LOS ANGELES - In 1973, when Bill Gross was 15 and cars were lined up at every gas station in Southern California, the aspiring engineer wanted to do something about spiking energy prices. So he figured out how to build parabolic concentrators and Stirling engines to capture the sun’s energy, selling the plans for $4 [...]
Dozens of law enforcement agents and business owners from across the border in Ciudad Juárez are seeking political asylum here, or moving to other Texas cities, including Dallas, a situation that underscores the escalating drug war and its widening impact on families, government officials and humanitarian groups say.
More than 14 businesses have been torched and [...]
Memon Investments, a leading Dubai-based property developer and part of the international business conglomerate, the Memon Group of Companies, has announced its plans to launch ten projects collectively valued at AED 2.5 billion in the second half of 2008. The developer further announced that it has identified major master developments in Dubai, including Jumeirah Village [...]
The Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, registered a 71 per cent increase in business insured in 1428H (2007-2008G) for the first in the corporation’s history, reaching a total of $1.47 billion.
According to the 1428H annual report of ICIEC, made available to [...]
A fundraiser kickball tournament will be held June 27 at Love-Hatbox Sports Complex to raise money for next year’s Junior Achievement program in Muskogee.
The program was brought back to Muskogee Public Schools after an absence of several years, said Milly Daniels, district development manager for Junior Achievement.
The program teaches the principals of business, from applying [...]
Here is a conversation that happens between business owners and their friends every day. After you “listen” to this visit, we’ll talk about how to turn this conversation into an important management tool.
Now, let’s look at what just happened. In this two-minute conversation, the owner identified his business, management team, industry, business focus, market niche, [...]
Members of the Cathedral City Chamber of Commerce met this week for a presentation on how to keep a small business afloat, if not thriving, in tough economic times.
Over breakfast Wednesday at the Doral Desert Princess Resort, an audience of 50 listened to a lecture by Vincent McCoy, executive director of the Inland Empire Small [...]
The market value of the 60-year-old Bajaj Auto has been overtaken by its seven-year-old insurance business. Bajaj Finserve’s higher market valuation is an indication that despite the March 2008 slowdown, insurance is still seen as a high-growth area.
On Friday, Bajaj Auto ended the day with a market capitalisation of Rs 8,311 crore against Bajaj Finserve’s [...]
Insurance agents and insurance companies. Insurance can be a great career for some, but getting started can be tough for the individual insurance agent or small insurance agency. Virtually everyone needs insurance of one kind or another, but the competition for clients can be stiff. And with the current economic climate, getting new business can [...]
In a recent survey conducted by Woolcott Research, eighty four percent of business owners said they fear their business will experience crime at some stage. Sixty percent said they had already experienced crime - ranging from burglary, vandalism, graffiti or shoplifting.
Yet a surprising number of businesses - and small businesses in particular - remain completely [...]
