Bartiromo: Two Views on the Rally Jul 24, 2009
We also note that the tone for business equipment investment has improved, so that should be helpful. In addition, we do see some opportunities in financial services. (BusinessWeek)
Bruce aldermen face zoning challenge Jul 24, 2009
A copier maintenance agreement was entered with Rose Business Equipment. The delinquent tax sale will be held Aug. 31 at 8 a.m. in the town board room. (Calhoun City Monitor Herald, MS)
Definition of a business Jul 20, 2009
If on the other hand they were granted a sales region, provided their own car and other business equipment such as an office and a phone, were paid purely on the basis of sales, and if mistakes were made with orders they had to fix them, they could be classed as running a business. Q. I run a small building business and have different tradespeople subcontracting to me. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Commercial Real Estate Lending Program Picks Up Jul 17, 2009
Besides commercial real estate, investors can use loans to buy securities backed by, among other things, auto and student loans, credit cards, business equipment and loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve in Washington said that banks reduced borrowing from its emergency lending facility over the past week and cut back on other programs designed to ease the financial crisis, encouraging signs that some credit stresses are easing. (ABC News -- Wire)
Looking Back Jul 16, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009. 100 years ago July 23, 1909 Local news A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Knepp, July 27. (Kalona News, IA)
Fed program backs $12B in consumer loans Jul 15, 2009
Investors in the Term-Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, or TALF, use the money to buy newly issued securities backed by, among other things, auto and student loans, credit cards, business equipment and loan guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. Demand for these securities was down sharply from June, when investors requested $11. (AZCentral -- Business)
Delinquent tax notices double Jul 14, 2009
In addition, many of those notices were not for real property, but included farm machinery, mobile homes and business equipment. But there still are 417 delinquent notices that will be advertised in Cody on July 15, 23 and 29 prior to a tax sale in the courthouse on Aug. 5, the treasurer said. (Cody Enterprise, WY)
Snafu could cost victims of disasters victims Jul 10, 2009
Federal changes approved for 2008 offered income-tax deductions, exemptions and other advantages for items like disaster-related expenses, business equipment depreciation, education-related expenses, tuition and fees and certain sales tax charges. The Legislature, however, did not retroactively adopt those deductions for state tax purposes. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT GOES AFTER DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES Jul 8, 2009
The Arkansas General Assembly has also given counties an additional tool to help in collecting delinquent taxes, allowing tax collectors to actually hold business equipment then sell it at auction. Act 555 also provides penalties for interfering with or obstructing the sale of or access to the equipment or goods seized. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
July Demand Dips for Gov't Consumer Credit Program Jul 8, 2009
Investors use the money to buy newly issued securities backed by, among other things, auto and student loans, credit cards, business equipment and loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. The Term-Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, or TALF, started in March and figures prominently in efforts by the Fed and the Obama administration to ease credit, stabilize the financial system and help end the recession. (ABC News -- Wire)
•County trying to collect on taxes Jun 30, 2009
85 million in unpaid taxes on recreational vehicles, boats, mobile homes and business equipment and machinery. Some of the bills date back to 2006. (The Daily Journal)
Sparta’s vacant downtown incubator getting tenants Jun 24, 2009
The businesses will share services such as a receptionist/secretary, copy machine and other business equipment. It s like a business incubator within the incubator, said Witt, who added that another tenant will be announced by the end of the month. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
* European stocks falter in wake of four-week rally Jun 21, 2009
Even so, US industrial production fell last month for the 16th time in the last 17 months, reflecting declines in consumer goods and business equipment that signals the manufacturing slump remains broad-based. EU leaders spotted the first signs of a sustainable economic recovery and started planning to roll back budget deficits piled up to combat the financial crisis. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Commercial Real Estate Loans Draw No Interest Jun 17, 2009
