How Netcapital’s CEO built a company that lets entrepreneurs leverage their popularity for funds

by | Jul 6, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

Normally, only accredited investors — in other words, investors with a high net worth and expanded financial access — are given opportunities to invest large sums of money with private companies. Given the slowdown in initial public offerings in the stock...

June job growth is expected to be strong, but the focus will be on whether wages are rising

by | Jul 6, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

The economy is expected to have added 179,000 jobs in June, but economists are more concerned about whether workers got a raise. The lack of inflation in the economy — wages and prices — has been a concern to some Federal Reserve officials, who have...

Global food prices around two-year high in June as meat, dairy and wheat climb

by | Jul 6, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

International food prices soared to around two-year highs during June, fueled by higher prices for wheat, meats and dairy products such as butter. In fact, global meat prices have risen every month so far this year, and the gains have outpaced most other major food...

Former Shkreli employee says ‘Pharma Bro’ was depressed, ‘hoodie up’ after hedge fund ‘imploded’

by | Jul 6, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

A former employee of Martin Shkreli’s hedge fund revealed in dramatic testimony Thursday how the fund “imploded” from a failed stock trade in February 2011, leaving “Martin … just slumped in his chair, his hoodie up, and depressed in a...