loan to start a business Resources

S’pore government to provide extra S$2.3b in loan support to businesses (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)
SINGAPORE: From next month, the government will enhance its business financing schemes to support an additional S$2.3 billion in loans to help local firms gain access to credit in the current economic slowdown.

2 women vendors win Citi awards (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines—No business is too small to lift the poor out of poverty, inspire the community and become diversified in a challenging environment, as shown by the top winners of the 2008 Citi Microentrepreneur of the Year Awards (MOTY).

In business - New program gives young entrepreneurs start-up funding (Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune)
Seventeen-year-old Sean Colter and his business partner are the first students to receive $2,500 in start-up money from the entrepreneur program at Peace Wapiti [...]

Finding a Small Business Bank Loan (Fox News)
Small businesses have to work harder to attract the attention of loan-shy financial institutions.

CU to insulate attics for low-income (The Springfield News-Leader)
About 1,500 low-income homeowners in Springfield could have their attics insulated for free, starting next year under a new program approved by the City Utilities board today.

S’pore government to provide extra S$2.3b in loan support to businesses (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SINGAPORE: From next month, the government will enhance its business financing schemes to support an additional S$2.3 billion dollars in loans to help local firms gain access to credit in the current economic slowdown.