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  • Libraries branch out into job-hunting centers Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 8:20PMPublic libraries around the Bay Area and the country have emerged as vital resource centers for the growing hordes of job hunters. With free Internet access, tons of information online and in print, knowledgeable staffs and convenient locations, public... Public library - United States - Internet access - Libraries - San Francisco Bay Area
  • Patricia Handschiegel: The New Power Girls: How Today's Women In Business Are Making Money And Change Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 11:51AMLucques is one of the chic little restaurants that dot L.A.'s Melrose Avenue towards the west end. It's tucked next to other local classics like...
  • SureBlades rises from Vestas’ ashes Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:55AMJessica Shankleman, BusinessGreen , Friday 30 July 2010 at 11:52:00 Danish firm’s swan song gives way to new turbine blade maker on Isle of Wight Nearly a year since Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas confirmed the controversial closure of its blade facility on the Isle of Wight, some of its former workers have launched their own firm manufacturing recyclable blades for micro-turbines ...
  • BRIEFLY: July 30 Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:39AMSee what's happening in and around Plympton.
  • Area Events Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:58AMBobby Valentine 's Sports Academy will be holding a two day tryout/evaluation for the BVSA 12U Cooperstown Fury team.
  • Area Events Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:28AMBobby Valentine 's Sports Academy has clinics being offered for ages 5 to High School age and will range in offerings from Pitching to Hitting and then also BVSA is offering "All-Purpose" Clinics. Limited enrollment available. For more information email info@bobbyvacademy.com or call 203-968-2872.
  • Press Briefing by Press Secretary Gibbs, Ron Bloom and Ed Montgomery, 7/29/2010 Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:36PM2:30 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS:  Good afternoon.  Before we do our regularly scheduled programming, we have with us today to give a little report and to take some questions from you, given the President’s upcoming trips to both Detroit and Chicago to visit Chrysler, GM and Ford plants, today we have with us Ron Bloom, Senior Advisor to the Treasury Secretary for Automobiles; and celebrating his second ...
  • Meet those running for the 102nd House seat Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 7:15AMFive Republicans and one Democrat are vying for the seat 102nd District seat held by State Rep. Darwin Booher (R-Evart). Booher is term-limited and seeking the Republican nomination for the open State Senate seat in the 35th District.
  • Jump-Starting Health Reform Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 11:30PMThe Obama administration should move quickly to help states establish health-insurance exchanges.
  • Can politicians develop policy before engaging their mouths? Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 12:27PMTHE lead up to this election campaign did not follow the usual script. Sure, everything that came out of Julia Gillard's and Tony Abbott's mouths was scripted and, most likely, focus group-tested as well.
  • Church fundraising appeal comes to an end Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:36AMFIVE years, £466,000 in grants and donations and a lot of hard work came to a close at the official end of the St James' Church Appeal.
  • Second Meeting for Commission on Economic Development Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:21PMThe Governor’s Commission on Economic Development and Job Creation held its second full meeting Monday at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in Richmond.
  • A toast to the wild things Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 8:36PMThis is a tale of wildflowers and whiskey from two of Ireland’s great storytellers and spruikers. Brad Thompson reports.
  • County makes strikes in the filmmaking business Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 5:45AMBerkshire County has a good-looking head shot, with Mount Greylock and the Taconic mountain range at its crown and Gilded Age mansions near its nape.
  • County makes strikes in the filmmaking business Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 3:36AMSaturday July 24, 2010 By Jenn Smith Berkshire Eagle Staff Berkshire County has a good-looking head shot, with Mount Greylock and the
  • Oregon budget stands at precarious crossroad Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 11:38AMSomething's gotta give as revenue is set to rise half as much as expenses in the next two years and stay that way for a decade.
  • Projects advance for CPNRD’s Platte River offsets Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 2:02PMGRAND ISLAND — Central Platte Natural Resources District officials continue to work on several fronts to acquire 3,400 acre-feet worth of water credits to the Platte River in their overappropriated
  • How to Start a College Entrepreneurship Club Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 1:04PMRyan Allis and Aaron Houghton met at an entrepreneurship club while attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Within three days of meeting, the two had the idea for their company iContact that helps small businesses manage their e-mail marketing. iContact now has 63,000 customers and generated $26.5 million in revenue last year. With the creation of entrepreneurship clubs ...
