Starbucks ‘Google Offers’ Deal: Half Price Gift Cards Will Benefit ‘Create Jobs For USA’ Fund
By Huffington Post Money Google Offers will sell $10 Starbucks gift cards for the price of $5 on Wednesday in a deal available only to those who have subscribed to Google’s Groupon-like deals site that went live in Portland last April and has since expanded to more than 40 cities.
Jobs Act: A great start, but more is needed
By Duncan L. Niederauer, CNN Money New legislation giving small businesses access to capital will help, but it won’t solve the jobs crisis. America’s corporate leaders need to join together to fuel the growth of entrepreneurial innovation.
Financial Literacy Survey Exposes Significant Gaps in Grasp of Personal Finance Skills
By PR Web In recognition of Financial Literacy Month, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) and the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (NBPCA) today released the results of the 2012 Financial Literacy Survey. In its sixth year, the survey annually provides data and trending around Americans’ attitudes and behaviors related to personal finance.
Government rules out role for Yunus in Grameen Bank chief’s selection
By Mizan Rahman, Gulf Times The government yesterday ruled out the possibility of selecting Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus as the head of a search committee to select the new managing director for Grameen Bank he had founded.
The ripple effect: Supporting a local business lender supports your local economy
By Dennis Hunter, The Times-Standard In a community, money that is invested within creates a ripple effect that can be passed on and multiplied outward to broaden its impact on the community as a whole. In business, you need to understand how the ripple effect can affect your business and how the actions you take affect the businesses and people connected to your company.
Funding Circle, a Kickstarter for SMBs, Picks Up $16M From Index, Union Square Ventures
By Ingrid Lunden, TechCrunch Some great news for small business owners, and perhaps a sign of more crowdsourced funding coming to the U.S.: the UK-based Funding Circle— a kind of Kickstarter for lending to smaller enterprises — has just announced that it has raised a $16 million round to further build up its business of enabling non-bank lending to small enterprises.