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Mike Wilson
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Friday, 03 September 2010 00:00 |
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According to Bankrate.com, 30-year fixed mortgage rates are right around 4.5 percent. Fifteen-year fixed mortgage rates are about 3.9 percent. If you haven’t refinanced your mortgage in the last year or two, does it make sense to do so now?
One of the first things to do before you make any decision is to examine your own credit history. Those low mortgage rates like you see on Bankrate.com are offered to customers with top-notch credit histories. If you have less than stellar credit,...
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RICK FARRANT - rfarrant@fwbusiness.com
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Friday, 27 August 2010 00:00 |
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When Jim Lopshire became director of the Paulding County Extension Service in 2001, he oversaw a staff of six.
Today, the service has 1.8 employees. Lopshire is one of them.
“Some days,” he said, “it’s very difficult. There’s more pressure on setting priorities, on what needs to get done and what can be put off. I don’t think people realize all that we do.”
As budgets shrink at the local and state levels, one of the core services for...
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LINDA LIPP - lindal@fwbusiness.com
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Friday, 27 August 2010 00:00 |
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The recession didn’t force economic development officials in Van Wert, Ohio, to change their focus to the development and retention of small businesses. But it did serve to heighten and hone efforts already under way.
In November, the Van Wert County Economic Development Group and the Van Wert Innovation Center will sponsor the county’s second-annual entrepreneurship fair. This year’s event, on Nov. 13, also will include a business plan competition that will award $5,000 to...
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RICK FARRANT - rfarrant@fwbusiness.com
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Friday, 20 August 2010 00:00 |
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Cardboard boxes filled with important documents rested on the floor of Dr. Philip Medon’s sparse office, plaques and certificates leaned against a wall and the desktop looked barely used.
A smattering of papers lay on the desk and a half-consumed bottle of Diet Coke stood at the edge of Medon’s computer, which was linked to an Internet radio station playing Lionel Richie’s “Three Times a Lady.”
“It’s very lonely,” Medon admitted. “You...
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LINDA LIPP - lindal@fwbusiness.com
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Friday, 13 August 2010 00:00 |
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It wasn’t that many years ago that Brennan Stillman was the student being ferried by a busy parent from one dance or music class to another.
She took that into consideration when she decided to open her own studio, the Pulse Performing Arts Center, to offer a wide variety of classes in various forms of dance, music, theater and other performing arts at a single location. Six or seven instructors with expertise in different areas will handle the teaching...
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