Success in Business Comes When Everything ConnectsForbesI often hear the popular notion that successful entrepreneurs are built from a single heroic insight or a single innovation. This is just plain wrong. The business world is a symphony of players a…
CNETSony to sell PC division, spin off TV business, lay off thousandsLos Angeles TimesSony Corp., a struggling electronics maker trying to regain its once stalwart status, is undertaking a major restructuring that includes the sale of its PC division, …
At Obamacare Small Business Exchanges, Sign-Ups Are Off to Slow StartBusinessweekSmall business enrollment in Obamacare health plans is off to a slow start. The debut of the federal insurance marketplace for companies with fewer than 50 employees has b…
93.1 WIBC IndianapolisStudy: Business tax cut would hit local governmentsIndianapolis StarA new report finds that past tax reforms will make it difficult to cut Indiana's tax on business equipment without causing big revenue losses for local govern…
EntrepreneurNot Just for Weddings: Set Up a Registry for Your New BusinessEntrepreneurMove over weddings and baby showers, some entrepreneurs are funding their startup needs through a business registry. In the same way entrepreneurs create Kickstarter …
New Yorker (blog)What Has Become of Business Journalism?New Yorker (blog)Business reporters are supposed to make the complex worlds of finance and commerce intelligible to non-experts. But business journalism generally failed to predict the looming cre…
Small Business|As Minimum Wages Rise, Businesses Grapple With …New York TimesIn business since 2000, Ms. Riley said she paid all of her 16 employees more than minimum wage — her lowest-paid workers make $7.75, the highest $15 — but she fears that…
Business owner: Food truck pilot program not beneficialFirst Coast NewsThe City of Jacksonville Beach voted Monday to release the brakes on food trucks and allow the businesses to operate under a pilot test program that will expire in April 2015. Busin…
How To Get Free Press For Your BusinessForbesIf you are a business owner, are part of a startup, or do in-house marketing or public relations for a company, then you understand something about the value good press attention can bring to your business. …
Washington PostBusiness trip to Iran "not helpful", Kerry tells FranceReuters"Secretary Kerry has talked directly to Foreign Minister (Laurent) Fabius about the trade delegation … about how this is not helpful in this regard to ensure …
Business leaders quiz lawmakers on priorities + videovtdigger.orgBusiness leaders peppered the state's top politicians with questions about mandatory paid sick leave and raising the minimum wage Tuesday. Gov. Peter Shumlin, House Speaker Shap Smith…
Sony said to be in talks to sell PC business to Japan fundCNET"A press report on February 1, 2014, stated that Sony … is discussing with Lenovo Group the possible establishment of a joint venture for the PC business. As Sony has announced previo…
Sony in talks to sell loss-making Vaio PC business: sourceReutersThe sale of the PC business would lead to disposal losses that would push Sony into a net loss for the first time in two years for the year ending March 31, the Nikkei said. The Japanese …
Income inequality begins to hit business in the pocketbookLos Angeles TimesThere's a new element in the debate over U.S. income inequality, and it's one that may actually get our political leadership talking about ways to address the issue: bus…
Novartis Said to Draw Interest for Vaccines BusinessBloombergWhile the vaccines unit was initially on the table with animal health as part of the possible trade for Merck's over-the-counter drugs business, Novartis may now sell vaccines separately,…
TouchBase tries (one more time) to reinvent the business cardBoston.comEven my current solution of choice — LinkedIn's CardMunch app — relies on unseen human beings to look at a photo I take of a business card and key in the data. That's in…
Washington PostSuper Bowl loss: How the Seattle Seahawks cost one small business $7 millionWashington PostMcIngvale owns Gallery Furniture store in Houston, Texas, and over the past couple weeks, his small business ran a promotion promising customers a…
Fire teaches Colorado Springs coffee shop owners some valuable business …Colorado Springs Gazette24 fire proved to the Heaberlins that taking care of a small business' back-end operations – the accounting, insurance, backing up payroll and other …
Washington Post2 dead in shooting at Vancouver businessKOIN.com(KOIN) — Two people are dead, including the gunman, after a shooting at a business on West Fourth Plain Boulevard in Vancouver. The shooting at the Benjamin Moore paint warehouse and ship…
The Middle Class Is Steadily Eroding. Just Ask the Business World.New York TimesAs politicians and pundits in Washington continue to spar over whether economic inequality is in fact deepening, in corporate America there really is no debate at all. The …
Wall Street Pummeled as Economic Giants Show Signs of WeaknessFox BusinessFOX Business: Capitalism Lives Here. Wall Street took a beating Monday on the heels of its worst January in four years amid worries about the world's two biggest economies an…
Six Steps For Making Your Business A Family LegacyForbesA Tale of Two Dry-Cleaners I was in a meeting of small business owners when one owner suddenly broke into tears. He owned a multi-store dry-cleaning business that he desperately wanted to be conti…
New foundation promotes religious freedom as good for businessDeseret NewsBut Grim also noticed a correlation between religious freedom and economic growth — where the freedom to worship is suppressed so are jobs and business opportunities and vice v…
