Texas A&M International University alumnus and local attorney Joseph Dickerson will present his new book, "The Road Map to Rich: A Lawyer's Perspective on Getting and Staying Rich" (Ovation Books) in a special reception and book-signing at TAMIU's Student Center Rotunda, Thursday, from 5:30-7 p.m.Dickerson's book offers a practical guide to wealth accomplished through smart business and ...
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MICHIGAN | ROAD TO RECOVERY: Auto pacts could mend ailing state (Detroit Free Press)
Looking back a decade from now, there's a fair chance people will say 2007 was the year Michigan and the U.S. auto industry finally turned it around.
London is now the leading global financial centre (rediff.com)
London has been named the world's leading center of commerce in a survey by Mastercard. The survey found that London outpaced New York in four of the six dimensions used by the Worldwide Center of Commerce Index: economic stability, ease of doing business, financial flow and business center. While the other three are self-explanatory, business center "depends on the clustering effect of business ...
OPPOSITION LEADER OUTLINES AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY'S TAX PLAN (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Regulations / Law Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd has announced what he calls Labor's long-term plan for tax.
Midwest Health Care Startups Attract Record-breaking $1 Billion in Venture Investments through Third Quarter of 2007 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CLEVELAND----Midwest health care startups reported a record-breaking $1 billion in total investments for 104 companies through the third quarter of 2007, according to the BioEnterprise Midwest Health Care Venture Investment Report.
Zimbabwe: 'Things Looking Up' - URL Management Upbeat About Future (AllAfrica.com)
UNITED Refineries Limited (URL) management is buoyant that the entry of a new investor into the troubled food and detergents manufacturer could put back the company on the rails to full production and profitability.
In Global Entrepreneurship, One Small Initiative Can Make One Huge Difference (Knowledge at Wharton)
Entrepreneurs love to grumble about the roadblocks and delays created by bureaucrats. Government officials, they say, are slow, bumbling and concerned only about hewing to their rules and clocking out at 4:55 p.m. But in a study of global entrepreneurship, Raffi Amit and Mauro Guillen, both Wharton management professors, have found that a simple, if smart, bureaucratic initiative mattered ...
Lincoln Financial Foundation Bolsters Philadelphia Education Opportunities (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Lincoln Financial Foundation is stepping forward to support the city's struggling school system, awarding more than $900,000 to nonprofit organizations that are providing critical academic support in the city.
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