Live business news:New chair of Finance Wales and Firstsource’s staff degree offer
Former group executive director of global bank Standard Chartered, Gareth Bullock, is the new non-executive chairman of Finance Wales. Mr Bullock, whose current non-executive and senior advisory roles include those with Informa, Tesco Bank, Global Market

The Biggest Business News at Dreamforce
Salesforce, Microsoft, and a slew of other business software vendors announce cloud, customer relationship management, management, marketing, and sales solutions for enterprises. Thousands of companies descended on San Francisco this week for Salesforce’s

PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news – Sept 24
– Chinese president, Xi Jinping, heard criticism of his government’s laws and practices that discriminate against American corporate operations in China on his visit to Microsoft Corp’s headquarters. (nyti.ms/1FvoMjr) – A legal position published in

Stock futures down; Walmart wants price cuts from Chinese suppliers; BMW cars exceed pollution limits: A.M. Business News Links
Stock futures are looking soft and most European markets are dipping into the red. Dow Jones futures are behind 146 points, Nasdaq futures are down 45.5 points and S&P 500 futures are declining 16.25 points. (CNN Money) Asian stocks were lackluster today

Refugees, Feuds And Fake NGOs: Volunteers Doing Humanitarian Work International Aid Organizations Aren t
LESBOS, Greece Eric Kempson is an unlikely hero. Two decades ago, the 60-year-old woodcarver, resembling a cross between Goldilocks and a 1980s rocker, left the south coast city of Portsmouth, England, swapping the dockyards of postindustrial Britain

Baruch s Greek Organizations Say Ban on Pledging Effectively Shuts Them Down
When one pictures a fraternity, one does not think of Lambda Phi Epsilon at Baruch College, a commuter school in the middle of Manhattan. Instead of housing a few dozen brothers in a rumpled old mansion, Lambda Phi Epsilon, along with the rest of Baruch

New Technology Captures Brain Performance for Greater Business Results
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Bottom Line Results LLC officially announced the launch of 10Rule Workforce Performance Transformation Cloud, an all-new workforce analytics tool and human capital business intelligence solutions suite.

Hall of Fame Golfer Annika Sorenstam Uses Lessons Learned on the Course to Succeed in Business
It’s rare that a professional athlete leaves their playing career at the height of success. Hall of fame golfer, Annika Sorenstam, did just that, though, when she announced her retirement in 2008. Like successful athletes before her, Sorenstam always had a

Wal-Mart needs a ‘transformational change’ to stop competitors from eating into the largest part of its business
Brave New Films/FlickrA wrecked Wal-Mart sign. Wal-Mart has been going through a tough few months, and according to analysts, the portion of its business that makes up the most of its sales is getting smoked by competitors. Grocery sales, which make up

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The 6 Types of Buyers for Your Business
Enter the Project Grow Challenge presented by Entrepreneur and Canon USA for a chance to win up to $25,000 in funding for your business. Deadline is Sept. 15 2015. Click here to enter. There is a reason it s called exit planning — the steps involved in

Orchid business seeks to thrive
For most couples, being married for half a century is quite an accomplishment. But for Carmen and Carlos Segrera, their 50-year union is about more than marriage. The pair are also business partners and owners of a company that specializes in creating

Digital and social media marketing for an internet business success
We can no longer deny it; the world is shifting rapidly from analogue to digital. More and more digital content is being consumed by people on a daily basis- on laptops, mobile phones, desktop computers at the office, tablets and more. This means that

Strategies: Small business depends on Silicon Valley
Emily Harris demonstrates Google’s “Let’s Put Our Cities on the Map” initiative designed to help small businesses. (Photo: Google) What s Silicon Valley cooking up now to help small businesses? I had a chance to find out when I arranged an Insider s

Catalonia business split over independence before vote
Barcelona (AFP) – A disaster or a blessing, business leaders are divided over Catalonia’s independence drive with some fearing the economy of Spain’s richest region could run off the tracks, while others think it would be a good move. Catalonia, Spain’s

Do Jewish organizations alienate young Jews?
We are told that Jewish organizations have to recalibrate their messages in order to appeal to young Jews. In particular, the argument goes, the opposition of most American-Jewish organizations to the Iran nuclear agreement has solidified the alienation of

Student organizations doubt OrgSync’s communication tools
GW s new online platform for student groups isn t syncing up with some student leaders. Student leaders will receive training on how to use OrgSync, the University s new online system to track finances and plan events, this weekend. The program aims

Refugee organizations want U.S. to increase Syrian resettlement
They tell stories of violence, of being run out of their towns. They tell stories of their apartment buildings being destroyed of having no home where they can return. An Indiana-based organization has heard the stories of heartbreak from the few

Terrorist organizations gradually use women to recruit other women, Laborde
Ahead of a meeting of the Security Council’s counter-terrorism committee, the Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), Jean-Paul Laborde, said terrorist organizations

What open organizations can learn from cooperatives
As I read Jim Whitehurst’s The Open Organization, I couldn’t help but reflect on my first job out of college. I had taken a position in a local food co-op, working in the marketing department and primarily managing events for three retail locations.