Scott Metzger wanted to start a restaurant-microbrewery in San Antonio. His credit was good. His business plan was sound. He should have had an easy time getting financing. He didn't. After spending a year developing relationships with three large banks,

BANGKOK, July 15 (TNA) – Thailand's overall economy has signaled a clear slowdown since it has taken the toll from a combination of extended political turmoil, rising oil prices, declining consumption, and higher inflation rates, according to a leading

I had a private lunch at the Tower Club with the Republic of South Africa (RSA) Foreign Affairs Director General Dr. Ayanda Ntsaluba, who was in town for his country’s Freedom Day Celebrations last Monday.

Crop purchasing has been liberalised over the past decade at a time when most of the producer cooperatives were weak both financially and terms of managerial capacity let alone the low integrity of the managers.

With the ink barely dry on a new state law that allows small-business owners to form and join health care cooperatives, interested citizens have their....