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titleObama to convene cabinet to cut govt spending
/titlecategory1/categoryObama to convene cabinet to cut govt spending.
Obama also announced that Zients, a management consultant and entrepreneur, will join his administration as chief performance officer and deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget. /p p Meanwhile, Chopra, the state of Virginias secretary of technology, will serve as the chief technology officer. /p p With the leadership of these individuals, I am confident that we can break our bad habits, put an end to the mismanagement that has plagued our government, and start living within our means again, Obama pointed out. /p p That is how we will get our deficits under control and move from recovery to prosperity. /p p Obama is currently on a whirlwind diplomatic mission at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, before the gathering wraps up just after midday (1600 GMT) Sunday.a href=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5is4_-eT85QZbkGHh_1dqcMSBo_jw target=_blank rel=nofollowmore/a
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titleTaiwan-born Entrepreneur Finances quot;Greenquot; Business Development
/titlecategory1/categoryTaiwan-born Entrepreneur Finances quot;Greenquot; Business Development.
It provides capital to help sustainable food producers and renewable-energy entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. /p p Environmental protection is not the banks only interest. It also launched itself as a bank that makes a variety of loans available to anyone in the community. When a person applies for a loan, the bank makes two offers — one for a traditional loan and one that is discounted for green construction. /p p Its loans are creative. For instance, the bank introduced a new solar financial program that helps homeowners finance solar energy projects with no money down. It also provides a discount on loans for green projects in the commercial real estate or multiunit residential sectors. /p p Its becoming something where a blend of good options for the consumer work just as well as conventional ones, but it also is much more sustainable, Liu said.a href=http://newsblaze.com/story/20090401091209tsop.nb/topstory.html target=_blank rel=nofollowmore/a
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titleYoung internet entrepreneur Ben Young on business tactics to stay
/titlecategory1/categoryYoung internet entrepreneur Ben Young on business tactics to stay.
Kiva is an organisation that provides a website for everyday people to provide interest-free micro loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries. /p p Kiva has made over $65m USD in micro loans since October 2005 and is growing steadily. /p p I wanted to share with you an update I got on my loan I made via Kiva to a group of Bolivians. They were creating a small group to reloan the funds to other entrepreneurs. /p p I got this update November 20th last year: /p p This is an update on your loan to MARANATHA 2 Group in Bolivia. /p p I visited Lucy and her next-door neighbor Felipa, both members of the Maranatha group, one Friday afternoon in Montero, a small city of 100,000 in eastern Bolivia. /p p Lucy was at the market when we arrived, so we sat under the shade of her mango tree to enjoy some homegrown tamarinds with her husband while we waited.a href=http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/start-ups-and-strategies/2009/4/8/kiva-story-share/?c_id=3amp;objectid=10565855 target=_blank rel=nofollowmore/a
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