Cotonou, Benin (IRIN) – Following weeks of disputed election results, Benin President Boni Yayi has re-settled into office, leading analysts and citizens to push him to address what they see as the country’s most pressing challenges: electoral and economic reform, forging links with opposition parties, and preparing the country to face the threat of floods [...]

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The U.S. Small Business Administration urges small businesses in Mississippi suffering financial losses due to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill to apply for economic injury disaster loans. “These low-interest disaster loans can be part of their business recovery solution,” said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta. The SBA is [...]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 12 counties in Tennessee as natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought and excessive heat that began June 1, 2010, and continues. The counties are: Benton, Carroll, McMinn, Roane, Bledsoe, Greene, Meigs, Warren, Blount, Loudon, Monroe, Weakley “President Obama and I understand these conditions caused severe [...]

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–More than $50 million in U.S. Small Business Administration Disaster Assistance Loans have been approved for homeowners, renters and businesses in designated Illinois counties affected by the severe storms and flooding that occurred on July 19 through Aug. 7, 2010. SBA issued more than 91,000 disaster loan applications, however only 11,500 have been returned. [...]

Lawrence Mijares – AHN News Contributor Mentawi Islands, Sumatra, Indonesia (AHN) – Previously hampered by bad weather and heavy seas, government rescuers and medical teams from the mainland braved an eight-hour boat ride to the remote Mentawi islands along Sumatra’s west coast where an undersea 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Monday, creating a deadly tsunami that hit [...]

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved more than $2 million in Disaster Assistance Loans for residents and business owners in Wisconsin affected by the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred from July 20 through July 24. “Currently, 135 home and business disaster loans have been approved in the amount of $2,084,000 for [...]

Are you languishing under debts? You should be taking steps to eliminate those high rate debts immediately or the debts may turn into financial disaster soon. One way to get rid of debts is to avail personal debt consolidation loans. Personal Debt Consolidation Loans enable you to take a loan for paying off all of [...]