Slowly, northern Nevada business borrowers are returning to banks

RENO, Nev. – More business owners in northern Nevada are beginning to talk with their bankers about loans to finance expanded operations. The increase in loan demand in recent weeks hasn’t been dramatic, and bankers say they still don’t know how many of the would-be borrowers ultimately will qualify for loans. Even so, an increase in applications is a sign that business owners are beginning to …

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Slowly, northern Nevada business borrowers are returning to banks (North Lake Tahoe Bonanza)

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – More business owners in northern Nevada are beginning to talk with their bankers about loans to finance expanded operations. The increase in loan demand in recent weeks hasn’t been dramatic, and bankers say they still don’t know how many of the would-be borrowers ultimately will qualify for loans. Even so, an increase in applications is a sign that business owners are …

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No Healthcare Required For Bulls (Optionetics.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Note: This week’s Market Outlook was covered by Optionetics.com’s Chris Tyler. The SP-500 gains ground for a fourth straight week but an optimistic vessel is showing signs of technical leakage, despite window dressing efforts aimed at keeping bulls well afloat. For the five-day period, the SP-500 ( SPY ) is up 0.53% to fresh recovery highs in a still less-than-maddening March for cheerleading …

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Weekly Outlook: March 29, 2010 (Optionetics.com via Yahoo! Finance)

The SP-500 gains ground for a fourth straight week but an optimistic vessel is showing signs of technical leakage despite window dressing efforts aimed at keeping bulls well afloat. For the five day period the SP-500 ( SPY ) is up 0.53% to fresh recovery highs in a still less-than-maddening March for cheerleading investors. THE WEEKLY NUTSHELL No Healthcare Required For Bulls Monday. Bearish out …

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Eric Spiegel, Siemens (Washington Post)

How did you get to where you are? I grew up in the steel town of Youngstown, Ohio. Of my father’s many businesses, I did a lot of work for his construction company, where I worked on power, coal and nuclear plants. My interest in energy began at a pretty early age, but I saw that even though the…

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