Africa Business News Mobile phones help kill poverty – Awoko
Farmer and cattleman David Bai Kamara of Port Loko District in the Northern part of Sierra Leone hardly travels out of his local town these days. Indeed for the past four years he has only traveled to Freetown once to meet up with a buyer who was very …
Gov, senators meet with businesses – Denver Post
LOUISVILLE, Colo. Both of Colorado’s senators and the governor are headed to Louisville to hear ideas from business owners about making Colorado a better place for new entrepreneurs. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper frequently says he wants to make …
German business sentiment rises unexpectedly – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Business optimism rose unexpectedly in Germany during June in a fresh indication that the country’s recovery remains strong despite a steady drumbeat of bad news about Greece’s debt crisis. The Ifo institute said Friday its index rose to 114.5 from 114.2 in May.
Small business optimism at a dangerous low – CBS News
A trade group said this week that small business optimism dropped slightly in May, the third monthly drop in a row Lower optimism almost certainly means fewer hires. CBS News correspondent Seth Doane reports that the news is yet another sign that any …
Woodstock teenager launches SAT/ACT prep business – Cherokee Tribune
WOODSTOCK – Michael Ehmann, a 19-year-old Woodstock resident and rising Georgia Tech sophomore, is dedicating his summer break to helping high school students prepare for college and, in the meantime, gaining some real-world business experience.
Business leaders team up to study possible new Rays stadium – Bay News 9
Business leaders from around the Bay area are teaming up to look at the options for a possible new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays. According to Bay News 9 ‘s partner paper, the St. Petersburg Times , the group is putting together an economic survey to see …
Business Journal readers can now post People on the Move items – The Business Journal
We ll continue to publish select personnel news in the paper, but all of our People on the … You can also select multiple markets; editors at the business journals in those markets will receive a copy of the submission and will decide whether to …
Google acknowledges FTC probe of its business – San Jose Mercury News
Google ( GOOG ) this morning acknowledged that it has “received formal notification,” according to a blog post, that the Federal Trade Commission is reviewing its business … According to a Mercury News report this morning, the FTC probe could focus …
Victims: Assailants were trying to steal business – Iowa City Press-Citizen
Police arrested a group of men Thursday who allegedly had been intimidating another group of men in an attempt to take over their construction business. Iowa City police responded to a report of fighting and weapons being displayed at the Hilltop Mobile …