Archive for April, 2006


Business News - Action group gets down to business 

Action group gets down to business  ic Birmingham - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago A group of business leaders and public figures in Coventry and Warwickshire has acted quickly to help deal with the impact of the Ryton closure. A new organisation called the Peugeot Partnership met for the first time yesterday just 24 hours after Peugeot’s […]

Business News - Community Colleges Get Real

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Business News - Business people 

Business people  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - 8 minutes ago The American Lung Association of Indiana has named a new 13-member board of directors. Fort Wayne representatives on the board are: Joseph Kohnen, president and owner of Summit Software; Win Rood, chief executive officer of the Fort Wayne Medical Society; and Jim Schmelzer, business consultant.Save to My […]

Business News - KKR to Acquire Flextronics’ Software Development and Solutions Business 

KKR to Acquire Flextronics’ Software Development and Solutions Business  SYS-CON Media - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (”KKR”) today announced that an affiliate of KKR has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the software development and solutions business (”the software business”) of Flextronics International Ltd. (Nasdaq: FLEX) in a transaction valued at […]

Business News - Honors awarded for earth-friendly business practice

Honors awarded for earth-friendly business practice Inside Bay Area, CA - 1 hour ago FREMONT Seven Fremont businesses have been honored by the Bay Area Green Business Program for being friendly to the environment in their daily modes of
The Business Doctor: Do I have to cave in on flexi time? The Sunday […]

Business News - Latest Idaho news, sports, business and entertainment:

Latest Idaho news, sports, business and entertainment: KBCI 2 Boise - DONNELLY, Idaho (AP) _ Tamarack ski resort in central Idaho will be extending its lift operations because of the extensive snowpack still on the mountain. The snow is expected to provide good skiing into next month. Resort officials say they have
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Business News - Bunny business: Retailers hop to it over Easter

Bunny business: Retailers hop to it over EasterBoston Herald - A n unprecedented marketing blitz by retailers is pushing Easter spending to record highs this year - much to the dismay ofreligious purists battling to preserve the message of Christ s resurrection amid a flood of new toys, electronics and must […]

Business News - ANALYSIS - European business worries about lost WTO shot

ANALYSIS - European business worries about lost WTO shot NDTV.com, India - 6 hours ago Brussels has faced criticism from some European business leaders for making too timid an offer on agricultural trade to unlock the kind of concessions it wants
Unhealthy for small business? Taunton Gazette, MA - 3 hours ago provide […]

Business News - Piper sells client services unit for $500M, lays off 350

Piper sells client services unit for $500M, lays off 350Stockhouse Canada - Piper Jaffray Cos. will sell its large private client services unit to a Swiss banking giant UBS for $500 million in cash. As a result, Piper will cut about 350 employees, primarily in the Twin Cities. The Zurich-based wealth manager and investment […]

Business News - Internet Advertising Effects On Business Budgets

Internet Advertising Effects On Business Budgets All Headline News - 20 hours ago The findings are a result of an annual survey of industrial marketing executives conducted by SVM E-Business Solutions who surveyed more than 220 marketing
Small Business Week Kansas City infoZine, MO - 23 hours ago Washington, DC - infoZine - During Small Business […]