U.S. small business loans in default rise

source: Reuters.com, by James B. Kelleher
Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:04am EDT
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Defaults by small and medium-sized U.S. businesses on the loans, leases and lines of credit they use to finance capital equipment investment rose in September as lenders remained reluctant to extend fresh financing, PayNet Inc reported on Friday.
But accounts in moderate and [...]

TMA NorCal Presents…

[ November 12, 2009; 7:30 am to 9:30 am. 7:30 am to 9:30 am. ] Alternative Financing — Where to Go When the Banks say No
 Moderated by: 
Howard Bailey, Bailey & Elizondo LLC
Panelists Include:
Craig Bassel, Wells Fargo
Chuck Doyle, Business Capital
Scott Lavie, Renovo Capital
Jeffrey Sweeney, US Capital Partners
 
Program to include:
Your bank wants out, but where do you go?
Is there available financing for growth opportunities?
What type of structures and terms are [...]

Credit Tightens for Small Businesses

source for article: The New York Times, October 13, 2009 by Peter S. Goodman

Many small and midsize American businesses are still struggling to secure bank loans, impeding their expansion plans and constraining overall economic growth, even as the country tentatively rises from its recessionary depths.
Most banks expect their lending standards to remain tighter than the [...]

ACG Breakfast Meeting

[ October 6, 2009; 7:30 am to 9:30 am. ] Breakfast Meeting with Juval Aviv/President & CEO, Interfor, Inc.
Where: Bankers Club, Pacific Room, 555 California Street, 52nd Floor, San Francisco

When: Tuesday, October 6, 7:30-9:30am

click here for more information and to register.

TMA NorCal Presents…

[ October 9, 2009; 12:30 pm to 2:14 pm. ] “Current Conditions and Outlook for Corporate Defaults & Recoveries”
With Professor Edward Altman, Ph.D., Stern School of Business at NYU
When: Friday, October 9, 2009
Lunch & program:  12:30 pm – 2:15 pm
Where: The City Club, 155 Sansome Street #150, San Francisco
Please join us for a timely update on the credit crisis with an internationally renowned expert on corporate [...]

TMA 2009 Annual Convention

[ October 7, 2009 to October 9, 2009. ] Turnaround Management Association’s 2009 Annual Convention
When: October 7-9, 2009

Where: JW Marriott Desert Ridge, Phoenix Arizona

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PIASC Presentation

[ October 20, 2009; 8:30 am to 11:00 am. ] Business Capital’s Chuck Doyle and JC Avakian Present to the Printing Industries Association (PIASC) of Southern California
Topic:
The tough economic climate has hit the printing industry hard. What can companies within the industry do to weather the storm and increase profitability?

When: October 20, 2009, registration begins at 8:30am

Where: 5800 South Eastern Avenue, Suite 400, Los Angeles

What is [...]