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TBTF?
Is anyone else sick of hearing government officials plaintively utter the expression "too big to fail," particularly while metaphorically writing a very l... Read more
Bank of America Corporation
Recent Articles about Bank of America Corporation
No Good Guys At Republic Windows
This is the blog post I wanted to publish today: Let us go Read more
Laid Off, But Sticking Around
Some of the 250 employees of Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago have been staging... Read more
Bank of America Offers Online Banking In Spanish
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) now offers many online banking and financial management features in Spanish, making them more accessible to Hispanic custo... Read more
Bank Websites Ranked for Small-Business Service
Bank of America received top marks in an annual ranking of online banking services for small businesses by Keynote Systems, a San Mateo, Calif.-based comm... Read more
Bank of America Launches Small Business Online Community
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has unveiled its online community for small business customers. The Small Business Online Community allows users to connect wi... Read more
BoA Boosts Rural Small Business Loans
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has made a $5 million investment to provide financing to small businesses in rural areas across New York state. The invest... Read more
Outsourcing Ouch!
San Francisco Chronicle columnist David Lazurus has an article in the paper today about how Bank of America predicates severance for workers whose jobs ar... Read more
Loans and Start-Ups
Financing the company car; launching a business when you're a teenager. Read more
City Of The Future
Its factories have moved to exurbia. As a financial center, it has fallen behind. But a burgeoning class of 'white-collar artisans' may soon make this the ri... Read more
Still Flying High in the Valley
Silicon Valley Bank attributes success to personalized lending policies. Read more
Extra Credit
A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business. Read more
The Bailout Blues
If Wall Street is to be believed, we are so screwed. The House nixed the bailout bill -- and notwithstanding MarketWatch economist Irwin ... Read more
Bank Shot;
BANKING AT HOME USING personal computers has been a losing proposition for Bank of America, but the San Francisco giant got a big surprise -- and found a ... Read more
Will the Bailout Help You?
It's the $700 billion question on everyone's mind -- and nobody has a real answer. To understand whether the money will start flowing again, it's important t... Read more
Banks May Sell Off Your Loans
A secondary market for small-business loans could benefit entrepreneurs. Read more
Business Ed
Bank of America publishes an educational business resource called the Small Business Reporter. Read more
The Timid Mindset of Small Businesses
I've been trying to wrap my head around the state of small business lending for a while. And not just the availability of financing, but demand for... Read more
Sadder But Wiser
DISCOUNT BROKER CHARLES SCHWAB IS DOING ALL RIGHT -- BUT HE KNOWS HOW IT FEELS WHEN AN INVESTMENT GOES SOUR. Read more
"businessman's Bank" Serves Entrepreneurs
Four years ago, Mike Turk found that a lot of banks in San Diego weren't taking him seriously when he talked about starting his own general contracting an... Read more
Report: California Banks Failing Small Business
March 9, 2007 -- California's major banks are failing small and minority-owned businesses when it comes to access to loans and capital, a... Read more
Bank of America Earmarks $10 Million for Entrepreneurs
The money will go to the Opportunity Finance Network, which helps small businesses in lower-income communities. Read more
Guerrilla Tactic Targets Golfers
Golf, meet guerrilla marketing... Read more
A Non-Profit Links Small Businesses with Investors
Fifty small business owners from inner-city neighborhoods pitch their companies to potential investors. Read more
Wells Fargo, Bank of America Release Payment Solution
The joint effort will offer electronic funds transfers and business-to-business payments. Read more
The Big Banks Strike Back
In contrast to the small and medium-size hanks, the giants of the banking industry have been slow to discover the entrepreneurial market, and their belate... Read more
Bet on the Small Fry
With marketing razzmatazz and customer service, small-scale lenders have a big future. The great sweep of bank consolidation over the past two de... Read more
A Yen For Lending;
AFTER BEING DELAYED AND stalled by half a dozen other financial institutions, California developer Ralph Rittenhouse found a local bank that was willing n... Read more
Gold-Medal Marketing
For companies looking to profit from the Beijing Olympics, the race is on. Read more
A Borrower Be
Tough economies and easy credit usually don't mix. So why are banks falling all over themselves to lend small businesses money? Read more
The New Small Business Bankers
Something strange happened to Robert Tracht and Bruce Gilman on their way to building a multi-million-dollar import-export business. In the summer of 1982... Read more
More Lost Data
A major U.S. financial institution has lost critical customer data, once again. This week, it's Citigroup, and the tapes that have gone missing have SSNs,... Read more
Diary of a Soloist
In the March 1998 issue of Inc. , Rubin announced her desire to shuck corporate trappings and strike out on her own. Here are excerpts from her journ... Read more
Bank of America Hiring Small Business Bankers
CEO Brian Moynihan plans to hire add 1,000 employees to focus on developing relationships with and products for small companies. Read more
Money Talks;
PHILADELPHIA BANKER FAL DE Saint Phalle is on his way up in a job that used to lead nowhere but down or out. Just a decade ago, says de Saint Phalle, sma... Read more
Bank Mergers Worry Business Owners
The stock markets were disappointed on Wednesday when HSBC Holdings and Citigroup, Inc. hinted they would not acquire any United States' banks in the near... Read more
The Art Of Being An Executive, By Louis B. Lundborg. The Free Press, A Division Of Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc., 866 Third Ave., New York, Ny 10022; 270 Pp., $15.95.
If this posthumously published book (the author died in January 1981) is any indication, Lundborg certainly had a talent for getting things done efficient... Read more
Financial Planning, Advice, and Investment
Big banking's bounced back. Is there a way for the little guy to elbow into this lucrative field? Read more
A Dozen Ways To Borrow Money
To get bankers to open their pockets, you have to know their language. Here's a primer on the ways banks lend money. Read more
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