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Financing plans, tax incentives, even some grants: Now more than ever, the states want and need small business development and are offering extensive financial help to get your business started or growing.

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FHA Mortgage Loans to be for Millionaires Only

Tuesday December 1, 2009

Applicants for Federal Housing Administration-backed mortgage loans will be required to have a net worth of at least $1 million under a new regulation intended to reduce the FHA's and the taxpayers' level of risk. Read more...

National Archives Offers Historic Prints Online

Tuesday December 1, 2009

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has partnered with Pictopia, Inc., to offer prints of over 1,200 historical and contemporary photographs for sale via NARA's new online Print Shop. Read more...

Hate 08: FBI Releases Hate Crime Statistics

Saturday November 28, 2009

Race remained the leading motivator for hate crimes committed in the United States during 2008, according to the FBI's Hate Crimes Statistics, 2008 report. Read more...

What is Earmark Spending?

Friday November 27, 2009

Can you imagine members of the Congress spending your money to fund a National Peanut Festival, mariachi music grants or a museum of teapots? Well, they have, and will almost certainly approve similar expenditures in the future through an often-maligned, but rarely prevented budgetary vehicle called "earmark spending." [Learn more...]

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