Why World Backup Day Is The Best Holiday For Your Business
How much of your company s data is stored electronically? This is not a rhetorical question. Really. Stop and think about it. Accounting records? Marketing databases? Client contracts? How many man hours have you spent creating all of those documents?

Business Chiefs Endorse U.K. Conservatives in Open Letter
(Bloomberg) — More than 100 business leaders signed an open letter backing the economic and tax policies of the U.K. s Conservative-led government and said a change in direction would threaten jobs. Lowering corporation tax has been a key part of

Indiana Governor’s Response Shows It s Good Business to Speak Out
Street protests against an Indiana law that critics said opened the door to discrimination may have bothered Gov. Mike Pence, but when some of the country’s best known corporations began to criticize the measure, the official response quickened. Spence, a

What about business owners who don’t post ‘Open for Service’ signs?
Is it morally righteous, fashionably trendy or simply a smart business tactic to hang one of those “Open for Service” stickers or “We Serve Everyone” signs in a storefront window? There are many social and economic ripples from our state’s controversial

Eighty-Six Business Schools Extend Their AACSB Accreditation in Business or Accounting
TAMPA, Fla., April 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AACSB International announced today that 86 business schools have extended their accreditation in business and/or accounting. Founded in 1916, AACSB International (AACSB) is the longest serving global

Contract Research Organizations in the US Industry Market Research Report from IBISWorld Has Been Updated
The Contract Research Organizations industry experienced a period of aggressive growth during the past five years, benefiting from an aging US population and an expansion in private health-related research and development expenditures. For these reasons

Crimea: Only One Percent of Religious Organizations Re-Registered
SIMFEROPOL, CRIMEA (ANS – March 29, 2015)– All 150 re-registration applications submitted to Crimea’s Justice Department ahead of the original December 31, 2014 deadline were initially rejected as they were “very bad”, Irina Demetskaya of the Justice

Terrorist Organizations Are Not Entitled To The Protection Of The Geneva Conventions
Dr. Schoenwald is a physicist and engineering director. Dr. Miller is the Robert Wesson fellow at Stanford s Hoover Institution. A series of events has rekindled the debate about the limits of interrogation: aborted terrorist attacks on various Western

Business News Roundup, March 26
Stocks Markets drop for a 3rd day Investors dumped high-flying technology and biotech companies and sent the stock market down for a third straight day Wednesday. Major indexes drifted lower in early trading, following news that orders for long-lasting

Avis Israel CEO Representing Netanyahu In Coalition Talks
Four people comprise the Likud negotiating team putting together Israel s next government: attorney David Shimron, MKs Zeev Elkin and Yariv Levin, and a less familiar face, although he has been hovering next to Netanyahu for years, Yoav Horowitz, CEO of

Blow-dry bar to open on Broad Street
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Morning business news – March 30
Retail sales figures published on Friday pointed to healthier outlook for the high street with volumes up considerably. However, it masked a less impressive increase in the value of retail sales in the same period. Fergal O’Brien, chief economist with

Morning business news – March 27
ECB President Mario Draghi has said there is evidence that creating money to buy bonds is working for the euro zone economy. QE has driven down the value of the euro, and the interest rates that governments pay on their borrowings have fallen to record low

Stock futures edge lower; GameStop seeks more store acquisitions; BlackBerry posts small profit: A.M. Business News Links
Stock futures are edging lower, indicating all the major indexes could dip into the red when trading begins. Dow Jones futures are down 18 points, S&P 500 futures are declining 1.25 points and Nasdaq futures are behind 0.5 points. (CNN Money) Asian

Tech Business News: Apple Boss Tim Cook Giving Away All His Money After Death
Tim Cook, the man who replaced Steve Jobs as the head of Apple, revealed in a recent interview that he plans on giving away his entire fortune, which is estimated will be close to $1 billion, to charity when he dies. The piece drops quite a bit of

RedChip TV Announces Lineup for This Week’s Show on Bloomberg, DIRECTV and Dish Network
Mr. Gentry has made multiple guest appearances on both CNBC and Fox Business News and has been a consultant to hundreds of public companies. Partner Center

Business News: VW may offer U.S. pickup
Volkswagen is looking at getting back into the van market as well as offering a pickup truck in the United States, a top official for the automaker told Bloomberg. The comment comes as VW examines opportunities to broaden its range in North America

Stocks rebound sharply; Starbucks plans stock split; Adobe Systems shares fall: P.M. Business News Links
Stocks rallied sharply after the Federal Reserve ruled out interest rate hikes at next month’s meeting and said it had not “decided on the timing” of the first rate increase in nearly nine years. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 227.11 points to

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Business News Roundup, March 20
E-commerce Amazon gets drone-test OK The Federal Aviation Administration says it has issued online retailer Amazon a certificate to experiment with unmanned aircraft for research, development and crew training. The FAA said Thursday that under the