by Ted Carter Published: September 25,2011
Tags: Bank of America, banking, Citigroup, Citizens Financial Group Inc., Huntington Bancshares Inc., Joe Biden, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Karen Mills, Key Corp, M&T Bank Corp., Merrill Lynch, PNC Bank NA., Regions Bank, Small Business Administration, Sun Trust Banks Inc, TD Bank, US Bank, Wells Fargo
Regions Bank, Wells Fargo and 11 other large banks have committed to increase lending for small businesses by a combined $20 billion over the next three years. The banks made the announcement at a press conference joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills John Asbury, head of Business Services [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 26,2011
Tags: Arkansas, Birmingham, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Georgia, Jay Bradford, Kentucky, Lady Gaga, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi Republican, Missouri, North Dakota, Ole Miss, poverty, Rep. Alan Nunnelee, Small Business Administration, Tennessee, tornado, U.S. Census Bureau, University of Mississippi
The regions that most need insurance after tornadoes are often the exact places that don't have much of it. [...]

Anderson named SBA’s Prime Contractor of the Year People who know Meredith Smith Anderson are probably not surprised at her selection as the Small Business Administration’s Prime Contractor of the Year for Region IV. As the managing member of Can’t Be Beat Fence and Construction, Anderson has led the limited liability company to stability and [...] [...]

Firm’s CEO named SBA’s Small Business Person of the Year It is no wonder that John D. Calhoun, Ph.D., CEO of Integrated Management Services (IMS) Engineers in Jackson, was recently selected as Mississippi Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Administration (SBA). Under Calhoun’s leadership, IMS Engineers in Jackson has grown from [...] [...]

Adcock is retiring this month after nearly 42 years at the SBA When Judi Adcock first arrived on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 1968, she thought she’d found nirvana. “My then-husband was in the Air Force and he got transferred to Biloxi, a place I’d never heard of,” she said. “We drove over to Bay [...] [...]

Sam’s Club offering small business loans to many that banks will not A small business owner walks into a Sam’s Club, picks up a year’s worth of pens and pencils, a truckload of printer ribbons and a few gallons of ketchup for the break room. But, she could use a little working capital, too. So, [...] [...]

On March 30, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) district director Janita Stewart presented ARC Loan proceeds to two Simpson County small business owners. The businesses are Ballyhoo Gifts and Douglas Diamonds, and each received loans of $35,000. [...]

The role of the SBA Helping small business when it needs it most Janita Stewart is Mississippi district director for the Small Business Administration in Jackson. She recently sat down with the Mississippi Business Journal’s Nash Nunnery to discuss the SBA and other topics relating to small business in our state. Q – What exactly [...] [...]
JACKSON — The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Mississippi District Office continues to turn out big loan approval numbers in fiscal year 2010. “We started this fiscal year rolling out loans in the same manner we ended fiscal year 2009,” said Janita R. Stewart, SBA Mississippi district director. “The volume of loans approved, both in [...] [...]