72% of firms believe their employees’ activities on social networking sites could endanger their business’s security. Other data backs up that fear: The number of businesses that were targets for spam increased from 33.4% in April 2009 to 57% in December, a dramatic increase in such a short time period.
This is irony.
The Mortgage B
ankers Association moved into the building in 2008 just as the real estate market was crashing, and ended up paying millions of dollars more when interest rates rose. Moreover, the leasing market slowed considerably and the association had trouble getting other tenants into the 168,000-square-foot building.
Towering, kite-shaped airships could herald a new era of luxury transport following today’s introduction of the Aircruise concept.
Standing 98ft taller than Canary Wharf, packing 330,000 cubic metres of hydrogen gas and capable of lifting 396 tonnes, the Aircruise concept features penthouse apartments, bars and even dizzying glass viewing floors.
Aircruise was created as the antithesis of a hurried, crowded passenger jet. London-based design and innovation company Seymourpowell wanted to rethink transport – on the premise ‘slow is the new fast’. It could ferry 100 people from London to New York in a leisurely 37 hours as opposed to the seven it takes now by airplane.
…it tries to portray itself as championing customer rights, what its actually doing is trying to manipulate an entire industry to working how it wants everything to work, squeezing everybody from authors to other booksellers.
…the 22 banks that got the most aid from the government’s various bailout programs have cut their small business loan balances by $12.5 billion since April.
The latest complete report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program is available here (224 pages).
Business Matchmaking and SBDC team to help entrepreneurs access contracts
Statewide small business stimulus program heads to Riverside
SACRAMENTO — On Feb. 4 Riverside businesses will have the opportunity to participate in a free statewide program aimed at increasing small business readiness to access stimulus-funded contracts through President Obama’s Economic Recovery Plan.
Continue reading “Statewide small business stimulus program heads to Riverside | Office of the Small Business Advocate”
Put on your anti-spin boots and read this latest missive from the Governor that cares, Ahrnold.
| January 2010 Welcome to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Office of External Affairs January 2010 newsletter. Continue reading “External Affairs Newsletter | Office of the Governator” |
Fitch’s December Retail Credit Card Index results show that more than one in every eight dollars of receivables was written off as uncollectable during the November collection period on an annualized basis.
Similar to chargeoffs, the deterioration in delinquencies has slowed significantly from the previous year, yet they still remain almost 48% higher than 2007. Despite these short term improvements, Fitch expects retail credit card delinquencies to remain elevated throughout first half 2010 in line with its expectations for unemployment.
For Immediate Release
01/21/10 | Chino Hills, CA : The creators of WhiteBoard Partners, LLC announce the launch of Custom Business Planning and Solutions (CustomBPS). CustomBPS will retain many of the award winning aspects of WhiteBoard Partners while adding flexibility in how products are created and brought to market.
The new branding emphasizes the true, individual, custom nature of the services we offer. It also allows the principals to launch additional services in an individually branded or co-branded way.
With the changing economy, CustomBPS founders realized the creation of a new brand would be necessary to support changes to their business model. “The new business model and identity allows us to play to all our strengths,” said President Lydia Mehit, “while incorporating what we’ve learned during the last six years as WBP.”
Services ready for launch or planned for 2010 introduction are, “Employee to Entrepreneur Now”, an internet based program for those considering starting their own businesses; employee performance training delivered both in person and via internet, an internet based business workflow and procedure course and at least two publications.
“Our legacy clients will find that we will still deliver the best business planning and process solutions available. This change will allow us to bring this same experience to more people,” said Peter Mehit, COO.
Contact: Lydia Mehit 800-741-8444, lmehit@custombps.com
Inside and out, the car has been designed to run for 100 years without maintenance.
Dispatches From The Front 