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Guest Post: 2012 Economic Year in Review by Dorothy Jaworski

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Looking Back at 2012 Every year, I usually write about the past year with mixed feelings, at times nostalgic for those events and at times, glad that the year is over. 2012 brought us highs, lows, and surprises. The dominant theme of 2012 was the Presidential election. per gallon price level rather than the $4.00

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WeChat, Alipay Partner QFPay Notches $20M For Payment Innovation

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Digital payments startup QFPay , the largest global partner of WeChat Pay and Alipay, raised $20 million in new funding led by returning investors Sequoia Capital China and Matrix Partners, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (Aug. QFPay was founded in China in 2012 and is known for its QR code-based technology.

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Bank Of England Tells HSBC To Tighten Fraud, Staff Compliance

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HSBC posted an 18 percent loss in pre-tax profits for the third quarter of 2019 compared to the same period last year, reports said. Combined, the assets make up one-third of the bank’s capital, according to Stevenson. billion in pre-tax profits, below analyst expectations, with revenue at $13.36 We need to get those returns up.

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Banks Keep SMB Lending Gains Rolling

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When you combine a strong economy, healthy retail demand and the willingness of small business owners to reinvest their savings from tax cuts, it creates a positive atmosphere for small business lending ,” said Rohit Arora, Biz2Credit CEO, in a statement. percent approval rating in March of 2012, Biz2Credit noted.

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FSB: No Govt Contracts For Big UK Firms That Pay Late

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Our members are providing the working capital of big companies.”. Earlier in the year, Hitachi Capital Business Finance estimated that as much as 17 percent of business owners had stopped allowing themselves any salary so they could pay their staff instead, as payments had been slow coming into their respective firms.

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Lending to nonprofits: Considerations for credit analysis

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nonprofits are also opaque, considering only a small percentage is required to file some version of Form 990, the return for organizations exempt from income tax. Based on filings with the IRS, however, reporting nonprofits’ revenues and assets grew more quickly between 2012 and 2013 than did their expenses, the Urban Institute said.

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What Apple Didn’t Tell You Last Week

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Stockholm is the largest city in the small country of Sweden that’s famous for a few other things, too: charming and beautiful people, long dark winters, short but amazing summers, generous government and social benefits, and having one of the most progressive tax systems in the world. times the average Swedish income.

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