In what should be no surprise, banks are cutting back on small business loans. Please consider Small business loans: $10 billion evaporates . Eight months after President Obama began prodding the nation's banks to increase their small business lending, the loan numbers continue to move in the oppos ... Read more

From HotelNewsNow.com: Hotel Industry Pulse stalls Economic research firm e-forecasting.com in conjunction with Smith Travel Research announced the HIP hit a snag in its recovery. After going up two months in a row, HIP declined 2.1 percent in September. HIP, the Hotel Industry's Pulse index, is a ... Read more

The complete eBook is now online for free download. In NFTRH19, a rough road map of when and how the next deflation impulse might arrive has begun to take shape. My work tells me this will be deflation's dying gasp for the cycle, but we must be prepared for it none the less. Per EWI: Compliments ... Read more

Many entrepreneurs have most of their wealth tied up in their businesses.  The value of the business is most heavily influenced by its ability to generate free cash flow, generally measured using EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization).  The most common ... Read more