The Latest on Unemployment The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Employment Situation Summary today.  Key points include: Unemployment rate remains at 9.7% Employment fell in construction and information, while temporary help services added jobs. Average hourly earnings increased by $0.03. According to a Business Week report, the smallest businesses may be adding jobs.  “..data from payroll companies suggest that losses at the smallest businesses have stopped and those businesses are beginning to hire,” wrote [...]

2009 has been one of the most turbulent years for business in recent history. Although some more than others, nearly every industry has been touched by the economic downturn, including the business cash advance industry. At the beginning, this industry was hit by a record number of defaults because of all the business failures. This really hit some of the small cash advance providers pretty hard and many others had to reevaluate their approval policies. [...]

If you’re like millions of other Americans, at the end of every year, you reflect back on the things that you wish you’d done over the past year and vow to do them in the New Year to come. You start off strong, staying true to the promises you’ve made to yourself, but like a long distance runner who’s running out of steam, somewhere down the line (around March or April), your determination begins to [...]

2009 was a difficult year for many small business owners.  Bank lending continued to decline and small business owners across the country searched for alternative ways to finance their businesses.  As the need for alternative business financing increased, merchant cash advance content spread like wildfire, in attempt to inform struggling small business owners about the easy-to-qualify-for and convenient method of securing business funds. As a business cash advance provider that is completely absorbed in the [...]