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Bailed-Out Banks Used Small Business Funds to Repay TARP

Governement watchdog says banks used funds incorrectly

Money sent to banks to boost lending to small businesses was used instead by banks…

By C. Daniel Baker

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Government Bailout helped banks not small business

Government Bailouts Helped Banks, Not Small Businesses

TARP payments benefited banks, never reached small businesses

The U.S. Treasury invested more than $200 billion in 700 banks through the bailout program.

By C. Daniel Baker

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WATCH: One-on-One With Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner

In an exclusive interview on 'Black Enterprise Business Report,' Editor-in-Chief Derek Dingle sits down with the nation's CFO

In an exclusive interview, BLACK ENTERPRISE Editor-In-Chief Derek T. Dingle talked with the nation’s chief…

By Derek T. Dingle

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CDFI Small Business Lending Program Finally a Go

With new terms, community banks are ready to start lending

The Treasury department announced last week that it will provide up to $1 billion in…

By Joyce Jones

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Talking Points: Obama’s Economy

When Barack Obama took the national stage as president on that bitterly cold day last…

By Alan Hughes

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Washington Report

Dispatches from Capitol Hill

Washington Report: Week of Dec. 7-11

By Joyce Jones

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Obama Announces Plans to Boost Small Business Lending

Credit lines to be made available under TARP

Flanked by thousands of boxes of paper records stored by Metropolitan Archives, a Maryland-based business…

By Joyce Jones

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Piedmont to Manage Piece of TARP Pie

Historic deal a ‘sign of confidence’ for firm

In what could be a landmark deal for Piedmont Investment Advisors LLC (No. 10 on…

By Jeffrey McKinney

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Will Bailout Funds Benefit Main Street?

B.E. 100s leaders weigh pros and cons for small investors

Can the Obama administration convince ordinary Americans that the rescue of the financial system serves…

By Cliff Hocker

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Auto Suppliers: A Sinking Industry Could Mean Drastic Depletion

Companies on the ropes in wake of GM and Chrysler news

Business became more complex in the U.S. auto supplier world after General Motors Corp. and…

By Josee Valcourt

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