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Navigating the Loan Landscape: A Guide to Small Business Financing

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Working capital is the lifeblood of any business, but it can be challenging for small business owners and entrepreneurs to get conventional financing. If you don’t already have one, you can get free help writing a business plan at one of the SBA’s Small Business Development Centers –find your nearest one in Vermont or New Hampshire here.

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Store Front Business Index: Main Street USA, A-OK?

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According to data from the latest Store Front Business Index TM (SFBI), a collaboration between CAN Capital and PYMNTS.com, these small businesses are growing faster than the U.S. Other highlights of the study include: In Q2 2015, specific improvement was driven regionally by 4.1% What we saw and heard might surprise you. .

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Which are America's healthiest credit unions?

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Following the release of Sageworks Bank Information’s list of America’s healthiest banks by region in March of 2015, the company recently examined the health of their credit union (CU) counterparts. The ratio gauges a financial institution’s ability to cover its bad debts with its total capital and allowances.

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OCC outlines risk plan as Northeastern loan growth doubles

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Many of the issues which the OCC will be focusing on ring true for all banks regardless of regulator and region. As portfolios grow and banks enter new risk scenarios, it would be prudent to reflect upon the key areas outlined above to mitigate the various manifestations of risk and to ensure that recent and future growth will be sound.

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Vermont: Daring To Be Different, To The Surprise Of No One

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Despite being nearly geographically identical to its neighbor to the east , New Hampshire, Vermont is very much its own place. As anyone who has ever ventured to Vermont can affirm, it’s a very particular place for some very particular people. By The Store Front Numbers . So, the outperformance is a bit of scant consolation.

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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

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only Arkansas, Hawaii, Montana, New Hampshire, Wyoming and the Dakotas did not apply. Of course, when it comes to bouncing back, a $5 billion investment and 50,000 new jobs wouldn’t hurt, especially when so many residents have left to seek better living conditions elsewhere, and no one is sure when (or if) they’ll return.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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Small business owners don’t expect to be the star of the show, but wherever we went — and we went to Vermont , New Hampshire , Massachusetts , Virginia , South Carolina and Georgia — we heard the same two things over and over again. Can someone please make capital available? 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible?

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