From February 2008 to February 2009, the legal industry lost 21,000 jobs, and many of those laid off are finding themselves in tough situations. Michael Wallace, who was laid off from a senior-level paralegal position in January, recently submitted an application to Home Depot. Even though attorney Joanne Rapuano found a new firm position after becoming unemployed, the lower pay has left her ...
Hawaii Strategic Development Corp. names new president (Pacific Business News)
Karl Fooks has been named president of the Hawaii Strategic Development Corp.
United Western Bancorp, Inc. Reports Execution of Definitive Agreement for Sale of Sterling Trust Company Assets (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DENVER----United Western Bancorp, Inc. , a Denver-based holding company whose principal subsidiary, United Western Bank® , is a community bank focused on expansion across Colorado's Front Range market and selected mountain communities, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Sterling Trust Company , has agreed to sell certain of its assets to Equity Trust Company and a newly formed ...
Business briefs (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Citigroup Chairman Richard Parsons, who has been at the center of efforts by the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury to rescue financial institutions and restore stability to the global financial system, will give a free public keynote address at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kennedy Theatre on the University of Hawaii campus.
More business startups find space-for-hire an economical approach (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Since the first of the year, Thad Pittman has seen a 25 percent increase in the number of inquiries from folks looking to lease office space in the executive business centers he owns, including locations in Arlington and Dallas.
The changing face of small business (Eureka Times-Standard)
Small business is changing. As a group, the people who go into entrepreneurship are different from those who did so a generation ago. Our region is changing as well, of course, with small business supplementing and taking the place of larger,
Business and Community update (Community Press & Recorder)
Andrew J. Samocki recently joined Dressman Benzinger LaVelle (DBL) as an associate in the firm. He is based in the firm's Crestview Hills office.
Invest NI?s £747m support for economic development (Belfast Telegraph)
Invest NI has offered £747m to support business formation, expansion and innovation projects over the past six years, its latest review has revealed.
TAYLOR: UAW supports new business start-up plan (The News-Herald)
TAYLOR ? Losing a job and having to start over can be devastating.
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