PricewaterhouseCoopers' "Trendsetter Barometer" interviewed CEOs of 286 product and service companies identified in the media as the fastest growing U.S. businesses over the last five years. The surveyed companies range in size from approximately $5 million to $150 million in revenue/sales.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Despite interest rates leveling off in 3Q2006, use of bank loans/financing was limited among CEOs of the nation's fastest growing private companies. New bank loans were completed by 12 percent, a one point decrease from the prior quarter. Loans among product companies were at 14 percent (off one point from last quarter) versus 10 percent (also off one point) for service firms. For a copy of the entire news release and charts on this topic, please visit our Web site: www.barometersurveys.com