Monthly Archives: April 2011

Business brief: CNBC’s Erin Burnett joins CNN – Atlanta Journal Constitution

Business brief: CNBC’s Erin Burnett joins CNN – Atlanta Journal Constitution
CNBC host Erin Burnett has jumped to CNN to be a general news anchor and chief business and economics correspondent. She’ll start in June out of New York. She has been a well-respected anchor for three hours daily on CNBC programs “Squawk on the Street …

StartupNation.com Honors Nation s Leading Moms in Business – PR.com
The Sloan brothers are regularly quoted and featured in media such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune Small Business, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FOX News and many others. For more information, press only: For StartupNation …

Michigan House passes business tax cut, levy on pensions – Detroit News
Today’s winners are small business owners. Today’s winners are the unemployed … In the midst of the protests, a Detroit News poll of GOP senators found at least 10 opposed the plan, meaning at the time there weren’t enough votes to pass the package …

Business Activity in U.S. Expands Less Than Forecast in ISM-Chicago Index – Bloomberg
said today its business barometer dropped to 67.6 from March s 70.6 level. Figures greater than 50 signal expansion, and the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of economists called for a decline to 68.2. The pace of inventory rebuilding …

Sun News viewer stats shine bright – CNEWS
beating the 24-hour CTV News Channel by around 20,000 viewers and the Business News Network by about 10,000, according to rough numbers from BBM Canada, a not-for-profit consumer-behaviour analyst. And good numbers didn’t stop there for Sun News.

Telstra says small business falling behind – ninemsn
Telstra says small business is dragging its feet on takeup of new technology, with thousands of firms still not using computers or mobile phones. More than one in ten businesses with less than 20 employees operate without even a desktop PC, according to a …

Thai business people in Cambodia not affected by border clashes: minister – People’s Daily Online
The majority of Thai business people in Cambodia have not been affected by the Thai-Cambodian border clashes, according to the Thai Minister of Commerce, Thai National News Bureau report on Saturday. Thai Minister of Commerce Pornthiva Nakasai said she had …

Top Online Media Monitoring Service Launches Brazil Business News and Analysis Site – PR Inside
Brazil, April 29, 2011 / EIN News / In 2010, Brazil experienced its largest growth in 24 years, making it the world’s seventh largest economy and a top pick of foreign investors; however, Brazil’s newly-elected president is faced with massive challenges to …

Shuttle launch boosts business – The Business Journal

Shuttle launch boosts business – The Business Journal
Hotels and restaurants along the Space Coast are expecting big crowds for Friday’s launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.

Business Activity in U.S. Expands Less Than Forecast in ISM-Chicago Index – Bloomberg
said today its business barometer dropped to 67.6 from March s 70.6 level. Figures greater than 50 signal expansion, and the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of economists called for a decline to 68.2. The pace of inventory rebuilding …

Business Leaders Lobby for Marriage in N.Y. – Advocate
Zuckerman, the publisher of the New York Daily News. The letter dated April 28 argues that enacting … states passed them into law, says the letter. As New Yorkers and business leaders, we believe that attracting talent is key to our state’s …

Sun News viewer stats shine bright – CNEWS
beating the 24-hour CTV News Channel by around 20,000 viewers and the Business News Network by about 10,000, according to rough numbers from BBM Canada, a not-for-profit consumer-behaviour analyst. And good numbers didn’t stop there for Sun News.

Cummins Closes Sale Of Exhaust Business To Global Tube – RTT News
(RTTNews) – Cummins Inc. (CMI: News ) said it has closed the sale of its exhaust business to Global Tube, a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. The sale includes what were formerly Cummins exhaust operations in …

Ovation Releases Quarterly Business Travel Indexes – PR Inside
Ovation Travel Group, the 7th largest corporate travel management company by sales volume in the United States as ranked by Business Travel News, announced today that it has released its quarterly Business Travel Indexes through the first quarter of 2011.

Katherine Jackson`s blooming new business – Monsters and Critics
Michael Jackson’s mum has a blooming new business. Michael Jackson’s mom Katherine and brothers Marlon and Randy, arrive at the Los Angeles court for his murder trial in California. – Deano / Splash News According to TMZ.com, Katherine Jackson has gone …

StartupNation.com Honors Nation s Leading Moms in Business – PR.com
The Sloan brothers are regularly quoted and featured in media such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune Small Business, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FOX News and many others. For more information, press only: For StartupNation …

Shuttle launch boosts business – The Business Journal

Shuttle launch boosts business – The Business Journal
Hotels and restaurants along the Space Coast are expecting big crowds for Friday’s launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.

News: Cantronic Completes Sale of NA Business – Stockhouse
Cantronic Systems Inc., (“Cantronic” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: CTS) today announced that it has completed the sale of its North American Business, comprising the thermal imaging business located in Coquitlam, British Columbia as well as QWIP

Flooded business burglarized several times – WKRN
He told Nashville’s News 2, “It cost us several 100 machines that we’ve had to slowly either junk completely out, taking ’em to the scrap yard, refurbish them, and replace a lot of them with new machines.” Still recovering from the flood one year ago

Business improves at Japanese restaurants – Straits Times

Business improves at Japanese restaurants – Straits Times
Restaurants here, which saw business plummet by up to 70 per cent on the back of news of a radioactive leak at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, said business is now down by just 10 per cent to 20 per cent from normal levels. Mr Ronnie Chia …

Top News Stories For Entrepreneurs And Small Business – Portfolio.com
Supreme Court sides with AT&T in class action test: The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, has agreed with AT&T that agreements customers make to settle disputes through individual arbitration are binding. That’s important because it could restrict the number …

StartupNation.com Honors Nation s Leading Moms in Business – PR.com
The Sloan brothers are regularly quoted and featured in media such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune Small Business, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FOX News and many others. For more information, press only: For StartupNation …

White Digital Media Updates User Experience within Popular Websites – 24-7PressRelease.com
CARLSBAD, CA, April 29, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ — White Digital Media, the leading digital business news source for C-level executives worldwide, has gone under the knife. The parent company of seventeen digital magazines and over twenty websites is …

Business Leaders, in Letter, Will Urge Albany to Legalize Gay Marriage – New York Times

Business Leaders, in Letter, Will Urge Albany to Legalize Gay Marriage – New York Times
Two dozen high-profile New York business leaders plan to release an open letter on Friday urging state lawmakers to legalize same-sex marriage , arguing that the measure would help companies attract and retain employees. In an age where talent

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Push to regulate Seattle’s pedicab business – msnbc.com
SEATTLE — After a deadly pedicab accident in 2008, there were calls for immediate changes to regulation to make them safer. But still nothing has happened. Brad Drago is a Seattle pedicab driver. “I’m my own boss, make my own hours, good money,” he said

Letter: Senators helped small business with swipe card fees – Shreveport Times
On behalf of Louisiana small business owners, I would like to thank U.S. Sens. Mary Landrieu and David Vitter for standing up for small businesses in light of efforts to delay or repeal important debit card swipe fee reforms that were passed last year. As