The Small Business Authority, with a portfolio of over 100,000 business accounts, announced today the findings of its SB Authority Market Sentiment Survey, a monthly window into the concerns of independent business owners. Based on a poll of over 1,000 respondents, one of the key findings from the December survey is 55 percent of business [Read Full Story]

By Amy Hoak Foreclosure activity dropped 3% in November, compared with October, but the seasonal slowdown may just precede another wave of foreclosures, according to the co-founder of RealtyTrac. “Despite a seasonal slowdown similar to what we’ve seen in each of the past four years, November’s numbers suggest a new set of incoming [Read Full Story]

The following statistics are provided to the ARM industry courtesy of WebRecon LLC. There is one piece of good news in this update… it looks like the pace of FDCPA lawsuits has slowed a bit, and we will likely fall slightly short of the predicted milestone of 12k FDCPA suits filed in US District Courts [Read Full Story]

Grand Rapids, MI (November 29, 2011) – The following statistics are provided to the ARM industry courtesy of WebRecon LLC. FDCPA and Other Consumer Lawsuit Statistics, November 1-15,  2011 There were about 536 lawsuits filed under consumer statutes in the first half of November 2011. Here is an approximate breakdown: 472 FDCPA 84 FCRA 11 [Read Full Story]

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education selected Phoenix Business Consulting in a 6-0 vote as the implementers for a fixed bid contract for SAP financials and procurement. SAP is the world-wide leader in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. The SAP software implementation at LAUSD will include the modules for [Read Full Story]