  • New Report Shows 80 Percent of Maryland Small Businesses Eligible for Health Care Tax Credits Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 10:32AMBALTIMORE, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new report by Families USA and Small Business Majority titled A Helping Hand for Small Businesses: Health Insurance Tax Credits shows that nearly 80 percent of Maryland small businesses are eligible for premium tax credits in 2010. Nationally, more than 4 million small businesses will be eligible to receive a tax credit for the purchase of employee ...
  • Developer Ed Burr:Downtown, the Jaguars and blue marlin Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 9:02AMEd Burr is a business, community and nonprofit leader who has headed the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the Jacksonville Civic Council, is a leader in the Touchdown Jacksonville efforts to sell Jacksonville Jaguars season tickets and was founder of LandMar Group, which he sold and then created GreenPointe Holdings to focus on sustainable development.
  • Court grants bail to jailed ex-media mogul Black Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 8:36PMConrad Black, the brash former newspaper magnate who lived extravagantly before his 2007 federal conviction for defrauding shareholders, may soon be released from a Florida prison after a federal appeals court granted him bail Monday.
  • Court grants bail to jailed ex-media mogul Black Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 6:07PMCHICAGO - Conrad Black, the brash former newspaper magnate who lived extravagantly before his 2007 federal conviction for defrauding shareholders, may soon be released from a Florida prison after a federal appeals court granted him...
  • Court grants bail to jailed ex-media mogul Black Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 5:08PMFILE - In this Dec. 10, 2007 file photo, convicted newspaper mogul Conrad Black arrives at the federal building in Chicago for sentencing in his racketeering and fraud trial. A federal appeals court has granted bail to Black. Black's lawyers were granted the motion for bail Monday, July 19, 2010 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. (AP photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
  • Court grants bail to jailed ex-media mogul Black Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 5:05PMConrad Black, the brash former newspaper magnate who lived extravagantly before his 2007 federal conviction for defrauding shareholders, may soon be released from a Florida prison after a federal appeals court granted him bail Monday. The ruling from the 7th... Conrad Black - United States - Supreme Court of the United States - Newspaper - Government
  • Rick Rule's Rubrics: Riding the High Volatility Waves without Wipeouts Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 3:44PMWith the inviting California surf a stone's throw from his office, Global Resource Investments Founder and CEO Rick Rule is always generous in sharing his wit and wisdom.
  • Administrators at local colleges compare operations to running small city Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 10:21PMAs James Netherton sees it, leading a university is more similar to managing a small city than running a for-profit company.
  • Fees offer early-boarding airline passengers privileges and perks Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 1:01PMFees offer early-boarding airline passengers privileges and perks
  • Gates' latest mission: fixing America's schools Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 11:13AMThe last thing you'd expect from an organization headed by Bill Gates is a math mistake. Yet Gates Foundation critics argue that its education strategy is based on a misreading of the data. Bill Gates - Education - United States - Microsoft - History
  • Bill Gates' School Crusade Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 7:08AM(Corrects the name of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education in the 29th paragraph.)
  • The Old Spice Video Phenomenon Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 1:01PMBehind the scenes of the Old Spice viral videos. If you haven't seen Old Spice's incredibly successful (and hilarious) attempt to translate its TV campaign into an Internet phenomenon, expect a forward from your co-worker, cousin, or junior high prom date any minute now. Advertising firm Wieden + Kennedy took Isaiah Mustafa, the manly, shirtless baritone from the absurdist Old Spice TV ads and ...
  • Chris & Michael Berry: Berry Picking in Colombia, Yukon Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 12:44PMNewsletter Writer Michael Berry, PhD, is one of the most respected economic strategists in America and a frequent to contributor to The Gold Report. On this occasion, Michael's son, Chris, joins the discussion and shows he's clearly a chip off the Berry block.
  • Waltzing With Wal-Mart: Can D.C. convince the world’s largest retailer to take up urbanism? Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:47AMOver the three decades Brookland Hardware has operated on the corner of 12th and Monroe streets NE, it seems to have nested in place. Floor-to-ceiling shelves are densely hung with every kind of fastener, cleaning agent, and kitchen implement a home improver might desire.
