Google holding seminars in KC to help small businesses set up websites – TMCnet
So today and Thursday the company is running seminars in Kansas City and giving away free websites — hosted by Intuit Inc. for a year at no cost — to the more than 1,000 mostly very small businesses expected to attend its welcome-to-the-Internet clinic.

VMware Focuses on Small Businesses in the Post-PC Era – NewsFactor Network
“If this momentum continues or increases, the future of hosted virtual desktops looks very rosy, indeed.” Targeting Small Businesses VMware is also working to entice small enterprises with a new iteration of its vCloud offerings. VMware and its partners …

Websites Now Free for Kansas Businesses – StreetInsider.com
Participating businesses also receive a local business listing on Google Places and free tools, training and resources to succeed online. Getting online represents an enormous economic opportunity for Kansas businesses. While 97% of Americans look online …

More business for small businesses – Politico.com
Each year, the government dedicates over half a trillion dollars to the purchase of goods and services through federal contracts with private sector businesses, both big and small. Because this is a significant amount of federal dollars, we owe it to the …

Greensboro Businesses Get Nuisance Complaint Letters from Police – My Fox 8
After recent violent crimes, Greensboro Police have notified some businesses that they could be shut down due to nuisance complaints. Captain R.B. Whisenant said the department have sent about a dozen nuisance abatement letters to businesses …

Hawaii businesses have opportunity to sell to China – The Business Journal
Hawaii businesses will have the chance to market their products … purchased for export to China during the Chinese New Year season, the state said in a news release. The buyers will be looking for food products, beverages, nutraceuticals …

Businesses learn triple bottom line – Guam Pacific Daily News
Members of Guam’s business community gathered yesterday to talk about how small businesses can incorporate triple bottom line practices into their operations. The conference that was sponsored by the University of Guam Center for Island …

Businesses complain to panel about commercial activity tax – Dayton Daily News
We all need to pay taxes, and we re willing to pay our fair share, but this is a grossly inequitable tax system on the businesses in this state, said Jerry Parisi, CEO of I-Supply, a Fairborn-based food and paper distributor. Parisi and several …

Canadian businesses slow to act on social, study finds – it World Canada
She said that businesses are not combining the two and finding the right balance between monitoring and engaging. Many are sitting back and looking at the results to determine how to act, Bieda added. And we see more of that (in Canada …

DE helping small businesses respond to Irene – Times Union
DOVER, Del. (AP) Delaware state officials say a rapid response team and a telephone hotline will help small businesses recover from Hurricane Irene. Gov. Jack Markell announced the team on Tuesday. Markell says it includes leaders from six state …