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- EntreBash targets small-business opportunities - Hawk Eye
- More Business - San Francisco Chronicle
- Windstream Launches New Web Site Focused on Business - Stockhouse
- S.C. Business Groups Split Over Health Care Reform Bill - Free Times
- Bitstream Inc. CEO, Anna Chagnon, Named Best Executive in 6th Annual ... - Stockhouse
| EntreBash targets small-business opportunities - Hawk Eye Posted: 18 Nov 2009 08:27 AM PST published online: 11/18/2009The Hawk EyeFAIRFIELD -- Jefferson County small-business owners and those interested in starting a business are invited to attend EntreBash from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center, 200 N. Main St. in Fairfield. EntreBash is an event for small-business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs to access customized technical assistance and capital and to network with others in the business community. The event is sponsored by the University of Northern Iowa Regional Business Center/ MyEntre.Net, the Opportunity2 economic development marketing region and the Fairfield Economic Development Association. Attendees can speak directly with specially trained consultants for referrals, get information and assistance with obtaining financing, sales, doing business online, reducing costs, finding new markets and other business services. Admission is free. For more information, contact Brent Willett, executive director, Fairfield Economic Development Association at (641) 472-3436 or the UNI Regional Business Center at (319) 273-4328.
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| More Business - San Francisco Chronicle Posted: 18 Nov 2009 08:13 AM PST The United Nations last month offered a deal to take 70 percent of Iran's low-enriched uranium to reduce its stockpile of material that could be enriched to a higher level, and possibly be used to make nuclear weapons. "We will definitely not send our 5.3-percent enriched uranium out of the country," Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki told the semiofficial ISNA news agency. Instead Mottaki said Iran would consider some kind of swap of nuclear fuel inside Iran. The U.N. proposal envisioned that Iran send out its own uranium which is enriched at less than 5 percent — enough to produce fuel. Enriching uranium to much higher levels can produce weapons-grade material. In exchange, the U.N. proposal would have sent back fuel rods that cannot be readily turned into weapons-grade material. The United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany are seeking to persuade Iran to accept an enrichment freeze under a plan that would allow it to export its enriched material in return for rods. Under that plan, the Iranian uranium would, after further enrichment in Russia, be sent to France where it would be converted into fuel rods. Those rods would be returned to Iran for use in a reactor that produces medical isotopes. Mottaki said that Iranian experts were looking at the modified proposal to determine what amounts of uranium should be exchanged for fuel rods. He also dismissed a comment by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Iran had only one choice, the most recent U.N. plan. "Diplomacy is not all or nothing. Mrs. Clinton's comments that Iran must accept only this proposal is not diplomatic." This content has passed through fivefilters.org. | |
| Windstream Launches New Web Site Focused on Business - Stockhouse Posted: 18 Nov 2009 06:54 AM PST New design, navigation and content provides telecom and data solutions for all companies -- small to enterprise LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov 18, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Windstream Corp. (NYSE: WIN) has announced the launch of its new Web site exclusively for business customers. With a new design, navigation, and resources, the site (www.windstream.com/business) helps business customers make informed decisions on which solution will be the most beneficial to solve the unique telecom and data business needs in their particular industry. "Rather than the traditional business site that focuses on just selling products, our new site focuses on providing more information that will ultimately help our customers make the best, most informed decision that's right for them," said Don Perkins, vice president of business marketing. "Our goal is to be the most reliable and technologically advanced partner for our customers, whether they are small businesses or large enterprises." The site is partitioned into two areas for easier navigation - small to medium businesses and enterprise businesses. Visitors may browse by industry, need, or by product. There is a wealth of new information on the site giving visitors an opportunity to review typical business challenges and the most effective solution. Additionally, there are a number of resources including case studies, white papers and testimonials on Windstream's phone, data and next-generation data technology solutions. If a visitor chooses to browse by business need, such as controlling costs or increasing productivity, the new site provides a number of cutting-edge telecommunications solutions to match that need and empower the customer's business to succeed. "It was designed to be an asset and an educational resource for customers looking to make the best decisions for their business," said Perkins. "We empower them with the best information we have up front and provide them with the insight they need to manage their telecom and data networks to achieve maximum results for their business." For more information, visit www.windstream.com/business. About Windstream Windstream Corporation is an S&P 500 company that provides phone, high-speed Internet and high-definition digital TV services to customers in 16 states. The company also offers a wide range of IP-based voice and data services and advanced phone systems and equipment to businesses and government agencies. The company has approximately 3 million access lines and about $3.1 billion in annual revenues. Windstream is ranked 4th in the 2009 BusinessWeek 50 ranking of the best performing U.S. companies. For more information about Windstream, visit www.windstream.com. SOURCE: Windstream Corporation Windstream Corporation Media contacts: David Avery, 501-748-5876 david.avery@windstream.com or Rob Amberg, 314-725-6400 ramberg@cushmanamberg.com Copyright Business Wire 2009This content has passed through fivefilters.org. | |
| S.C. Business Groups Split Over Health Care Reform Bill - Free Times Posted: 18 Nov 2009 07:01 AM PST For years, small businesses have seen the cost of providing health care to their workers increase at an alarming rate. But now that a health care reform bill has finally passed the U.S. House, business groups are divided over whether the measure will help the bottom line. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) on Nov. 7. Now the fight moves to the Senate, where South Carolina's two largest small-business lobbying groups want different outcomes. "Instead of making health insurance more accessible and affordable for small business, H.R. 3962 imposes more costs through its expensive employer mandates, punitive payroll taxes and a new government-run program — all of which will only result in more money coming out of small business owners' pockets," says J.J. Darby, director of the state's chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business. "Fundamentally, the bill does nothing to help any business whether large or small," says Darby, whose organization averages about 5,000 members. Frank Knapp, president and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber, says his board supports the bill. Knapp says the House bill contains many of the provisions his board wanted: Tax credits to small businesses with up to 25 employees if they offer health insurance; 85 percent of small businesses will not be required to offer health insurance because their payroll is under $500,000; and 20 percent of the state's workforce will be able to get health insurance through Medicaid. "Overall, it would be a benefit to small businesses," says Knapp, whose organization has about 10,000 members. South Carolina has 103,000 small businesses, defined as having 100 or fewer employees, Knapp says.
