Measures that could end the drought (Financial Times)
The multibillion-pound package of support for small business that Alistair Darling, the chancellor, will unveil on Monday will be a mix of initiatives on bank lending, insurance and tax breaks. The motivation is simple: the credit drought is causing serious damage.
New business booms despite slow economy (Times Herald)
New businesses are popping up throughout the Blue Water Area as local entrepreneurs turn a brave face toward the sour economy.
In weak economy, plasma centers pulsate with donors seeking dollars (The Pantagraph)
WAUKEGAN -- Inside Talecris Plasma Resources in Waukegan, business is good. Past the overflowing waiting room, 30 people recently reclined on comfortable red leather chairs, each one making $20 to $45 as they watched TV, listened to music or chatted with neighbors.
Cortez: On 13th Month Pay and Christmas Bonus (Sun Star)
MORE than a good business sense, however, giving a Christmas bonus is, with the right intentions, a good Christian sense. The bonus may serve as a temporary relief from the harsh economic realities faced today by many struggling Filipino families.
Business And Careers (Lake City Reporter)
(ARA) - Gone are the days when women were expected to stay at home to dote on their children and husbands. Today's women have broken through the glass ceiling and are finding their way to corner offices around the country.
Interview: Pekka Ala-Pietila, CEO, Blyk: Mobile Advertising Is Not One Monolithic Market (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
Ad-funded, youth-targeted European mobile virtual network operator Blyk announced yesterday that it had secured a massive $50 million in funding from its existing backers, which include Goldman Sachs, IFIC and Sofinnova Partners, no mean feat for a company whose business model relies almost entirely on advertising at a time when the downturn is clearly hurting ad revenues.