5 billion worth of loans under that part of the program to buy newly issued securities backed by auto and student loans, credit cards, business equipment and loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. The Fed next month will add existing commercial real-estate securities such as those made months or years ago. (ABC News -- Wire)
Housing starts jump 17% in May; wholesale inflation tame Jun 17, 2009
8%; construction supply output, 1%; and business equipment, 1. 4. (USA Today -- Money)
Home-based Business Refuge Requires Adequate Insurance Protection Jun 16, 2009
"Many home-based business owners think they're too small to need a business insurance policy," said Candysse Miller, executive director of the cover only $1,000 to $2,500 for business equipment andoffer no liability protection or loss of income coverage ... This can be a good choice for people who don't have exposure to liability, who do not store business inventory and who do not rely solely on their income for survival and have inexpensive business equipment. (RealtyTimes)
Ohio High School 5-18 Jun 6, 2009
Approved a new five-year lease with Illinois Valley Business Equipment for a copier. Heard an update on the water leaks around the windows. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Investors Seek $11.5B From Consumer Loan Program Jun 3, 2009
Investors are buying newly issued securities backed by, among other things, auto and student loans, credit cards, business equipment and loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration ... The rest of the money fell into other categories, including securities backed by student loans and business equipment. (ABC News -- Wire)
Landing NCR would be welcome news Jun 2, 2009
Today, the company is known for producing ATMs, point-of-sale scanners and other business equipment, software and services. It s connection to metro Atlanta includes a 900-job expansion in Duluth and Peachtree City, which was announced late last year. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
READ: Full text of Geithner's prepared remarks May 21, 2009
Recently, Treasury and the Federal Reserve expanded TALF to include newly or recently issued AAA-rated ABS backed by four additional types of consumer and business loans mortgage servicing advances, loans or leases relating to business equipment, leases of vehicle fleets, and floor plan loans ... 1] The Consumer and Business Lending Initiative also includes the $20 billion committed to TALF under the previous administration and the $25 billion committed to TALF for legacy securities under the... (USA Today -- Money)
Friendship forged after tragic incident May 18, 2009
Professional: Part of the family business, General Business Equipment, until he sold it in 2003; Sioux City Community Schools bus driver since 2005; in charge of operations at Trinity Heights since 2007. Personal: Married to wife Maureen since 1974; two children. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Industry Approaches A Bottom, Following A Long, Sharp Fall May 16, 2009
But production of business equipment fell 0. 6% in April after plunging 2. (Investors Business Daily)
Bernanke: Demand for TALF will grow May 16, 2009
Investors use the money to buy securities backed by auto and student loans, credit cards, loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration and backed by business equipment. Next month, the program dubbed the Term-Asset-Backed Securities Loan Program, or TALF will be expanded to include securities backed by commercial real-estate loans. (MSNBC -- Business)
Business Equipment May 7, 2009
Thu May 7 2009 02:45 EDT. Winners (% Price Change). (Forbes -- Markets)
Newth Talks Tax: Use of home (subcontractors) May 6, 2009
Repairs to business equipment (e ... Capital allowances on business equipment, subject to private use restriction. (Accounting Web, UK)
Investors request $10.6 billion in TALF loans May 6, 2009
Investors use the money to buy securities backed by auto and student loans, credit cards, loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration and loans backed by business equipment. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Business)
Court to consider case of immigrant who overslept Apr 28, 2009
-- Decided to review a caterer's argument that her business equipment was exempt from her personal bankruptcy proceedings. -- Decided to get involved in a fight in New England over how to determine the cost of electricity for consumers. (North County Times)
Business tax could be cut again (73) Apr 18, 2009
HELENA Efforts to further cut the state tax on business equipment are percolating in the Legislature, but face big hurdles amid tight partisan divides. A Republican plan pitched in a House committee on Monday would exempt the first 100,000 of business equipment from taxation, at a cost to the state budget of about 60 million over the next two years ... But the governor's office said it will be endorsing its own ideas for giving small businesses relief from the business equipment tax, and opposed... (Montana Standard, MT)
READ THE MINUTES: FOMC meeting of March 17-18 Apr 9, 2009
The production of other consumer durables and business equipment weakened further, and broad indicators of near-term manufacturing activity suggested that factory output would continue to contract over the next few months. The available data suggested that real consumer spending held steady, on balance, in the first two months of this year after having fallen sharply over the second half of last year. (USA Today -- Money)
