Business Highlights
Biting cold puts a freeze on restaurant business TOLEDO, Ohio The homemade matzo ball and beef barley soups are lost on customers walking into Rascals NY Deli because there just aren t very many of them. Across much of the eastern

Apple s VPP Store for Business Unlocks New Opportunities for Developers
Businesses and their employees are relying more and more on Apple devices in their work. In fact, according to a recent Forrester Report, Apple won about 8% of global business and government spending on computers and tablets in 2012. This is up from

The business behind Ezra Klein’s ‘Project X’
Ezra Klein’s announcement last week that he was leaving The Washington Post sparked a flurry of speculation about where he’d set up shop. On Sunday night he answered the question in a blog post: “Vox is our next.” The idea is a modern news site

Counterpart International Celebrates 49 Years of Partnering With Community Organizations Around the World
A Nonprofit Building the Skills of Social Sector Organizations and Leaders ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Counterpart International, a leader in global development of the social sector, celebrates its 49th anniversary

HireVue Launches “WorldVue” Platform to Transform The Way Non-Governmental Organizations Source and Select Their Volunteers Worldwide
About HireVue HireVue is making business personal again through social, mobile & video enriched workplace interactions. Our Talent Interaction Platform lets people tell their story and demonstrate their talents, enabling high-touch

The Paradox Most Organizations Are Faced With
There’s an interesting paradox that organizations are faced with. On the one hand they realize that the rate of change around the world of work (and the world in general) is increasing and on the other hand they are focusing on growth.

Sunday business calendar, Jan 26
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF COLUMBIA: 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Summit Club, 1301 Gervais St.; Pam Crane, (803) 518-0128; columbiabusiness.blogspot.com BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CLUB: Gateway Downtown: 6:45 a.m. Tuesdays, Summit Club, 1301 Gervais St.; Vista

Business is booming for Bruno Mars
With a shot at four Grammy awards and an upcoming gig at Super Bowl XLVIII, life’s looking pretty good for Bruno Mars. If your browser has Adobe Flash Player installed, click above to play. Otherwise, click below.

The new sound (and business) of music
Michael Addicott works on Pandora’s Music Genome Project, training the company’s computers But for Internet radio, there’s a home for all of it.” Streaming sites paid out more than a billion dollars in royalties to record labels in 2012 (the most

Business response to Obamacare is mixed
Jeff Anthony and Deana Endieveri don’t want their businesses to grow at least not so much that they need to employ 50 workers. Anthony, president of The LA Group in Saratoga Springs, blames the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. The law requires

Want To Be A Business Leader? Brush Up On Your Writing Skills First
Business schools and their MBA graduates have been a target for criticism in the wake of the financial crisis, but is such finger pointing fully justified? Paul Danos, Dean of the Tuck School of Business, believes that MBA students do more good

New issues business lifts London Stock Exchange income by 48 percent
Revenue across all the exchange’s business divisions – capital markets, post trade, information services and technology – was higher, with a 21-percent gain in capital markets a particular bright spot in clearing house LCH.Clearnet last

U.S. Warns Against Business With Iran
The Obama administration intensified efforts on Thursday to counter what officials called a misimpression that the six-month nuclear agreement with Iran had opened the door to new economic opportunities with the country, emphasizing that nearly

Green cleaning business booming
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Much has been reported lately about the Valley’s bad air quality and the effects on our health. But an Environmental Protection Agency study found that the toxic chemicals in household cleaners are 3 times more likely to