BusinessweekApple's latest iPads: Why business use will ultimately trump personalZDNetApple's iPhone has a lot of business traction, but the iPad is close behind and has a better shot than the Mac ever will in the enterprise. The tablet market …
Uber's 'F' Rating At Better Business Bureau Isn't For Surge Pricing — Just …ForbesUber flunked the Better Business Bureau test — and the New York Times said it was in part because of the company's controversial surge pricing. B…
Common Stresses – and Reliefs – of Small Business OwnersForbesBeing a small business owner doesn't come with a job description, and more often than not it includes unforeseen stresses and challenges that are out of the business owner's control….
11 Ways to Protect Your Business From Cyber CriminalsEntrepreneurThe “bad guys” are no longer the gangs roaming around with chains and baseball bats. Many are geeky little waifs associated with organized cyber crime. These thugs are using their bra…
azcentral.comNostalgia not enough for business — even at Mary Coyleazcentral.comThe owners were saying it had lost more than 40 percent of its business in recent years. But Mike Stoffey believed in the place. He had grown up with it. He knew Mary Coy…
EntrepreneurWhy Is It so Difficult to Turn an Idea Into a Business? Your Questions Answered.EntrepreneurThe phrase "the first mile" is based on my observation that there are a lot of possibilities for failure the moment you go from a business…
SFGateTaking care of business in S.F.'s high-turnover climateSFGateThe trend is particularly troubling for independently owned neighborhood businesses that have long given San Francisco its unique flavor, said small-business experts and Supervisor …
Wall Street JournalIran Gears Up to Open for BusinessWall Street JournalMany businesses seem to think otherwise. Consider the Europe-Iran Forum, scheduled to be held in London on Oct. 15 and 16. The forum brings together global law firms (Dentons Europ…
EntrepreneurBusiness Is Eager to Embrace Bitcoin But Regulators Are NotEntrepreneurWithin the last year, thousands of businesses across the globe have started accepting Bitcoin. It is apparent that companies, large and small, recognize Bitcoin's ad…
CNNAn Isolated Russia Signs Business, Finance Pacts With ChinaWall Street JournalAmid Moscow's continued standoff with the West over Ukraine, Russian officials are setting their sights on China as an alternative source of finance and business. Mr. …
How to Optimize Your Business Page for Facebook SearchForbesYou've probably noticed when you search for a business the results will often include social networks as some of the top results – especially Facebook. As Jennifer Beese from Sprout Soci…
The TennesseanLearn from failures, in business and beyondThe TennesseanWhether you're learning something new, like a new instrument or language, or testing new markets in business, any definition of success that doesn't allow for gradual growth…
Business data breaches driving up demand for cyberinsuranceNorthJersey.comWhen Robert Morris' grandfather co-founded the Rampart Group insurance brokerage 50 years ago, the priority for most of his business clients was making sure they had adequate…
ForbesGoing Dutch: Sharing Economy Turns Student Project Into A Global Business.ForbesThe business model works by selling memberships to universities, who pay a subscription fee to join, and then leave van Deuren's team to promote the service to st…
Washington Business Report: Oct. 12, 2014WJLAThis week on Washington Business Report, host Rebecca Cooper talked to Howard University Hospital Chief Medical Officer Shelly MacDonald-Pinkett about the Ebola crisis. CDC officials praised Howard Universit…
A sense of worth: Figuring business valuations is more than a numbers gameCrain’s Detroit BusinessChristopher Sheeren of Huron Capital Partners notes one reason to know the value of your company: "A competitor comes knocking and says, 'We'…
Business notebook: 10/12Toledo BladeBusiness Achievements, with news of management promotions, corporate board appointments, and awards, runs each week. Send announcements by email to business@theblade.com or by fax to 419-724-6147. Write “Business A…
Southern Nevada financial industry paranoid about pot businessVEGAS INCThe president and CEO of First Security Bank of Nevada has embraced medical marijuana as a new line of business. Attorneys, insurance brokers, landlords and other white-collar types…
Poughkeepsie JournalWappinger man driven to succeed wins business awardPoughkeepsie JournalUpon graduation from Marist College in 2006 at age 21, he launched his own landscaping business as a one-man operation. Eight years later, he oversees 10 employe…
MLive.comMiddle Earth owner Cynthia Shevel reflects on 47 years in businessMLive.comShevel announced this week she plans to close Middle Earth in December and retire to California. Many Ann Arborites are mourning the impending closure, and customers pa…
Wall Street JournalBlackstone Group to Spin Off Financial Advisory BusinessWall Street JournalThe firm said Friday that it is spinning off its corporate-advisory unit, the company's original business, in large part to avoid conflicts with its much …
Montgomery AdvertiserVeterans get business-ownership tips at ASU conferenceMontgomery AdvertiserAbout 65 small-business owners, the majority of whom were veterans, from the River Region and across the state attended Alabama State University's annua…
New York TimesBlackstone Is Spinning Off Its Advisory BusinessBusiness InsiderThe spun-off parts of the business will merge with the independent advisory firm PJT Partners, headed by Paul Taubman, in a transaction that's expected to close sometime …
