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    Long-Term and Intermediate-Term Business Loans

    March 19 ::: All but the smallest of businesses may use both debt and equity financing in financing their business. Bank loans through commercial banks is the most common way…

    What is the debt to asset ratio, how is it calculated, what does it measure?

    March 19 :: The debt to asset ratio is the percentage of total debt financing the firm uses as compared to the percentage of the firm’s total assets. It helps…

    Internal Sources of Business Capital – Operating Income and Sale of Assets

    19 March : Debt and equity financing are the main sources of traditional capital, or money, for business firms. They are external sources of money for the firm. They come…

    Types of Equity Financing for Small Businesses

    19 March : Some small businesses live and die by debt financing because they don’t want to give up any control to outside investors. There are many types of equity…

    Mitt Romney returns to private equity – the former presidential candidate is once again a private equity executive, but not at Bain Capital.

    Ever since getting waxed by Barack Obama last November, Mitt Romney has maintained an office at his son Tagg’s investment firm, Solamere Capital. It’s a lot like my Fortune office,…

    USD 9 Billion Dollar Deal for Cebercus Capital Management

    A party that was led by the private equity firm Ceberus Capital Management, has agreed to acquire Safeway. This deal is worth over 9 billion US Dollars. The deal also…

    IDB Approves $250M for Electricity Sector in Costa Rica

    IDB Approves $250M for Electricity Sector in Costa Rica

    19 january 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced it had approved $250 million in financing for Costa Rica’s electricity sector. Nearly $98 million will go to…

    Thermal Scout Finds Trouble at Solar Plants

    19 january 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a 20-megawatt concentrating solar power (CSP) plant, some 10,000 mirrors reflect sunlight onto 10,000 receiver tubes, each of which must operate efficiently to…

    China Could Be Rare Earth Metals Importer by 2014

    19 january 2013 U.S. and Canadian producers of heavy rare earth metals are poised to benefit as China becomes a net importer of some of the materials as early as…

    Should the Wind Turbine Industry Head for the Hills?

    19 january 2013 At dusk outside Limon, an isolated interstate interchange on Colorado’s vast eastern frontier, a string of active wind turbines lines the southwest horizon — their red aviation…

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