Small Business Loan Program Now Offered by Office Depot Through Superior Financial Group – Newsblaze.com
BOCA RATON, Fla. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), celebrating 25 years as a leading global provider of office supplies and services, today announced a new partnership with Superior Financial Group (SFG) , the Nation’s leading Small Business

Polk Tax Collector Mails Out Business Tax Forms – The Ledger
BARTOW | If you operate a business in Polk County, you have until Sept. 30 to pay your business tax, according to the Polk County Tax Collector s office. The Polk County Tax Collector s Office mailed out 40,612 county local business tax receipt renewal

New business specializes in shaved ice, all-natural syrups – KABC
July 6, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — A new small business is not only shaving snow cones at farmer’s markets but creating the original flavored syrups as well. Melissa Yen used to own a small cafe in Logan Square. The cafe didn’t last, but her love of all

Human Remains Found Near Lancaster Business – msnbc.com
Human skeletal remains were found Tuesday behind a business in Lancaster. Homicide detectives were sent to the 44000 block of Valley Central Way about 10:40 a.m., said Sgt. Michael Thomas of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau. The gender of the dead person

No one’s guilty in Deutsche Bank blaze: Business, supervisor acquitted in deaths of 2 firefighters – New York Daily News
Are you troubled that no one from the demolition contractor was found guilty of manslaughter in the Deutsche Bank Building fire that killed two FDNY firefighters? Yes, it seemed to me that the shoddy conditions led to the firefighters’ deaths. No, the

Standards Development Organizations Present at Cloud Standards Customer Council Meeting – PR Newswire
CSCC Appoints Liaison Officer to Work with Standards Organizations including DMTF, OASIS, OGF, OMG, SNIA, The Open Group and TM Forum “As we’ve stated from the beginning, CSCC is not a standards organization. CSCC recognizes the critical importance of the

Spanish Music Rights Organizations Raided by Police in Fraud Investigation – Softpedia
SGAE and SDAE, two related non-profit organizations tasked with the collection of royalty payments on behalf of Spanish musicians, composers and songwriters, had their bank accounts frozen and offices raided in connection with a fraud investigation

Apple and Microsoft Take Cloud Computing Mainstream – Yahoo Finance
The Office 365 plan for Small Businesses is optimized for organizations with 25 users or less and includes Office Web Apps, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Lync Online at approximately $6 per user per month. The Bedford Report releases investment

Inbox Business wins award – Nation
KARACHI: Inbox Business Technologies announced that it has won the 2011 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year Award for Pakistan, says a press release. The company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in …

Stand by, the bad news is coming – Sydney Morning Herald
But implicit in the leak is some bad news. Julia Gillard was very careful to say that ”families, tradies and small business” would not have to pay the tax. Note, big businesses, like mining companies, are not mentioned. Last time, the Rudd government …

Mass marketing: Tourism, businesses seek rewards from final shuttle launch crowds – Florida Today
It was a busy schedule with the media last week for R.J. Scaringe, who had interviews with National Public Radio and then CBS News. Scaringe … are efforts to sell the Space Coast to recruit new businesses and boost local tourism, which is a $2 billion …

Big business unhappy with petrol decision – Age
“The individual motorist is not one of those,” he told Sky News today. “It makes sense for motorists to be carved out.” But big business isn’t happy with the move to exempt motorists. Australia Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Peter …

Small businesses ready for recovery, but their lenders aren t – NorthJersey.com
Small businesses looking to grow say they’re running into challenges when they seek financing: Loans are harder to secure, and sometimes are more expensive than before the recession. Lending is picking up around the country. But it hasn’t thawed enough to …

Businesses owners react to change in debit card fees – msnbc.com
Businesses are currently charged .44 cents on every transaction using a debit card. But beginning October 1st, it will be reduced to .21 cents. That news isn’t just good for shop owners, it may also be good for you, “it would be nice so I don’t have to …

The Small Business Authority Launches its Small Business Blog on Forbes.com – Yahoo Finance
NEW YORK , June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Newtek Business Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEWT – News ), The Small Business Authority , is very excited to announce its partnership with prestigious Forbes. The goal of the Small Business blog published by The Small …

1m fine for business division of British Gas over green electricity error – Daily Record
British Gas have been fined 1million for mistakes over how much green electricity they supplied. Their business division, who supply firms across the UK, made wrong reports over seven years. It affected how much money they received from the government …

Essar plans floating shipping business in London – Deccan Herald
Prashant Ruia, chief executive of the Group told The Times that the company was considering a UK listing for other parts of the business, including its ports and shipping arm. “Yes, we are open to it,” he told the newspaper only a few weeks before the …

Editorial: Support businesses affected by I-43 project – Sheboygan Press.com
The good news is the ramps were opened early and businesses that suffered significant financial stress along the Highway 42 corridor can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The bad news is, the state Department of Transportation really dropped the ball from …

Chinese manufacturing slows | Bundaberg Business | Business News for Bundaberg, Australia – Bundaberg NewsMail
GROWTH in China’s manufacturing activity almost stalled in June, government data showed on Friday, as Beijing clamps down on bank lending as part of efforts to tame stubbornly high inflation. The official purchasing managers index fell for the third …

Businesses urged to hire young Britons – YAHOO!
Businesses should recruit more young, unemployed Britons rather than taking on migrant workers , the work and pensions secretary said on Friday. One of the British government’s key strategies in its drive to cut “painfully high” unemployment is to get …