Historic downtown Roanoke hotel checks back in (Roanoke Times)
Developer Ed Walker of Roanoke plans to invest at least $14 million to resurrect the vacant and long-neglected Patrick Henry Hotel and to transform the historic downtown building into apartments and other uses.
Bank capital offerings are no easy sell (Inside Business)
One local bank had absolutely no luck raising capital. Another couldn’t manage to raise half of its targeted amount
Bill Seeks to Shift Rescue Costs to Big Banks (NY Times)
The Obama administration and the head of an important House committee unveiled legislation on Tuesday to give the government broad new powers to shift the cost of rescues of big, troubled financial institutions from taxpayers to other large companies.
Small business credit cards flourish as loans disappear (Fortune)
As traditional loans dry up, banks are funneling more of their small business lending through credit cards.
The Quick-and-Dirty Guide to Getting Things Done (BNET)
It’s no longer enough to get things done. You have to get them done faster, cheaper, and with fewer heads than ever before. So how do you do that? One way to manage projects better is to ask real-life project managers how they do their jobs during some of the most trying years of recent business history.
Left in the Lurch (BusinessWeek)
Startups are finding that in hard times not all of their backers hang around. Here’s what to do if they don’t