A 3-Step Business Checkup for 1QFox BusinessThe first quarter of a new calendar year is a good time to take stock of your business's financial health with a business checkup. And while you may be tempted to think about your financial statements onl…
RT (blog)French Business Delegation in Landmark Iran VisitABC NewsA large French business delegation arrived in Iran on Monday hoping to revive economic ties amid the easing of Western sanctions following a landmark agreement over Tehran's disputed…
Montagu to Buy Bulk of Rexam's Health Care BusinessNew York Times“The sale of the health care business is part of our long-term strategy to maximize shareholder value,” said Graham Chipchase, Rexam's chief executive. After the sale, he said…
Star Anchor Deirdre Bolton Is Leaving Bloomberg TV For Fox Business NetworkBusiness InsiderToday was Bloomberg TV anchor Deirdre Bolton's last day at Bloomberg, Business Insider has learned. She's headed to Fox Business Network, according a sou…
Leading state business lobby looks to create 20-year strategic plan for Wisconsin77Square.comA lack of skilled welders is among the workforce development challenges prompting a new initiative from Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce aimed at creatin…
Business calendar, Feb. 2, 2014Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette'Farming 2014: Managing Risk, Revenue and Operations' conference. 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Decatur Conference Center and Hotel, 4191 W. Highway 36. Features 10 topics with speakers from th…
Six Ways To Spot An Opportunity That Could Improve Your Business–Or Your LifeForbesEmployees (and customers) would write down on a small piece of paper ideas they had for improving the business they were dealing with and would place those ideas in a b…
NBCNews.com (blog)Daley taken to hospital after returning from business tripChicago TribuneFormer Mayor Richard M. Daley was undergoing tests Saturday in the intensive-care unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after falling ill on a business trip to …
Boston GlobePrivate jet business soars for the Super BowlBoston GlobeFor companies that provide private jet service to the rich, famous, and other high rollers, the Super Bowl of their business is, well, the Super Bowl. Demand soars as wealthy individu…
Rules temper hopes of business boost from potNorthwest HeraldDan Linn, executive director of the Illinois chapter of NORML, an organization that seeks to reform marijuana laws, said he continues to get frequent questions from business owners looking to…
ForbesWhen The Government Closes Your BusinessForbesWhile it's highly specific to the FTC battle, Daugherty's experience as a founder is also a sobering story for any business owner to read. Daugherty opened LabMD 18 years ago, in 1996. The lab…
Business Success Requires More Than Good ChecklistsForbesA common request I get while mentoring entrepreneurs is for a copy of the startup checklist they need to follow, in order to build a successful new business. I wish it was that easy. The challeng…
NDTVHarvard business dean apologizes for sexism on campusWashington Post (blog)In a rather remarkable admission, the dean of the Harvard Business School apologized for the way the school has treated female students and teachers over its 50-year-old his…
KFDXMSU class helping local businessKFDXSometimes business owners we get stagnate in the same thing over and over and it's good to have input and the best part of this whole thing is it costs us no money. In return for their service students receiv…
KFDXMSU class helping local businessKFDXSometimes business owners we get stagnate in the same thing over and over and it's good to have input and the best part of this whole thing is it costs us no money. In return for their service students receiv…
KFDXMSU class helping local businessKFDXSometimes business owners we get stagnate in the same thing over and over and it's good to have input and the best part of this whole thing is it costs us no money. In return for their service students receiv…
KFDXMSU class helping local businessKFDXSometimes business owners we get stagnate in the same thing over and over and it's good to have input and the best part of this whole thing is it costs us no money. In return for their service students receiv…
Edmonton JournalObama Presses CEOs to Help the Long-term UnemployedFox Business“We are going to keep knocking down barriers to re-employment so more of the nearly 4 million long-term unemployed Americans can regain stability,” said President Obama …
Edmonton JournalObama Presses CEOs to Help the Long-term UnemployedFox Business“We are going to keep knocking down barriers to re-employment so more of the nearly 4 million long-term unemployed Americans can regain stability,” said President Obama …
After 30 years, why did the Mac never break into big business?ZDNetBusinesses still buy lots and lots of boring desktop PCs, for workers who sit at a desk most of the day. In enterprise settings, desktops have multiple advantages. You can easily hook u…
After 30 years, why did the Mac never break into big business?ZDNetBusinesses still buy lots and lots of boring desktop PCs, for workers who sit at a desk most of the day. In enterprise settings, desktops have multiple advantages. You can easily hook u…
Chamber Business Expo next weekAustin American-Statesman“The Round Rock Chamber of Commerce Business Expo provides our community a great way to meet forty-two local businesses and organizations all in one place,” said Michelle Rocha, chamber events…
Will the Volcker Rule Help Small Business Lending?BusinessweekSmall business owners occupied with holiday sales and closing out their 2013 books likely missed the December news about the approval of the Volcker Rule. Banking regulations are pretty dry,…