fiscal year

A growing number of businesses are struggling to land loans through the Small Business Administration's flagship lending program.

The number of 7(a) loans given in the 2008 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, dropped 30% from 2007, the SBA reported last week.

Balanced Fiscal Year 2009 budget responds to community needs and priorities; $2.8 billion dollar budget take effect Oct. 1, 2008.

The City of Austin’s proposed $2.8 billion budget for the 2009 fiscal year includes cutbacks, hiring freezes and price increases.

Company is reviewing potential sites for the center, slated to open during its next fiscal year, to better understand the consumer search habits, methods, and preferences of local residents.

Wal-Mart Stores edged past forecasts in what it termed a good start to its fiscal year, as it said that tough economic times helped sales at the discount leader.

More than 800 employees at Texas facilities for the mentally and developmentally disabled have been suspended or fired for abusing patients since fiscal year 2004.

Both Red Hat and Oracle had excellent quarters, but Oracle's was apparently not "excellent" enough for Wall Street's tastes.

Its shares and the market went south on fears that technology spending is in decline. Apparently Wall Street didn't notice that Red Hat actually raised its fiscal year 2009 guidance.

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The federal budget deficit for the first five months of this fiscal year has risen more than 60% from the prior year after ballooning by more than expected in February, the Treasury Department said Wednesday.

Federal agents who track down fugitive illegal immigrants arrested more than 30,000 people nationally this fiscal year, nearly double the previous year, officials said Tuesday.