Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) — The pound rose against the dollar after the U.K. said it will invest 50 billion pounds ($87 billion) in the nation’s banks to ward off a collapse of the financial system.

FastUpFront New Technology Frees Small Business Cash Advances from Credit Card Processors (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CLIFTON, N.J.—-FastUpFront introduces a new technology that provides small business to qualify for unsecured cash advance loans. Traditionally, these loans were only available from the business’s credit card processor, making these companies vulnerable to inflated costs, bad service and refusal.

Chemical Financial Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter Cash Dividend (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MIDLAND, Mich., Oct. 10, 2008 — Chemical Financial Corporation today announced that on October 8, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a fourth quarter 2008 cash dividend of $0.295 per share of common stock, representing a 3.5% increase over the fourth quarter 2007 cash dividend of $0.285 per share.

The best ways to raise cash fast (MSN Money Canada)
If you need to get your hands on some money, be wise in how you do it. Here are the options that will cause you the least pain, plus a couple sources you should never tap.

Investor’s Corner: Cash Flow Also An Important Financial Gauge (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Just studying a company’s earnings and revenue can sometimes lead you astray.

Mandaue exec justifies cash advances (Cebu Daily News)
Mandaue City Administrator Briccio Joseph Boholst yesterday justified the practice of allowing city officials and personnel to avail of cash advances to provide a fast (and) responsive delivery of services to city residents.