Loan fraud has been a long-standing, widespread problem within the Small Business Administration and has cost taxpayers literally hundreds of millions of dollars. But when a senior executive of Business Loan Express engineered a particularly brazen $76 million loan scam early last year, it was widely thought the SBA had finally learned its lesson.
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SBA's 'Cookie Jar Capitalism' Still Flourishes in Wake of Scandal
Posted by ArmadaIG under NewsFrom http://www.allbusiness.com 6019 days ago
Made Hot by: on June 3, 2008 3:45 pm
7 Misconceptions about Business Blogging
Posted by digitalsmash under NewsFrom http://www.directoryone.com 6024 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 29, 2008 3:29 pm
When people hear about the prospects of blogging for profit, they get funny ideas about the process. Blogging can add value to a business in countless ways, but it's hardly a one-size-fits-all. Just ask any successful business blogger and they'll tell you how tricky it is navigating the waters of blogging as a promotional tool. For the rest of us,
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Shoppers Primed for New Kinds of Shopping Experience
Posted by ArmadaIG under NewsFrom http://www.marketingcharts.com 6031 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 22, 2008 4:31 pm
Biometric fingerprint payments, intelligent shopping carts, holographic sales assistance, and interactive dressing rooms are among the top shopping-experience innovations foreseen by shoppers, finds a TNS Retail Forward study.
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Social Technographics: Forrester And The ROI Of Social Media
Posted by OnlineMarketer under NewsFrom http://onlinemarketerblog.com 6039 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 14, 2008 4:50 pm
Last week, a lot of you read my guest post about the ROI (return on investment) of social media. There is no doubt that social media is changing the ways people interact online and hence, the way companies communicate with their customers.
The thing that is still missing is quantifiable data about these interactions. We're in a theory stage - w
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Top 10 Boomer Myths - Separating Fact from Fiction
Posted by TerryJackson under NewsFrom http://www.marketingcharts.com 6043 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 13, 2008 3:07 am
Preconceived notions about the Baby Boomer generation abound, but many are merely myth, according to the third Quarterly Boomer Report from AARP Services and Focalyst, titled “How Well Do You Know Boomers? Counting Down the Top 10 Boomer Myths.”
“Contrary to many common assumptions, Boomers are making retirement obsolete, are very savvy about
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4 Reasons Not To Rely On Market Research Alone
Posted by OnlineMarketer under NewsFrom http://onlinemarketerblog.com 6043 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 12, 2008 8:49 pm
Market research (especially customer-focused research) must be taken with a sizable grain of proverbial salt. Here are four reasons why.
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Why Twitter Matters — And Why I Just Might Follow You
Posted by jlawlor under NewsFrom http://blogs.mediapost.com 6042 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 12, 2008 8:48 pm
Twitter has been a hot item in the uber-social media , micro-blogging crowd for the past few years. I have to admit that when I first heard about it I dismissed it with a cyber-sneer...but today I have Twitter open in a browser sidebar most days.
This article is an excellent description of the attraction of the Twitter experience.
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Teens experiencing discretionary recession
Posted by suzyQ under NewsFrom http://www.marketingcharts.com 6048 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 7, 2008 9:44 pm
Though fashion still accounts for 41% of the total teen budget, total teen spending in the category declined nearly 20% year over year, pointing to a “discretionary recession,” according to the 15th semi-annual “Taking Stock With Teens” study by Piper Jaffray.
Compared with last year's study, young men spent 15% less on discretionary items (fa
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Understanding the Value of 'Friends' in Social Media Websites
Posted by digitalsmash under NewsFrom http://www.doshdosh.com 6049 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 5, 2008 10:52 pm
Most social media websites give you an individual profile page alongside the option of befriending other site users. The adding of someone as a 'friend' on a social media website is not just an empty gesture. Usually when you add someone as a friend, you're giving them greater access to you through the social media channel.
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bizSugar now provides forum feeds from EvanCarmichael.com
Posted by JohnH under NewsFrom http://blog.bizsugar.com 6050 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 4, 2008 12:41 am
You may have noticed that at the bottom of each of bizSugar's story pages, we now have a “Related Forum Posts” area. Based on keywords from each article, those links will take you to related forum posts from EvanCarmichael.com.
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