 05 December 08) that the Auckland business he started 27 years ago has been saved from receivership and will continue to operate under the name, Real Groovy.

Mr Phi said that the Fincorp business model was entirely reliant on a constant stream of new investors in order to meet its existing financial obligations. "Without any operating income, Fincorp required new investors to commit their ...

In fact, The Peridot Capitalist has been named one of the best investment blogs in the U.S. by several sources and Brand has done interviews with the likes of Reuters, Bloomberg Newswires, Business Week, and Forbes. ...

And, there are certainly headwinds this week that investors are confronted with. Of particular concern is the nation's unemployment rate, which soared to a 14-year high of 6.5 percent in October as another 240000 jobs were cut. ...

Morever, the Federal Reserve's beige book, an assessment of business conditions in different regions of the country, was coming out Wednesday afternoon. "This is a week where the market expects a lot of bad news," said Alan Gayle, ...

The news added to investor worries about the impact of the recession on consumer spending, a crucial economic component. Stocks, which rebounded Tuesday following a sharp decline Monday, are expected to remain volatile through the week ...

He spent 15 years at BusinessWeek where he was twice Moscow Bureau Chief and International News Editor in New York. He has also worked at other national and regional business magazines and at newspapers. Now a Washington specialist, ...

Business incubators will engage the expertise and resources of local institutions of higher education and successful private sector businesses to help ensure that small businesses have both a strong plan and the resources for long-term ...

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