Big City: What Sandy Can Teach Harvey About Recovery

by | Aug 31, 2017 | Americorps, Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Brighton Beach (Brooklyn, NY), Build It Back Program (NYC), Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Hurricane Harvey (2017), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Non-Bank Loans, Rockaway Peninsula (Queens, NY), Volunteers and Community Service, Working Capital

Five years after the storm that wreaked havoc in New York, some victims are still rebuilding their homes. What can Houston learn from the city’s mistakes?

South of the Border, Migrants Eye a Storm-Torn Texas

by | Aug 31, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Hurricane Harvey (2017), Illegal Immigration, Immigration and Emigration, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

By ANNIE CORREAL and KIRK SEMPLE August 31, 2017 NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — When a group of migrants staying in a shelter in this border city heard last weekend that Hurricane Harvey was barreling down on Texas, they did not wait. They saw an...

Storm’s Impact on Oil Industry Is Felt at Gasoline Pumps

by | Aug 31, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Hurricane Harvey (2017), Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Pipelines, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Shortages, Texas, Working Capital

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS August 31, 2017 HOUSTON — Ports along the Gulf of Mexico are closed to fuel barges. Part of the biggest pipeline between Texas and New York has stopped flowing. Refineries and gas stations are flooded. Drilling rigs in the biggest...

On Washington: Hurricane Harvey Shifts Political Winds in Washington

by | Aug 31, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Federal Aid (US), Federal Budget (US), Federal Emergency Management Agency, Finance, Gulf Coast (US), House Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Hurricane Harvey (2017), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Illegal Immigration, Non-Bank Loans, Republican Party, Shutdowns (Institutional), Trump, Donald J, United States, United States Politics and Government, Working Capital

The hurricane has transformed the budget debate, turning Republican critics of federal spending into proponents of billions of dollars of storm relief.

New Hazard in Storm Zone: Chemical Blasts and ‘Noxious’ Smoke

by | Aug 31, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Chemicals, Economics, Environment, Finance, Hurricane Harvey (2017), Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

By JULIE TURKEWITZ, HENRY FOUNTAIN and HIROKO TABUCHI August 31, 2017 HOUSTON — A series of explosions at a flood-damaged chemical plant outside Houston on Thursday drew sharp focus on hazards to public health and safety from the...