  • IRL teleconference - Bernard, Barnhart, de Ferran, Purnell, part 2 Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 6:13PMQ: Looking at this new car from a strictly commercial standpoint, in an attempt to address your TV issue, and also to provide additional value for sponsor identification, do you envision the dimensions on the body work of this car to be significantly longer than the current package so as to make the cars more easily identifiable for the TV audience, especially on ovals, and also to provide just ...
  • Zesa Holdings revives Hwange Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 3:38PMThe acute power shortages that have resulted in extensive load-shedding across the country during the past month could ease soon following the restoration of two more generation units at Hwange Power Station.
  • Report Shows Economy Needs Freight Infrastructure Investments Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 3:17PMNational report forecasts more congestion, impending capacity crisis Freight volume will double in 40 years, resulting in 50 percent more trucks on highways and straining air, rail and port capacity, according to a new report highlighted today by Gov. Edward G. Rendell.
  • Area economic activity dipped Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 11:13PMLacking the kind of home run project in 2009 that it had in 2008 with General Motors Corp.'s Lordstown investment, Mahoning Valley economic development in 2009 slipped a bit, the Regional Chamber reported Tuesday.
  • Chase Community Giving Announces Winning Charities for Summer 2010 Program Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 2:31PMNEW YORK----Chase Community Giving announced today the small and local charities that will receive a portion of the $5 million in grants from Chase through the Chase Community Giving program running on the Facebook® platform.
  • Six Tax Breaks for Small Business Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 8:36AMPlus steps to ease the credit crunch for smalls -- all in a bill moving rapidly through Congress.
  • Kenora’s Vanair Hovercraft knows their niche Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 7:34AMKenora's Vanair Hovercraft makes a durable, all-weather aluminium craft that's often used as a water taxi in place of ferries. Dave Van Dam isn’t one given to self-promotion.
  • July 12 - Calendar Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 9:53AMAUG. 18: The Small Business and Technology Center at East Carolina University offers a free workshop on writing a business plan and the basics of starting a business from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Willis Building. All materials will be provided at no cost to participants.
  • Programs to help jobless, employers Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 8:34PMA pair of National Emergency Grants, an employee trainingprogram and a pair of new tax benefits all aimed at getting theunemployed back to work and making hiring affordable for employerscould help ease high unemployment in western Montana , especially inthe state's ailing wood-products industry.
  • Hays-Lodgepole, Montana's poorest-performing school district, hopes 'change destiny' Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 7:43AMHAYS — Success in Hays-Lodgepole often is seen measured by its Thunderbirds basketball team and stars such as A.J. Long Soldier and Shawn Shambo.
  • Candidate Questionnaires: Sierra Vista City Council Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 2:14AMSierra Vista City Council candidates were asked to answer these questions: 1.  Why you believe you are the best qualified among candidates for your position. 2. What you believe currently is the most important issue facing the winner of the office you seek. 3. Do you support the city’s interest in investigating the possibility of getting Central Arizona Project ( CAP ) water through a recently ...
  • Starting a Business in Tough Economic Times, MUES ePowerlunch Webinar Series Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 1:44AMStarting a Business in Tough Economic Times. MUES ePowerlunch Webinar Series. Starting a Business in Tough Economic Times. It's true that there are more businesses born during a recession then any other time. Hear strategies to help navigate the tough times.
  • Chen Lin: Gold Stocks Poised for Breakout Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 2:59PMChen Lin is an independent investor living the dream. Since December 2002, he's turned slightly more than $5,000 into nearly $1M through value investing and exceptional market timing. Now he believes gold producer shares are poised for a breakout.
  • Mini-grants enhance the lives of Nebraskans with developmental disabilities Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 3:42PMJane Smith, who just turned 40, recently got her owncomputer.
  • OPL board deals with change, hears complaint Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 3:13PMChange orders for the construction of the Milan Library were considered by the Osgood Public Library at the regular meeting on Tuesday, June 22. One change included a metal display case not authorized by the board.
  • Area energy firm hopes solar power partnership program works out Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 11:00PMOn a five-acre plot in East Knox County, rows and rows of steel frames are being outfitted with the 4,608 photovoltaic panels it will take to make one megawatt of solar power.
  • Why your Ontario peach will be bigger this summer Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 7:39AMDespite increased demand for local fruit, Ontario growers are losing ground to cheap imports
  • Downtown Taft Businesses Surviving the Economy Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 9:04PMDowntown Taft is holding up against a not very business friendly economy that has seen many businesses open, and some close.