1. Los Angeles-area small-business lender receives cash infusion (Los Angeles Times) - Valley Economic Development Center gets $15 million from the city of Los Angeles and $1 million from Merrill Lynch to bolster nearly drained loan funds. After nearly running out of money in its small-business loan funds last month, Valley Economic Development Center Inc. of Van Nuys says it is getting $16 million to enable it to continue to lend to Southern California firms caught in the ...
3. Home businesses an option (Portsmouth Herald) - According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are around 10.4 million people in the country who are self-employed and 5.4 million people who work from home. In the current downward economy in which 10.3 million people are unemployed, starting a home...
4. Women stepping up direct sales jobs (Detroit Free Press) - Women historically have turned to direct sales to temporarily boost the family income or to bridge the gap between full-time jobs. But as the economy deteriorates, many are finding that these jobs are worth keeping.
8. ANMG: Making Money from Home is Simple with Internet Marketing (PRWeb) - http://www.MyNetSeminar.com is offering a series of Internet Marketing seminars that will be held in January in the Phoenix, Arizona area. The seminars cost $20 and will explain how people can turn a profit through Internet Marketing. (PRWeb Dec 26, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1792354.htm
