New feel-good website aims to cheer up crisis-hit Greeks

Seven of the country’s major alternative funders today launch a web portal – alternativebusinessfunding.co.uk – designed to signpost SMEs to the most appropriate source of non-bank funding, providing a short-cut to finance options that business owners may not be fully aware of. In addition, each organisation will “recycle” their rejected applicants to the site to access other potential non-bank funding sources.

Each week the National Post imagines the life of a notable newsmaker. This week, the Heartbleed Bug as imagined by Tristin Hopper

The Federal Reserve has incredible power, and the decisions it makes have profound implications for the global economy. All eyes are on the Fed as it plans to taper its stimulative quantitative easing program, which consists of the monthly purchases $85 billion worth of bonds.

Yesterday the European Parliament announced a turnaround in its fiscal policy. Eurozone misters took a sudden reverse on their approach to the financial crises, reported Financial Times.