Western Wind Rises With Company for Sale: Vancouver Mover
Western Wind Energy Corp. (WND), a Canadian renewable-energy developer with projects in the western U.S., gained the most in more than nine months after the company said it was for sale. Western Wind jumped 40 percent to C$1.66 at 11:49 a.m. in Toronto.

Trucking company using hair to drug test
GREEN BAY, Wis., July 30 (UPI) — A Wisconsin trucking company is seeking to have the federal government require testing potential drivers’ hair for drugs, officials said. Schneider National Inc. of Green Bay has been testing people applying to

Company Recalls Hundreds of Thousands of Strollers
A six-month-old boy from Tarzana, Calif. died of strangulation in a stroller in 2004, while a seven-month-old girl from New York was nearly strangled in 2006, according to Peg Perego USA Inc. The company said entrapment and strangulation can

Indiana company scraps plans for expansion over ObamaCare device tax
Cook Medical claims the tax on medical devices, set to take effect next year, will cost the company roughly $20 million a year, cutting into money that would otherwise go toward expanding into new facilities over the next five years. “

Doctor’s company reimagines health care delivery
(CBS News) Health care is a nearly $3 trillion per year industry making house calls to patients who scheduled their own appointments online. His new company Sherpaa is one of several start-ups looking to use technology to help people

RIM: Canadian Business Mag Gives Up, Writes An Obituary
The accelerating erosion of Research In Motion certainly is painful for employees and shareholders, but the once-might smartphone company s downfall is also causing great remorse throughout the broader Canadian business community. Following in

15 People Who Helped Me ‘Build My Business’
Boy, did the president create a furor the other week in a Roanoke, Virginia speech where he said “if you have a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” “There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me because

Business leaders put UK on Olympic trial
(Financial Times)– The world’s top business leaders are using their visit to the London Olympics to raise tough questions about the coalition’s management of Britain’s stagnant economy and the country’s vulnerability to a euro break-up.

Strategies: How to be an Olympian in business
Stock up on cold drinks, grab some chips and maybe some salsa. If you’re like me, for the next couple of weeks you’ll be glued to the TV, watching the Olympics. I love the Olympics, but, if you’re a small business owner or entrepreneur, I’m

Obama s approval rating among business owners drops
Days after presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney used an excerpt from President Obama s speech to attack the president s support for American entre pre neur ship, a Gallup poll released last week indicates that business owners are increasingly

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian: News organizations should stop rushing to be first
(CBS News) In the first hours after the Colorado massacre, as the national media scrambled to gather the facts, thousands of people found information on the user-generated website Reddit.com. One user, or redditor, started what would turn into a

Pennsylvania Organizations to Get Refunds of $11.5 Million
Pennsylvania is set to receive a windfall of $11.5 million as a result of a bid-rigging case against a group of major financial companies, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The banks that have reached a settlement in the case, which involved the