Day: January 5, 2022
In Egypt, lending apps boost cash-strapped women business owners
Egypt’s businesswomen face high microlending rates To cope, many turn to online loan circles New apps offer lifeline in pandemic CAIRO, Dec 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nagat Mohamed was in dire straits. After sales at her clothes shop in Egypt’s Nile Delta plummeted, she took out a loan from a microfinance company to keep
Union Bank Helps Women Entrepreneurs with Funding for State Business Centers
Female entrepreneurs can find workshops and advisors at Women’s Business Centers ilke the one that serves San Diego and Imperial counties. Photo credit: Screen shot, California Network Women’s Business Center, via californiawbc.org/ California’s Women’s Business Centers, a network of small business centers dedicated to helping female entrepreneurs, is partnering with Union Bank for additional funding.
Local business forecast shows state of Stanislaus economy
Though Stanislaus County lost stores and restaurants including Tahoe Joe’s steakhouse on Pelandale Avenue, the local economy doesn’t rely as heavily as other counties in the region on two of the industries hit hardest by the pandemic: leisure/hospitality and retail. Andy Alfaro [email protected] Stanislaus County had good job growth in 2021 but needs to add
S&P Global, IHS Markit to Sell Businesses Ahead of Merger
S&P Global plans to sell its Cusip Global Services business to FactSet Research Systems. Photo: BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS S&P Global Inc. and IHS Markit Ltd. said Monday that they have reached deals to sell off two subsidiaries, part of an effort to appease regulators ahead of a supersize merger that would unite the two financial-information companies.