House Taxation Committee backs tax credits for new state businesses Apr 9, 2009
Roy Brown, R-Billings, to exempt the first 20,000 in value of business equipment for each taxpayer and to provide a market value exemption of 33 percent for the property of each taxpayer with equipment valued at between 20,000 and 5 million. It would cost the state treasury about 25 million a year starting in fiscal 2010. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Jobless claims tally rises to a new record Mar 27, 2009
The steep drop in profits will mean further belt-tightening by a lot of companies, meaning less spending on business equipment and software, Behravesh said. Meanwhile, job losses keep mounting. (MSNBC -- Business)
Business groups oppose more equipment-tax exemptions Mar 25, 2009
Despite sparing 88 percent of Montana companies from paying property taxes on their business equipment, industry groups lined up Tuesday against a Schweitzer administration-backed plan to quit levying taxes on equipment worth 150,000 or less ... Business equipment is what is used by firms to produce their goods ... Under a threshold, if HB649 passes and a company had 151,000 worth of business equipment, it would have to pay the property tax on all 151,000 of it. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
How the $1T consumer loan plan works Mar 21, 2009
In April, securities backed by auto-fleet leases, auto-dealer loans, business equipment and loans extended by mortgage servicers to cover payments missed by homeowners will be among the new categories added to the mix. Participants in this second round must file their loan requests by April 7. (AZCentral -- Business)
New program draws $4.7b in loan requests Mar 20, 2009
In the April operation, securities backed by auto fleet leases, auto dealer loans, business equipment, and loans extended by mortgage servicers to cover payments missed by homeowners will be among the new categories added to the mix, the Fed said yesterday. Also, in a report released yesterday, the Fed said commercial banks borrowed more from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week, while investment firms drew less. (Boston Globe)
Investors Request $4.7 Billion in Fed Loans Mar 20, 2009
In the April operation, securities backed by auto-fleet leases, auto-dealer loans, business equipment and loans extended by mortgage servicers to cover payments missed by homeowners will be among the new categories added to the mix, the Fed said Thursday. Participants in this second round must file their loan requests by April 7. (ABC News -- Wire)
U.S. Fed expands consumer loan program Mar 20, 2009
They are securities backed by loans or leases relating to business equipment, leases of vehicle fleet, loans extended by mortgage servicers to cover payments missed by homeowners, and "floorplan loans" that help sellers of big-ticket items including trucks, boats and heavy equipment. The new categories will not be part of the program's initial rollout this week, but will be included starting in April, according to the statement. (Xinhuanet, China)
Banks draw more, investment firms less from Fed Mar 20, 2009
The program will include securities backed by loans or leases relating to business equipment, car-fleet leases and loans extended by mortgage servicers to cover payments missed by homeowners. The new categories won't be part of the program's initial rollout this week, but will be included starting next month. (USA Today -- Money)
Fed To Spend $1.2T On Ailing Economy Mar 19, 2009
The program which is rolling out this week currently is focused on spurring lending for autos, education, credit cards and loans for business equipment. (iStockphoto). (CBS News)
Fed to pump $1t into economy, stands pat on rate Mar 19, 2009
The program - which is rolling out this week - currently is focused on spurring lending for autos, education, credit cards, and loans for business equipment. The government already has disclosed an expansion to include commercial real estate assets. (Boston Globe)
U.S. to use another $1 trl to face recession Mar 19, 2009
The program, which is rolling out this week, currently is focused on boosting lending for auto, education, credit cards and loans for business equipment. In a statement following a two-day long policymaking meeting, the Fed said that the U.S. economy continued to contract since last meeting in January. (Xinhuanet, China)
First Business Financial Services Surpasses $1 Billion in Assets and Announces Dividend Mar 18, 2009
Its companies include: First Business Bank - Madison; First Business Bank - Milwaukee; First Business Bank - Northeast; First Business Trust & Investments; First Business Equipment Finance, LLC; and First Business Capital Corp. For additional information, visit or call 608-238-8008. The First Business Financial Services, Inc. logo is available at. (Primezone Releases)
Bacar restaurant on Feds' menu of Madoff assets Mar 18, 2009
