Despite the increasing number of multinational firms setting up either directly or indirectly in the Middle East, many are making fundamental errors when looking to establish either a presence or agreements with local partners, claims Sheila Bibi, Event Director for Business in Dubai, the region's first business formation event.
Your bailout questions answered (Winston-Salem Journal)
You asked some great questions about what's going with the Wall Street crisis and how it affects Main Street. The Winston-Salem Journal and JournalNow.com put your questions to a number of local and North Carolina economists.
New IBM center to focus on social software (Triangle Business Journal)
Building on the momentum in social networking for business, IBM Corp. is opening the IBM Center for Social Software in Cambridge, Mass., to research and quantify the effects of social software on workplace productivity. (IBM)
Media Sciences Reports Annual Financial Results, Cost Reduction Plan, Litigation Settlement and Debt Financing (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Media Sciences International, Inc. , the leading independent manufacturer of color toner cartridges and solid ink sticks for color business printers, today announced its annual financial results for the period ended June 30, 2008.
Think tank puts LV on list of losers (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A California think tank has put a fresh spin on the city's "Lost Wages" nickname.
Business People (The Nashua Telegraph)
Juanita Emond, of Nashua, was recently awarded the Thomas Kelakos Employee Recognition Award from Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Lowell. An accounting clerk at the agency, Emond received $1,000 in recognition of "extraordinary performance." ...
Legal Filing Online Easy for Entrepreneurs (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - Janet Long and her family wanted to open their own business. They had an excellent product -- their late mom Elaine's secret toffee recipe. Elaine's Toffee Co. started out as a family affair, bringing Jim Ahlgren and his three daughters together three years ago.
New IBM center to focus on social software (BizJournals)
Building on the momentum in social networking for business, IBM Corp. is opening the IBM Center for Social Software in Cambridge to research and quantify the effects of social software on workplace productivity. (IBM)
DEL. REVENUES: Forecast follows financials down (The Daily Times)
NEW CASTLE ? Tax and fee increases approved by Delaware lawmakers in June were not enough to stave off declines in the state?s latest revenue projections.
Law firm moving offices, preparing for new leadership (BizJournals)
Frank Ingraham has practiced law for 54 years. Now the 79-year-old principal at Ingraham & Pautienus is stepping into an advisory role and letting partners Robert Pautienus, 34, and Nicholas Tidwell, 28, take on more responsibility.
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