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<p>Sixty business owners and entrepreneurs filled a conference room in the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center on Thursday night to learn about loan and tax-credit opportunities for new and growing businesses.</p><p>Katherine Gilbert, business-retention and expansion director for the Terrebonne Economic Development Authority, which helped organize the event, said the forum was an effective way to reach out [...]

September 12, 2011|By Becky Yerak | Tribune reporter BMO Harris Bank said it’s ending its debit-card points program due to the impact of a new law limiting a certain type of fee. Rewards points have been considered endangered at many banks since the government issued new rules related to the costs — called interchange fees [...]

September 12, 2011|By Becky Yerak | Tribune reporter BMO Harris Bank said it’s ending its debit-card points program due to the impact of a new law limiting a certain type of fee. Rewards points have been considered endangered at many banks since the government issued new rules related to the costs — called interchange fees [...]

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Just about every state claims to be “business-friendly.” But which ones really are? It’s more than an academic question these days. Two former governors–Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Jon Huntsman of Utah–plus the current governor of Texas, Rick Perry, are touting their business-friendly policies as they seek the Republican presidential nomination. And with jobs scarce, [...]

They are the hidden family portraits of Earth’s most remote jungles finally revealed: A touching snapshot of an endangered female mountain gorilla carrying an infant on her back. A giant anteater sticking its enormous snout practically in your face. Soulful eyes of a curious chimpanzee, a speedy jaguar and a rare tapir … — ”s site, [...]

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Unsecured business loan provider, MerchantCashinAdvance unexpectedly announces a Small Business Assistance Lending Program this week, giving a guarantee approval of funding to any business in business for 6 months or more. New York, NY (PRWEB) July 30, 2011 The 2011 business loan denials of 92% small business applicants has resulted in an increase of bankruptcy [...]

A new survey of small business’s internet marketing practices reveals new findings about the satisfaction and use of their websites and social media. Many are “do it yourself internet marketers” but they recognize the need for improving local search optimization and using affordable tools to make better use of social media. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) July [...]

Image by comprock via Flickr By Lilach Nachum My approach to International Business Strategy has been developed and refined in the course of more than two decades of teaching, consulting and writing on this topic. As I will outline in this piece, it represents a departure from the consensus that appears to dominate the thinking [...]