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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 [...]

Attorney General Tom Miller has filed a lawsuit alleging deceptive practices by Profit Alliance, Inc., an eastern Iowa company that engages in nationwide sales of a business opportunity in which the purchaser is to provide tax and expense recovery services primarily to small business clients.
“We allege that Profit Alliance uses numerous deceptions to get business [...]

Overland Park-based Lockton Affinity is a specialty insurance program administrator that creates and implements insurance programs for associations, franchises and affinity groups Business Names. The company is a subsidiary of Kansas City-based Lockton Inc.
Ziegler previously served as vice president and program executive for Lockton Affinity. He now will be responsible for the company’s daily [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Christiana Virgilio laughs when she starts to list the responsibilities of her occupation.
To start with, she’s a skipper and a navigator. She also is a supervisor, contractor, accountant, administrator and host.
All those tasks are rolled into the San Diego native’s position as captain of the 172-foot, 399-ton private yacht Big Eagle that is currently in [...]

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs delivered the first major makeover of the iPhone, unveiling a faster, cheaper handset that may help him convince business users to switch over from the BlackBerry.
Apple sank 2.2 percent in Nasdaq trading after saying carriers won’t have to give the company a cut of the lucrative monthly service [...]