Business, unions negotiating guest worker program
WASHINGTON (AP) Business leaders and labor union officials are delving into high-stakes negotiations over a particularly contentious element of immigration reform a guest worker program to ensure future immigrants come here legally. The issue has

Business Intelligence and Analytics’ in 2013: Perfect Analysis
IDG News Service – Analytics and its usage is on the rise. Are partners equipped to ride this wave? Enterprise solution providers are keen to explore the colossal business opportunities in business intelligence and analytics this year. Channelworld’s State

Organizations push back against jobless benefits overhaul
Organizations opposed to a bill that would significantly cut unemployment checks for the jobless urged legislators to reconfigure the legislation in light of the harmful effects it would have on people’s lives. The press conference hosted Monday afternoon

Intl Organizations to Meet on Mali’s Future
Representatives of international organizations and about 45 countries will meet Tuesday in Brussels to coordinate efforts to stabilize the West African nation of Mali, according to European Union officials. Topics will include assessing the progress of

Nonprofit organizations sought to support – and be supported by – Slidell Heritage Festival
Nonprofit organizations wanting to receive financial support from the 2013 Slidell Heritage Festival, to be held on July 4, can now apply. The Slidell Heritage Foundation, the organization governing the festival, is accepting applications. The Festival is

Hackers target Western news organizations in China
More than 30 journalists and executives at Western news organizations in China, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, have had their computers hacked, according to the news organizations and a security firm that monitors such attacks.

Triangle organizations pivot to deal with patent law changes
New provisions in U.S. patent law are pushing organizations intent on protecting their intellectual property to rethink the best way to achieve their goal. Here in the Triangle, where universities and companies pursue cutting-edge research-and-development

Two-Thirds of High-performance Organizations Apply Performance Management to Executives
And these top companies are 3x as likely to apply performance management to their board members. (PRWEB) January 29, 2013 New i4cp research reveals employee performance management(PM) processes are being applied consistently throughout high-performing

Leading Patient Organizations Establish Partnership to Improve the Lives of Tens of Millions of Rare Disease Patients in Japan and the U.S.
The partnership uniting the JPA and NORD was formally established in Washington, D.C. by Tateo Ito , president of the JPA, and Peter L. Saltonstall , president and CEO of NORD. “Our organizations have a shared mission and goals,” Ito said. “We would

Religious organizations ‘disappointed’ by latest offer on birth control mandate
Religious non-profits that have sued the federal government over a mandate to provide insurance coverage for birth control reacted with disappointment Friday to the latest offer by the Obama administration to settle the legal standoff. The latest