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US Investigations Services, Inc. (USIS) has announced that it will combine its two government-sector businesses into a new unified business called the Government Services Group (GSG). The GSG will include USIS’ Investigative Services Division (ISD), which is the largest provider of security investigations for the federal government, and the National Security Division (NSD), which is [...]

Business Studies A new effort to attract Massachusetts businesses to New Hampshire will be launched July 30 at Nashua’s Holman Stadium, featuring Nashua Pride and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Rich Garces as the state’s “honorary business ambassador.”
Garces will be “leading the charge” in the recruitment effort, said New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic [...]

SELLING Northern Ireland as an investment location to international companies and helping firms in the Province increase their export sales and target new markets is a key element of growing the local economy.
Business Administration In today’s fast changing global economy, it has become increasingly important to provide the right business conditions to ensure that Northern [...]

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 [...]

one of a series about how a souring economy and rising prices are pinching consumers, businesses and workers.
At a time when groceries and gasoline are getting more and more expensive, workers for a local community services agency learned this week about another challenge: a big increase in their health insurance costs.
Stories of smaller companies struggling [...]

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, and others introduced the legislation, which was endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Businesses, National Association of Realtors and Service Employees International Union.
The legislation is aimed at lowering health care costs for small businesses by allowing them to group together to obtain lower premiums and provide tax credits [...]

Green Business Insurance, Inc. is the nation’s first independent insurance agency to focus on the unique property and casualty insurance needs of green businesses according to Pat Thompson, CPCU, President.
“Green businesses, of all types, are important to the future of our nation’s economy and environment and we are excited to help manage their exposure to [...]

Microsoft Corp. has made it clear that a deal to buy Yahoo Inc. isn’t likely. Now, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer must communicate a clear strategy for Microsoft’s online business.
His likely first step: try to convince regulators that an alternative pact between Yahoo and Google Inc. is anticompetitive.
During the past month, Mr. Ballmer and other Microsoft [...]

Senior members of the global intellectual property business community will convene in Amsterdam this month for the inaugural IP Business Congress. Held on 25th and 26th June, the Congress will be one of the major intellectual property events of the year.
The Congress opens with a one and a half day Chief Intellectual Property Officer (CIPO) [...]

This Friday, the Labor Department will release the unemployment numbers for May, which may answer some questions about whether the economy is headed for or in a recession. But we can get a preview—especially if we’re interested in hiring by small businesses—by looking at the National Employment Report released today by Automatic Data Processing, a [...]