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  • Business Financing FAQ

    Some of the most frequently asked questions about raising money for your small business.

  • Business Financing Options

    Information about forms of business financing for an initial investment or to solve financial problems of companies looking for finance to grow or those that are going through a bad phase financially.

  • Financial Assistance - SBA

    The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) provides business loan information for borrowers and for prospective lenders.

  • Financing & Funding

    Explore a variety of funding alternatives, including self-funding, angel funding, venture capital, grants, conventional loans, and special loan programs spsecifically for small businesses.

  • Resources to help entrepreneurs plan, start and finance small businesses
  • Small Business Guide to Government Grants and Loans

    The U.S. government does offer a wide-variety of low-interest loans and venture capital financing programs to help entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.

  • Small Business Loans & Grants

    Federal, state and local governments offer a wide range of financing programs to help small businesses start and grow their operations. These programs include low-interest loans, venture capital, and scientific and economic development grants.

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    Cyprus is struggling with the worst crisis in its history since the 1974 invasion by Turkish military forces that divided the country in two.
  • Hong Kong Stock Exchange Guidance on Pre-IPO Investments
    In October 2012, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (“HKEx”) published two guidance letters on Pre-IPO investments and Pre-IPO investment in convertible instrument respectively. The purpose of the two guidance letters is to consolidate previous HKEx’s listing decisions on Pre-IPO investments and to set out its current practice when dealing with convertible instruments issued to Pre-IPO investors.
  • “Quick and Painless Job Stimulus: Knock the Chill off Small Businesses”
    Small Businesses are very important to our economy. Easing their burden will certainly help economic growth. Current Rules of DTCC that provide remedies for SBs, supposedly enforced by the SEC, are not enforced, and this is having an immediate impact on SBs everywhere. This article points out these flaws and appeals for simple enforcement of existing rules so that SBs will not continue to be hamstrung or destroyed in the marketplace.
  • New Statutory Rules on Disclosure of Price Sensitive Information in Hong Kong
    In order to maintain the integrity of Hong Kong stock market and to ensure a fair and informed market, a new Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (“SFO”) which imposes new statutory obligations on listed corporations and their officers to disclose price sensitive information (“PSI”) to the public will come into effect on 1 January 2013.
  • Side Letters: Guidelines from Cayman Court on Who Should be the Parties to Them
    An analysis of a fund's side letters and guidelines to the parties that should be involved. The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands recently ruled on the enforceability of side letters in the case of Medley Opportunity Fund Ltd. v. Fintan Master Fund Ltd & Nautical Nominees Ltd (21 June 2012) and in so doing has emphasized a number of points to bear in mind when entering into side letters.
  • How Can a Non-Turkish Company Open a Bank Account in Turkey?
    This article summarizes what should a non-Turkish company should do in order to open a bank account in Turkey. Business has been truly global for years. Nowadays, any company having a computer with an internet connection is theoretically capable of doing business worldwide. In such a world, Turkey, with its strategic geographical position, may instantly become a commercial hub for many companies having no presence in it.
  • Law No. 148/2012 on the Legal Framework of Electronic Documents - Romania
    Romania has recently passed into law, Law no. 148/2012 which establishes the legal framework for the issuing of electronic documents (invoices, tax bills, receipts) which will contain data regarding economic operations such as exchange or sale of goods or services. This is a further step to modernise the financial and banking system in Romania. As electronic commerce continues to expand Romania will continue to be at the fore front of this industry.
  • Corporate Law, Banking and Refinancing in Spain
    The Insolvency Law, 22/2003, July 9th, establishes that is in insolvency situation the debtor who cannot afford regularly its required obligations. The insolvency declaration should be requested within the two months next to the date in which the debtor has known its insolvency situation, supposing that it exists when some of the causes of the necessary insolvency declaration happen:
  • Brussels Seeks to Address Market Rates Abuse
    Michael Barnier, the Commissioner for the single market is expected to propose serious changes to the market abuse directive (2003/6/EC) and the proposed regulation ‘on insider dealing and market manipulation’ in the near future.
  • Limitations for Corporate and Income Taxpayers on Financial Expenses - Turkey
    Turkish Parliament has adopted a new law, Law No 6322 that brings out a limitation to financial expenses to corporate and income taxpayers. Accordingly, amounts including but not limited to credit interest, foreign exchange losses i.e. as a part of financial charges that exceed the equity capital and not a part of investment expenses shall not be determined as financial expenses and be written off as of 01 January 2013.