Small Business Strategies: Obama’s proposal could hurt
Want an SBA loan? Don’t bother applying if you needed less than a few hundred thousand dollars. In looking at President Obama’s just-announced proposal to combine the SBA with five other agencies, I’m fearful we’ll soon return to the days when

SPX Sells Auto Tools Business for $1.15 Billion
The SPX Corporation, an industrial conglomerate, said on Tuesday that it had agreed to sell its auto tools and solutions business to Robert Bosch of Germany for $1.15 billion in cash. By shedding the business, SPX s flow technology unit, which

Business Social Media: Rise of the Machines
Maybe the old guard in enterprise software is firing back at the social media upstarts. At least one, Tibco, is using the best ammo it has, boring old business data. Don t scoff. Much of our working day involves finding out the state of play

Christie Can t Shake N.J. s Last Place Business-Climate Rank
Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the Republican who has sought to roll back taxes, battled with public employee unions and was courted to run for president, can t shake one distinction: His state again ranks last in

Schulich School of Business Students Graduate to the IBM SmartCloud
In the fall of 2011, 400 students enrolled in “Management 1000” at the Schulich School of Business used IBM’s social networking services to aid their semester-long project of creating a comprehensive business plan. Students at Schulich used the IBM