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...crisp day in Valencia, Spain, early last month, a small man in a cardinal-red jumpsuit walked a few steps from a million-dollar motor home and ducked into a lavish hospitality tent, both in the same bright scarlet. No one was allowed anywhere near him, but throngs of Spaniards hanging over the railing of Valencia's Ricardo Tormo racetrack went crazy. "Look up here, Fernando! Te quiero, Fernando...
...needed to combat deepening unemployment. But behind the scenes, the call for more job-creating ideas had already gone out to the PERAB. In response, Doerr asked a young San Francisco entrepreneur, Matt Golden, to begin working with a Massachusetts-based energy-efficiency specialist, Stephen Cowell, on a multibillion-dollar plan under which Washington would offer tax breaks for all kinds of consumer purchases and home improvements that reduce energy use. By November, Doerr made his Roosevelt Room presentation, and before long, the Home Star plan was on the President's desk. Doerr sees Home Star as the next step...
...Living in an apartment and buying and preparing my own food is also much cheaper than living on campus,” D’Amico says. “Also, the Co-op buys in bulk, so you’re getting a lot for your dollar there...
Kopp said that the organization she started with a $10 million dollar budget. It has now grown to have a budget of $200 million...
...more and more banks tightened their credit standards in 2008 and '09, the smaller lenders to people with poor credit have been able to not only pick up that business but also raise interest rates, since borrowers have fewer options. Shares of many of the companies, including Cash America, Dollar Financial, First Cash Financial and World Acceptance, have risen sharply this year. World, one of the biggest, has seen its stock price rise to a recent $41 from $15 a year ago. World makes much of its money refinancing its existing customers into new loans with longer terms and lower...