Help Available to Tennessee Small Businesses With SBA Disaster Business Loan Applications (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that small businesses impacted by the severe storms and tornadoes on February 5 -- 6, 2008, can get one-on-one assistance from the Tennessee Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) in completing their disaster business loan applications.

Business briefs: Small-business chief to hold loan seminar (The Monterey County Herald)
MONTEREY Small-business chief to hold loan seminar Teresa Thomae, director of the Central Coast Small Business Development Center, will lead a loan workshop 8 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Monterey/Bay View Room of The Beach Resort Monterey, 2600 Sand Dunes Drive.

Gujarat offers business counselling to small, medium units (Calcutta News)
In a novel public-private experiment, the Gujarat government and the Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) have opened a counselling centre to assist micro as well as small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in finding solutions to business problems that crop up due to globalisation.

BUSINESS TRENDS: Black-owned firms get more loans (Courier-Post)
The New Jersey district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration reported a 17 percent increase in loan approvals to African-American business owners from Oct. 1, 2007 through Jan. 31, 2008.

Business briefs for Feb. 17 (Rapid City Journal)
Small Business Administration launches rural lender program

SBA's 'Patriot Express' starts fast (BizJournals)
In the eight months since its launch, the U.S. Small Business Administration's Patriot Express Loan Initiative has produced 1,007 SBA guaranteed loans amounting to more than $100 million.

State offers small-business growth expo (Home News Tribune)
RUTGERS — Some small-business owners got tips on expanding their ventures Saturday. The entrepreneurs met with representatives from state agencies at Gov. Jon S. Corzine's Latino Economic Growth Expo.

SBA Disaster Loan Deadline Is April 7 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Small Business Owners Still Have Time to Apply

Bank of Bartlett Chooses Cypress Software's BizMark to Automate Small Business Loan Decisioning Process (Centre Daily Times)
Bank of Bartlett will automate its small business loan decisioning process with Cypress Software Systems, LP's BizMark software.

Meet the Lenders Networking Fair (El Paso Times)
Loan information: Business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs can learn about three U.S. Small Business Administration-guaranteed loan programs at a free Meet the Lenders Networking Fair later this