About 40 percent of businesses with fewer than 50 employees offer health insurance. Knapp says he disagrees with the employer mandate, but he believes it will change in the Senate. "We fully expect the Senate version will be more favorable to businesses by excluding the mandate or raising the criteria for which businesses will be under the mandate," Knapp says. Also, Knapp says he's in favor of the public option, which involves the federal government providing health care. The competition will cause private insurers to bring down their prices, he says. But the public option is the main reason why Ike McLeese, president and CEO of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, opposes the bill. "I don't think the federal government should be in the medical insurance business," said McLeese whose organization has about 2,000 members. "The system needs fixing, but putting the federal government in the insurance business is not the fix." This content has passed through fivefilters.org. | |
| Bitstream Inc. CEO, Anna Chagnon, Named Best Executive in 6th Annual ... - Stockhouse Posted: 18 Nov 2009 07:08 AM PST MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Nov 18, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Anna Chagnon, CEO of Bitstream Inc. was named Best Executive in the Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The awards were presented at a dinner ceremony November 13 in New York. Bitstream itself was also named a finalist in the Most Innovative Company category. The 2009 Stevie Awards for Women in Business is an international competition recognizing the accomplishments of outstanding women executives, business owners, and the organizations they run. The awards are produced by the creators of the prestigious American Business Awards(SM). Stevie Awards were handed out in categories including Best Entrepreneur, Best Executive, Lifetime Achievement, and Women Helping Women at the gala event at New York's Marriott Marquis Hotel on November 13. More than 1,100 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration. Chagnon was recognized with the Best Executive Stevie Award for successfully positioning Bitstream as a leading company in the mobile and wireless space. Credited with advancing Bitstream's existing technologies and developing new innovative technologies, Chagnon has led Bitstream's charge to truly change the face of the mobile market with its BOLT mobile browser. With the introduction of BOLT(TM), Bitstream has proved to be front and center in innovation and has driven the adoption of the mobile Internet. Since its introduction, over 2.6 million BOLT accounts have been created, with as many as 2.5 million pages being served up each day. The BOLT mobile browser, built to be used on a wide range of mobile phones from simple "feature" phones to more advanced devices such as BlackBerry smartphones, has averaged greater than 50 percent growth in usage each month since the application made its public debut at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this past February. "Winning this award is testimony to the hard work and dedication of the team making Bitstream a leader in developing technologies which have enhanced the lives of our users," said Anna Chagnon, CEO of Bitstream. "I thank my colleagues and family for their support and look forward to another year of positive milestones in advancing the mobile market." The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are governed by a Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors that features many leading women entrepreneurs and luminaries in business. Members of the Awards' Board selected Stevie winners from among the finalists. Finalists were chosen by business professional worldwide during the preliminary judging period. Details about the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of honorees are available at www.stevieawards.com/women. About BOLT BOLT offers best-of-breed page load speeds, and is the only J2ME browser that supports streaming video from popular media sharing sites like YouTube and MySpace. BOLT is WebKit based, runs well on nearly any J2ME phone and is compatible with the majority of the world's 4 billion mobile phones. BOLT's superior desktop-style page rendering, patented split-screen viewing mode, intuitive keystroke shortcuts and copy/paste functionality offer a user-friendly, feature-rich mobile browsing experience on even entry-level mobile phones. Download BOLT for free at http://boltbrowser.com -- the mobile Internet has never looked this good on your phone. About Bitstream Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a software development company focused on bringing unique software products to a wide variety of markets. The company's core software products include award-winning fonts and font rendering software, mobile browsing and variable data publishing and web-to-print software for personalized marketing. For more information about Bitstream please visit www.bitstream.com. About The Stevie Awards Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com. Sponsors of the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business include the Business TalkRadio Network, Covario, Inc., and KeyBank. Localization partner of the 2009 Stevie Awards is Lionbridge. SOURCE: Bitstream Inc. Mobility Public Relations Holly Woolard, +1-503-343-4144 bitstream@mobilitypr.com Copyright Business Wire 2009This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
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