Wichita State family business group proves founder wrong, marks 20th anniversaryKansas.comEarly in the establishment of the Kansas Family Business Forum, Don Hackett quipped in a planning meeting that he thought it would outlive its usefulness in a few…
Secrets To Scaling A Service BusinessForbesAlex McClafferty and Dan Norris founded WP Curve, a service that provides 24-hour tech support for WordPress blogs, in June 2013, while living thousands of miles apart. McClafferty is based in San Francisco, w…
Washington Business Report: One-on-one with the diamond boss, up close with …WJLAYou've heard his voice for years on your radio – but do you know the full story behind the "diamond in the rough" who became a business gem? Ronnie Mervis …
Site recommends top hotels for business travelersUSA TODAY"It has great Wi-Fi, a great business center, meeting rooms and numerous dining options," says Gregurich, a USA TODAY Road Warrior who volunteers travel information. "It is close …
Jewelry maker Tonia Brantley's personal style shines through in business ventureThe Saginaw NewsTo finance Bella's Divine Design, Brantley worked side jobs in car sales at Simms Chevrolet and then at Insight Marketing Group for a year, a positi…
Business calendar, Aug. 31, 2014Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette7:30 to 9 a.m., Parkland College Business Training, 1315 N. Mattis Ave., C. Hosted by Parkland College Business Training. Complimentary coffee, conversation and a light breakfast as you netwo…
Military veterans to get help finding jobs, growing a business, at Grand …Mlive KalamazooGRAND RAPIDS, MI — Military veterans looking for jobs or interested in building a business can get some help with two upcoming events. The U.S. Chamber of Comme…
ArabianBusiness.comDubai's Emaar to Launch Malls Business IPO in SeptemberWall Street JournalDUBAI—Emaar Properties, Dubai's flagship real-estate developer, said it plans to launch the initial public offering of its profitable malls business …
Hard work, focus lead to business awardThe News JournalNationally, the cleaning industry, both commercial and residential, is a $35 billion sector, and the janitorial services industry consists of about 50,000 companies, according to the U.S. Small Bus…
Campbellsport teen launches Dream Headwear businessAppleton Post CrescentLast winter, after taking a couple of business classes during his junior year, Twohig, 17, scrounged up enough money for a shipment of snap-back hats and a line of patches. He dub…
Bigger space may help Colorado Springs business boost other businessesColorado Springs GazetteTessarowicz co-founded Epicentral Coworking in 2011 in a suite at 409 N. Tejon St. The business allows entrepreneurs, freelancers, consultants, and telecommut…
Notable & Quotable: Business in ChinaWall Street JournalThe glaring exception to the rise of private business in China is in the services that have remained largely closed to entry by private firms. These include financial, telecommunications, and …
Business owner threatens to shoot after thieves steal wallet, phoneLocal 10OFF THE TOP AT 4:30 A ROBBERY A AT AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP CAUGHT ON CAMERA. A VERY CLEAR LOOK AT THE SUSPECT ON THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE TAPE THE OWNER DIDN…
Jessica Alba's eco-friendly baby business bounces toward $1BNew York PostPropelled by a monthly subscription service for diapers, Honest Co. is on track to rack up $150 million in sales this year — triple last year's business, co-founder and …
Growing Business Offers Paint with a Twist of WineVoice of AmericaTwo New Orleans-area women started a small business seven years ago with one thing in mind: to help their neighbors relieve the stress of coping with a hurricane's aftermath. Today t…
Travel Agent5 things I want from a Ryanair business-class ticketFortuneBut now Ryanair has rolled out Business Plus, its new and first ever crack at an upscale offering. It promises: flexibility on ticket changes (well, “subject to availability”); …
Corporate settlements in the United StatesThe EconomistWHO runs the world's most lucrative shakedown operation? The Sicilian mafia? The People's Liberation Army in China? The kleptocracy in the Kremlin? If you are a big business, all these are …
Businesses Are Winning Cat-and-Mouse Tax GameNew York TimesThe decline is the result of the rise of untraditional business structures, the effects of a more globalized economy and a labyrinth of subsidies and tax credits. And though the erosion has hap…
What Are The Perks Of Owning A Small Business?ForbesI have been a small business owner for more than a decade, and appreciate the dismal realities of starting and sustaining a small business. I have written about the downfalls of owning a small busines…
Government Can Do More To Unfreeze Small Business CreditForbesAccess to credit is critical to the success and job-creating ability of America's small businesses. But small business credit was hit hard during the recent recession and has been slow t…
Forbes6 Simple Ways To Get Customers To Review Your Business OnlineForbesThese days, a Google review can shape your business far more than a Google Ad. According to a Zendesk survey, 90% of participants claimed that positive online reviews influenced t…
To Kiss or Not to Kiss: How Culture Affects Business in Latin AmericaMashableHowever, each Latin American (LatAm) country has its own particular (largely unwritten) rules of conduct when it comes to this piece of etiquette, and applying Chilean greetin…
Netskope Delivers Box's Business Development Function–And Vice VersaForbesHere's an example of an announcement that purports to be a deep integration but is little more (in my view) than an opportunistic way for two organizations to meet their…