Is Alternative Business Lending A Scam?ForbesThere will always be some borrowers who have the luxury of time and the creditworthiness to walk into a bank and come out with a loan—however only about 10 percent of small business borrowers can do that. …
Jackson Heights Mom & Pop Shops Fear "Business Improvement" Means …GothamistRoosevelt Avenue, the main thoroughfare of Western Queens, stretches beneath the 7 train from Woodside to Flushing, crossing dozens of tax brackets, scores of e…
The EconomistBusiness educationThe EconomistThe trend is the same at other elite business schools. In 2007, 46% of London Business School's MBA graduates got a job in financial services; in 2013 just 28% did, with investment banking taking a lower …
azcentral.comEvery business needs a data-breach response planazcentral.comThe first priority for your business is to understand the three primary data-breach risk factors: people, processes and technology. The people factor includes current and former …
New York Times (blog)Uber Flunks the Better Business Bureau TestNew York Times (blog)The Better Business Bureau, which was founded in 1912, is not a government agency, nor does it have regulatory or enforcement power. It was started primarily to protec…
WBIR-TVThe Best Business Schools For Career Prospects 2015ForbesStanford Graduate School of Business comes out on top of the Princeton Review's ranking of the business schools that offer students the best career prospects, as it has for the last th…
Business this weekThe EconomistHewlett-Packard decided to hive off its PC-and-printer business and create a new company, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, to focus on servers, cloud computing and big data. It will be run by Meg Whitman, HP's boss. When s…
ComputerworldSurface Pro 3 Is Built For Business And It's Here To StayForbesThere's been speculation off and on since Microsoft first launched the Surface tablet line about what Microsoft's tablet strategy is, and whether or not it plans to…
Defending the Virtue of the Business World at Home and AbroadForbesA new CNBC/Burson-Marsteller poll on attitudes toward business in both developed and emerging economies reveals some troubling findings. While business leaders in the U.S. and other dev…
The AtlanticHow TV's Sports Addiction Could Destroy Its BusinessThe AtlanticThe cable bundle is not at risk of collapsing this year, or next year, and ESPN is probably powerful enough to survive any threat to pay-TV's business by directly charg…
Indianapolis Business JournalLawyers branch out as business execs, entrepreneursIndianapolis Business JournalHer step from practicing the law to running a successful business is one that a number of attorneys have taken. Sometimes they turn a hobby int…
Tresorit Launches Its Secure Sync And Share Product For BusinessForbesAnother piece of news in the ever-busy file synchronization and sharing space. This time from Tresorit, the company that seeks to differentiate itself with a “security first” app…
Kansas City Business JournalAnatomy of an Ad Campaign: 'It's where business is going'Kansas City Business JournalMBB+ created a series of print ads to promote the KU School of Business. This ad features a student standing in a board room wi…
Fox NewsCommission says Christian business owners should leave religion at homeFox NewsThe Human Rights Commission in Lexington, Kentucky has a chilling message for Christian business owners who refuse service to LGBT organizations: leave your religion…
Wall Street JournalIKEA Gets Into Insurance BusinessWall Street JournalIKEA's mazelike ownership structure can make it difficult for outsiders to tell where one IKEA business unit ends and another begins. Mr. Kamprad has given few media interviews,…
5 Places To Get Ideas For Starting Your Next BusinessForbesYou want to start a business. Awesome. So does 65% of the 20-something crowd. The fact that you're on this website, reading this article, means that the odds are pretty high that you're…
Business Workshop: More e-filing for businessesPittsburgh Post GazetteThe Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee is continuing to push for more businesses to file tax returns electronically, according to its recent report to Congress. In 1998…
MediaiteLA business groups fear another defeat over minimum wage hikeLos Angeles TimesThe anxiety — and, in some cases, anger — expressed by business organizations is sharply at odds with the message Garcetti and city lawmakers have been trying to …
New York TimesBusinesses Turn to AirbnbNew York TimesLike a growing number of business travelers, Ms. Hauber, a San Francisco resident, and her co-workers have started staying in apartments and houses managed through Airbnb, which in July started a sit…
The VAR GuySmart machines, digital business may upend IT pecking orderZDNetBy 2018, digital business requires 50 percent less business process workers and 500 percent more key digital business jobs, compared to traditional models. For IT execs, Plummer…
Fox BusinessHewlett-Packard to Split into Two Public CompaniesFox BusinessHewlett-Packard Co said it would split into two listed companies, separating its computer and printer businesses from its faster-growing corporate hardware and services operation…
Appleton Post CrescentThe Buzz: Looking for hidden business gemsAppleton Post CrescentEmail your recommendations by noon Thursday to be considered for a reader favorite column running Friday. Tell me why your choice is extraordinary. Print readers with…
Fond du Lac ReporterMarian announces 2014 Business & Industry award recipientsFond du Lac ReporterBusiness of the Year award will be presented to Alliance Laundry Systems, LLC, of Ripon. Established in 1908, Alliance Laundry Systems, LLC, is a lead…