Plus tax credits on the purchase of certain business equipment, property purchase incentives, net operating loss carryovers and so forth. That's on top of the package Mayor Gavin Newsom unveiled last month, which includes $23 million in no-interest federal loans, but has yet to be approved by the Board of Supervisors. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Column - Once traditional first lady, Betty Babcock served as constitutional delegate Mar 15, 2009
Undaunted, Betty Babcock donated office space and business equipment in the Colonial, the hotel she and her husband had built and owned. It became the headquarters for the group promoting passage of the constitution. (Missoulian, MT)
Audit identifies college weaknesses Mar 5, 2009
What about the mechanical guys who weld, construct and fix our county's business equipment. Will we have students who earn credentials for acceptance to OSU or UO and return to Coos Country with knowledge as so many do now. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
* Fall in US household wealth likely to spur a long recession Mar 3, 2009
Previous recessions were often characterized by excess inventory accumulation and over-investment in business equipment. The economy could bounce back as those excesses were absorbed over time, making room for new investment. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
U.S. Economy Shrinks At Staggering Pace Feb 28, 2009
Investment in business equipment notched its biggest decline in more than half a century. Those statistics raise doubts about the Obama administration's forecast of only 1. (CBS News)
GOP pushes to repeal suspended Arizona tax Feb 24, 2009
After acting on the property tax repeal, the committee began discussing a newly proposed package of reductions of corporate and individual taxes and of a property tax on business equipment ... Raising the exemption from the business equipment tax to $10 million from the current $65,013. (AZCentral -- News)
State of the Town shows Newington in relatively good finanical position Feb 24, 2009
"I don't think even in the best year that the legislature is going to finalize their budget in April, so we're going to have to make some assumptions about what the final budget will be." If there ends up being a $2 or $3 million difference from the governor's proposed budget, he said, "then we would have a very difficult time adjusting to that after we're already set our tax rate." On the 2008 Grand List, taxes from business equipment inventories are down by 5. 4 percent and those from motor... (Newington Town Crier, CT)
Proposal exempts first $200,000 of business equipment from taxes Feb 19, 2009
Proposal exempts first 200,000 of business equipment from taxes ... HELENA Montana businesses should be able to exempt the first 200,000 of business equipment before calculating their property taxes, a Whitefish senator said Wednesday ... Ryan Zinke told the Senate Taxation Committee his Senate Bill 315 would change the way the state imposes property taxes on business equipment. (Montana Standard, MT)
Oregon lawmakers snip tie with stimulus tax breaks Feb 14, 2009
The breaks include provisions for accelerated depreciation of business equipment such as computers and for excluding some unemployment compensation. The bill has cleared the Legislature on largely party-line votes, Democrats for, Republicans against. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)
Gavin Newsom says budget challenge goes beyond city hall Feb 13, 2009
-- Eliminating the property tax for the next two years on new business equipment purchased in San Francisco. -- Raising the Working Families Credit, so families will have an incentive to file for the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit and receive even more tax relief. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Central Business Solutions' former HQ sold Feb 10, 2009
Repeat, which sells and services office equipment and offers network and IT services, bought Central Business Solutions, a business equipment provider, for an undisclosed amount. They merged into Repeat and didn t need the building, said Tom Savino, CB Richard Ellis listing agent, said the 12,000-square-foot building is five years old. (Albany Business Review, NY)
State of the State: Governor unveils oil, gas tax for teachers' salaries Feb 8, 2009
The rest of Schweitzer s speech focused mostly on what he considers accomplishments of his first term, as well as spotlighting several proposals he supports this Legislature, such as further cutting the property tax on business equipment, a bill to create access for anglers to streams at bridges, and funding an expansion in the Children s Health Insurance Plan. Lawmakers frequently interrupted the speech with applause, but most of the applause came from the Democratic side of the aisle. (Helena Independent Record)
More of this story Feb 8, 2009
In fact, on a more positive note, the Governor indicated that he would be willing to support some efforts to reduce the business equipment tax. As this tax punishes the very people who are trying to create jobs and bring money into our economy, a reduction here promotes the growth we need. (Cut Bank Pioneer Press - Golden Triangle, MT)
