Making a Business of Family Loans (New York Times)
As banks tighten lending standards, alternative sources are stepping into the breach, organizing and processing loans among family, friends and business associates.
Home Front: Challenging Living Room Configuration, Cleaning Oriental Rugs, Refinishing Furniture, Washing Pillows and ... (Washington Post)
Post Home Section staffers Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza take questions on your decorating dilemmas. This week, they share some great ideas about decorative painting for children's rooms.
Venture Fund Manager Was ‘Con Man’ Who Stole $20 Million (New York Times)
The venture capital business is based on trust. Investors hand over money to a venture capitalist and trust that person to invest it wisely on their behalf.
Theater couple bring elements of nature into home (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
This home deserves rave reviews.
Business Notes (Lexington Herald-Leader)
National New policy would require drug, alcohol testing for all miners The federal agency that regulates the nation's coal and non-coal mines says it will revise its drug and alcohol policy to include substance abuse testing for all miners. Mine Safety and Health Administration Director Richard Stickler says mining is a dangerous business that is only made more so when a miner is ...
New business? Money's tight? No problem (Bakercityherald.com)
When it comes to borrowing money for a business venture, don't give up just because the first banker you talked to said no.