Learn about U.S. Microfinance
BOSTON (CBS) - A bank was the first - and most obvious - place Carlene O'Garro went in 2007 when she needed a loan to buy equipment for her cake baking business, called Delectable Desires. But her business was...
A bank was the first - and most obvious - place Carlene O'Garro went in 2007 when she needed a loan to buy equipment for her cake baking business, called Delectable Desires. But her business was brand new, her...
President Obama's $447 billion jobs bill hit a roadblock as Senate Republicans led the vote against the measure. The proposal would enact a 50 percent payroll tax cut, create an "infrastructure bank" to fund...
The Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area topped the nation for Hispanic unemployment rates in 2010, at 25.2 percent, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank in...
Meet Everardo, whose family owned hot sauce business is an example of microfinance at work. A small business loan from ACCION USA gave his business "Branford's Original" the working capital needed to expand into...
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