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Small businesses hold off spending while waiting for aid |

By Laura Petrecca, USA TODAY
August 30, 2010
Small businesses have put hiring, supply buying and real estate expansion on hold as they wait out the vote on a small-business-aid bill that stalled in the Senate earlier this summer. |
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Help for small biz on hold |
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news-press.com
BY LAURA RUANE
GOP filibuster threat has legislation stalled
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• August 5, 2010
1:10 A.M. — Legislation promising tools to help grow and sustain small businesses is stalled in Congress.
A Republican filibuster threat could derail the bill this week, which would prevent approval until at least September.
Some Southwest Florida business people are frustrated by the impasse over the bill.
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ALL BUSINESS: Financial reform for the masses |

By RACHEL BECK (AP) July 23, 2010
NEW YORK — The battle over financial regulation is finally over. Now comes the harder part: kicking Americans' love of credit.
The financial crisis didn't happen just because banks, credit-card companies and mortgage lenders forced consumers to take on massive debt. We willingly gobbled up the easy credit they offered and used it to buy cars and houses, take vacations and go shopping. |
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DC Report: Lending Tight, Recovery Hopes Lowered |
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Fox Business
Small Business Center
Published July 16, 2010
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on banks this week to make more loans to small businesses to help create more jobs and boost the economic recovery.
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Southwest Florida small business loans remain difficult to obtain |
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By Tim Engstrom •
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• July 13, 2010
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday pushed banks to increase lending to small businesses to boost the economy, but Southwest Florida bankers said regional conditions and pressure from regulators are tying their hands. |
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