Google dips toe into customer service business
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Google Inc is dipping its toe into the customer-service business as the world’s largest Internet search company steps up competition with e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. Google rolled out a new certification service called

The Morning Download: How Apple s Crusade Against Google Hurts Business
The Morning Download cues up the most important news in business technology every weekday morning. Send us your tips, compliments and complaints. Good morning. Apple s war with Google could have the effect of erasing many of the cost and

Using Your 401(k) to Buy a Small Business
It takes a creative and determined buyer to purchase a small business in today s lending environment. If there s any doubt that small-business lending has yet to recover in any meaningful way, look no further than Ami Kassar s new

Apple Maps Could Launch With More Business Listings Than Google
If the two companies self-reported numbers are accurate, and if nothing changes between now and then, Apple s new Maps product will launch later this year with more local business listings than Google. Meanwhile, when Google announced its new Google+

NFIB: Small-business owners lack confidence in economy
Small business owners weren t as confident in the economy in May as they were in April, according to a monthly survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business National Federation of Independent Business Latest from The

Exclusive: Business software IPOs hope to trump market woes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Data analysis software company Tableau Software and developer tools maker Atlassian are among several small, business software firms preparing to go public in the next 12 months, hoping a growing market for cloud computing

City National Bank Appoints Bruce Ford as Regional Business Banking Manager
SAN DIEGO, June 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — City National Bank, California and Nevada’s Premier Private and Business Bank , today announced the appointment of Bruce Ford to regional business banking manager San Diego, California, and Nevada.

UPDATE: Discover Launches Mortgage Business in Continued Expansion
Discover Financial Services (DFS) will initially target existing customers as it prepares to ramp up its newly created mortgage business, the credit-card lender’s latest effort to broaden its consumer banking operations. Discover will market

BUSINESS SCHOOL LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL MBA SCHOLARSHIP Entrepreneurship track added to boost student
Chennai, 12, June 2012: NEWCASTLE University Business School, UK has announced a unique MBA scholarship geared to the high-calibre international student market. The MBA scholarship has been developed to provide a financially viable opportunity

Small business owners’ sentiment unchanged in May
NEW YORK Small business owners remain fairly pessimistic about how business will fare in the coming months, according to a recent survey. The National Federation of Independent Business says its May index of owners’ optimism was little changed

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NEW YORK Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest cellphone company, is dropping nearly all of its phone plans in favor of pricing schemes that encourage consumers to connect their tablets and PCs to Verizon’s network. The new plans will become available

Nokia: We’re basically the world’s largest maps company – CNET News
“We’re basically the world’s largest mapping company,” Hans Peter Brondmo, head of innovation for Nokia’s Location and Commerce business, told CNET. Brondmo added that Nokia’s maps platform enables 176 million devices in 196 countries and over 50 languages.

Local youth organizations merge
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative: a 25-year-old group that provides mentoring, college access and other services to students, mostly in Cincinnati Public Schools. www.cycyouth.org Jobs for Cincinnati Graduates: formed 30 years ago and provides a

Rally Protests Contraception Coverage Mandate for Religious Organizations
COURT HOUSE About two dozen local church members gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Superior Court Building here Fri., June 8 to protest a mandate by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) they claim violates their religious freedom.

Missoula car show benefits local non profit
More than 250 cars filled the parking lot of Karl Tyler Chevrolet to raise money for Montana Auto Technologies and a few other charity organizations including the Montana Food Bank Network. Some brief rain didn’t keep car fanatics away and some

Matching Funds and Coaching Help Nonprofit Media Organizations Adapt during Tumultuous Times
With their industry facing upheaval and suffering fallout from the recession, nonprofit media organizations have found a need to adapt more quickly than ever before. An innovative funder collaborative has helped address this challenge through a combination

Now that Freelance Settlement Must Be Renegotiated, Where are Voices of Authors’ Organizations?
At intervals in these pages, I have been discussing the six-year-long fight by objectors to block a settlement between freelance journalists and the periodical and electronic database industries a horrible sellout engineered by the Authors Guild, the

Buffett’s company discloses Lee Enterprises stake – YAHOO!
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Billionaire Warren Buffett’s company disclosed Tuesday that it owns about 3.2 percent of the stock of newspaper company Lee Enterprises Inc. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., disclosed that it owned 1.66 million shares of Lee’s stock …

St. Augustine Gold and Copper Comments on Recent Philippine’s News Articles – msnbc.com
St Augustine Gold & Copper Limited (TSX:SAU) (“St Augustine” or the “Company”) has taken note of recent Philippine news articles commenting on its participation in the King-king project (the “Project”) and the Philippine mining industry, in particular an …

Horse trainer ‘Drug’ O’Neill has plenty of company – msnbc.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The affable man with the horse that may become the first Triple Crown winner in more than a generation can’t seem to outrun his unflattering nickname: “Drug” O’Neill. But Doug O’Neill is far from the only trainer in Saturday’s …

Nokia: We’re basically the world’s largest maps company – CNET News
“We’re basically the world’s largest mapping company,” Hans Peter Brondmo, head of innovation for Nokia’s Location and Commerce business, told CNET. Brondmo added that Nokia’s maps platform enables 176 million devices in 196 countries and over 50 languages.

Mmm…Donuts: Domain name company eyes a diverse Web – CNET News
If the team at domain registry company Donuts has its way, Web users will be able to enjoy domain names as they do doughnuts — for the variety. The company announced today that multi-billion dollar private equity and venture funds are investing more than …

Southern Company Awarded 85th Annual EEI Edison Award for Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion – YAHOO!
ORLANDO, Fla., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Southern Company today received the 85th Annual EEI Edison Award, the electric utility industry’s most prestigious honor, for the company’s efforts in leading the nuclear renaissance. The company made …

Lewisville Medical company agrees to Medicare fraud settlement – Dallas Morning News
Orthofix Inc. will pay more than $34.2 million to settle a whistle-blower civil lawsuit under the False Claims Act that alleged the company improperly waived patient co-payments, resulting in overpayments by federal programs. The suit also said …

Curt Schilling s Video-Game Company Files for Bankruptcy – Bloomberg
The company received about $49.5 million … the return of our investment, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee said yesterday at a news conference. And the taxpayers of Rhode Island can have full confidence that if there s a penny …