Small-Business Credit Markets, Assessed by a Loan Broker

via Ami Kassar of MultiFunding and Lisa Iliopoulos, who is expanding her day care center with the help of a loan arranged by MultiFunding. By ROBB MANDELBAUMPublished: February 9, 2011Up until summer 2009, Ami Kassar was a nine-to-fiver, working for Advanta, one of the largest providers of credit cards to small business. But then the company went bust, another victim of the credit crisis, and the newly unemployed Mr. Kassar decided to strike...

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Pathmark Update

via PW What Does The A&P Bankruptcy Mean For The Upcoming NoLibs Pathmark?  Here’s a little-known fact (at least for those outside grocery store circles): In 2007, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. (A&P) acquired Pathmark for $1.4 billion, which included $475 million in debt financing. This came after decades of downsizing and increased competition from an increasingly balkanized grocery-market market (the surge of pseudo natural...

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Blood Drive at Hyperion Bank, Monday

Real Blood Donors Save Real Lives Winter is a difficult time for blood collection, with holidays and the inclement weather of the winter months. There is no substitute for blood - it takes real donors to provide blood for those in need. Please consider making a blood donation. There's someone in need who will be glad you did. Dear donor, I am writing to remind you that there are still appointments available for the American Red...

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