BusinessweekFerguson's Post-Protest Business Recovery PlanBusinessweekAbout a mile away, another local business owner, Beth Thompson, was unaware of the shooting. Thompson, who is white, owns a bakery called Cose Dolci, between a wine bar and a bik…
BBC NewsScottish independence: Business leaders question 'Yes' vote business caseBBC NewsMore than 130 business leaders have signed a letter saying the business case for Scottish independence "has not been made". The signatories come …
Telegraph.co.ukMore than 100 Scottish business leaders 'wanted to sign pro-UK letter but …Telegraph.co.ukGavin Hewitt, the former Scotch Whisky Association chairman who helped gather signatures, said around half the executives he approached agree…
It's Not Business As Usual In Ferguson, MissouriHere And NowHow the effects of the unrest will play out for local businesses is still not clear. Brian Goldman, president and CEO of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce, says at least one local business…
New York TimesThailand's Business in Paid Surrogates May Be Foundering in a Moral QuagmireNew York TimesThe baby boomlet here was just one of several bizarre and often ethically charged iterations of Thailand's freewheeling venture into what de…
USA TODAYBudget Airline Ryanair Launches Business Class TicketMashableDublin-based Ryanair is Europe's largest low-cost airline, known for its no-frills approach to budget air travel. But in a continued departure from its budget tradition, the airl…
Business InsiderGlenn Lurie named CEO of AT&T Mobility as it merges with Business groupEngadgetAfter nearly six years as President of Emerging Devices for AT&T Mobility, Glenn Lurie has been promoted to CEO of the division. The move is part of …
WWAY NewsChannel 3White House Honor Comes as Vet's Business TottersABC NewsBut even as he headed to Washington on Tuesday to be honored at the White House for his entrepreneurial drive, Victoriano was preparing to close his 7-month-old business, a …
USA TODAYNapa Valley, shaking off earthquake, says it's open for businessLos Angeles TimesAcross the valley north of San Francisco, other travel agents, hotel managers and winemakers are declaring Napa Valley open for business in hopes the quake do…
Where are you on the Digital Business Development Path?ForbesToday, booking an appointment for car maintenance entails calling the dealership and speaking with a person who uses scheduling software and checks a database for the necessary parts. This sc…
7 Best Practices For Global Business CommunicationsForbesIndividuals at companies in other overseas locales have immensely different expectations for greetings and farewells, proper conduct in business meetings, and other situations. Knowing how to say…
What Your Business Degree Won't Teach YouHuffington PostBusiness school was fun, but there is one discipline that wasn't mentioned once during my six years in business school and not a day goes by that I don't think about it in my role runn…
Teaching Business People How to Make Good DecisionsForbesThey have to try something, see what works and what doesn't, have the ability to ask questions and see how the pop-it beads snap together in the business world. Too often, we teach people jus…
TechCrunchPinterest Launches A New Analytics Dashboard For Business UsersTechCrunchAt a very high level, the dashboard is designed to provide a quick view into a business' overall reach on Pinterest. They will be able to at a glance see the number …
Car crashes into South Broadway businessKSDKLOUIS – A South City business will be closed for some time after a car ran into his shop early Sunday morning. After midnight, a car crashed into Rediscover Antiques and Collectibles on South Broadway in Le…
Wall Street JournalAmazon Prepares Online Advertising ProgramWall Street JournalThe Seattle-based retailer already has a limited business placing ads on other sites. In a sign that it has larger goals, Amazon is testing ways to expand that program with…
Washington Business Report: Stopping funds to ISIS, Donald Trump on his kids …WJLAAll D.C. people, all loving the building," Trump told Washington Business Report. Trump says the renovation will be finished in mid-2016, and he was asked how he r…
Boston GlobeFor small businesses, lawyer is counsel for a dayBoston GlobeTackling legal issues can be a minefield for many small business owners, who often don't have the resources to employ their own in-house attorney. As a former general counsel,…
New York TimesBid to Expand Medical Marijuana Business Faces Federal HurdlesNew York TimesBehind a tall curtain of corn that hides their real cash crop from prying eyes, the Stanley family is undertaking an audacious effort to expand their medical mari…
Ten-year-old CEO runs successful businessKSDKThis is a small business now, but Jack runs it like a larger corporation. Every once in a while, they have meetings around their conference table, where Jack and his employees talk about important topics suc…
Business Building Symposium set to pump up growthThe News-PressAs local business owners see their businesses and the area's economy improve, they're getting in gear to grow. Local leaders will come together for the first Business Building Sympo…
Will Ferguson sour business on St. Louis?STLtoday.comThe front page of the Wall Street Journal — the nation's main business newspaper — was dominated by a picture of a Ferguson protester in a cloud of tear gas. CNN sent the violent video of rac…
Business meetings, networkings and seminars in Escambia and Santa Rosa …Pensacola News JournalBNI is the largest business networking organization in the world offering members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and, most importantly, business r…