While the country's 6.5 million privately held, women-owned firms generated an estimated $940 billion in sales and employed 7.1 million people in 2002, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, a Kauffman Foundation research report released today indicates that women-owned firms have relatively underperformed men-owned firms in a number of measures.
Recession Fuels Business Innovation and Formation in New York (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
to-Use, Affordable Offices with Flexible Terms
Media Sciences Reports Second Quarter Financial Results. (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Media Sciences International, Inc. [Nasdaq: MSII ], the leading independent manufacturer of color toner cartridges and solid ink sticks for color business printers, today announced its quarterly financial results for the period ended December 31, 2008.
Oklahoma Tax Commission business tax workshop scheduled in February (The Daily Ardmoreite)
Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc. will host a free workshop on state taxes for business owners and entrepreneurs in the Durant area, according to Dr. Barbara Rackley, coordinator of REI?s Women?s Business Center.
Women-owned Entrepreneurial Startups Underperform Men-owned Firms (Kansas City InfoZine)
Kauffman Foundation Research Shows Differences in Startup Capital May Directly Correlate to Firm Survival and Growth
Starting over: Creating opportunities after suffering job layoffs (BizJournals)
John-Paul Maxfield lost his job at a private equity firm about four months ago. In any other year, he would have looked for another job. Instead, he has cashed out his IRA, traded the family Volvo for a pickup truck and is starting his own recycling business: Denver-based Waste Farmers LLC.
Who?s Who in Wine Law (North Bay Business Journal)
The more than two dozen attorneys chosen for the Business Journal?s first Who?s Who in Wine Law represent a range of specialization and a deep appreciation of wine making, often extending to their own vineyards and vintages.
This Oscar-bound urban fantasy comes with a Twist (The Globe and Mail)
Oliver Twist, meet Slumdog Millionaire.
Biz Buzz: Business news from around town (Fullerton News Tribune)
Cherch Restaurant to open
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