Egypt says it has ended US lobbyists’ contract
The rupture occurred as Cairo faces criticism from Washington for banning at least 10 Americans and Europeans from leaving the country as part of an investigation into foreign-funded civil society organizations. Among those barred was Sam LaHood

Essential Learning Partners With Family Service Canada to Provide Online Staff Training Solutions to Member Organizations
SAN DIEGO, CA Essential Learning, the leading provider of eLearning services to the health and human service industry, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Family Service Canada (FSC) to provide flexible and customizable training

Rich Campbell: Martin County commissioner’s spirited defense of environmental organizations was both eye-opening, unseemly
You’ve got to hand it to Martin County Commissioner Ed Fielding: He didn’t flinch defending the interests of 1000 Friends of Florida and the Martin County Conservation Alliance at Tuesday’s Martin County Commission meeting. This strange but

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