Monthly Archives: November 2012

Minister of State (Seniors) Meets With Iqaluit Area Seniors’ Organizations

Minister of State (Seniors) Meets With Iqaluit Area Seniors’ Organizations
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), today met with local seniors’ organizations to discuss informed, engaged and active seniors. “The Government of Canada is committed to supporting the well-being of

How can you donate to Sandy relief? Here are 9 organizations.
People across the United States are donating money, supplies, and time to help people affected by hurricane Sandy. Relief efforts have been complicated by damage to infrastructure in communities along the Eastern Seaboard. But first responders

Aid Organizations Prefer Cash to Canned Food
Mitt Romney s hastily organized storm relief event in Ohio on Tuesday highlighted a difficult reality for aid organizations. They ll take canned goods and supplies, but they d much rather have cash. The American Red Cross, contacted by ABC News

Leading Organizations in India Increasingly Adopt OpenText’s Cloud Services and Solutions to Help Accelerate Growth and Revenue
WATERLOO, ON, Nov. 5, 2012, 2012 (Menafn – Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) –Hundreds of customers are using OpenText’s cloud-based enterprise information management software to optimize relationships with critical stakeholders, including partners, suppliers

Wells Fargo donates to area organizations
Twelve Athens-area nonprofit organizations received $1,000 donations from Wells Fargo during its fourth annual Days of Giving breakfast on Oct. 30 at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. Wells Fargo cares about the needs in our local

Blame Obama for Slumping Small Business Hiring?

Blame Obama for Slumping Small Business Hiring?
During the campaign, the Obama Administration has repeatedly said that the president has helped small business owners boost hiring. Among its claims for how it did so: lowering taxes for small businesses 18 times, putting in place

Better Bicycling Mean More Business, Cities Discover
“Biking is definitely part of our strategy to attract and retain businesses in order to compete in a mobile world,” says Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak as we pedal across the Mississippi River on a bike-and-pedestrian bridge. “We want young talent

Two firms win honors from business group
It’s a small facility, founded in the 1950s and rarely in the news. Yet Riverview Estates, a 58-year-old long-term care facility in Riverton near the Delaware River, has been recognized by the state’s largest business group as an outstanding employer.

Obama Secretary Of Business Pitch: Romney Attacks, Despite U.S. Chamber Support
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney, at various stops on the campaign trail Thursday, unveiled a new attack on President Barack Obama for suggesting he’d create a new secretary of business in a second term, under which he would consolidate existing agencies.

RBC Leading Banks Seeking Small-Business Loans
Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto- Dominion Bank (TD) and Canada s other big banks are boosting efforts to win a slice of the C$18.4 billion ($18.4 billion) market for small-business loans as consumer lending slows. The lenders, ranked the world