News tagged with business owner
Facebook buys startup aimed at loyal shoppers
Facebook on Friday confirmed that it bought a San Francisco startup that helps merchants court shoppers with rewards for checking in with smartphones during visits.
Apr 14, 2012 |
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Research examines a growing immigrant population's self employment in the US
For a growing immigrant community in the United States, setting up shop means blending tools of the trade from home with discoveries made in the new country, and there's a strategy that's threading through an array of small ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Message in a bottle: Teaching business skills in developing countries
Two Baylor University professors use a bottle of Coca-Cola to teach basic business principles to minimally educated entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Ready to clean up with a green business
There's figurative sweating, as in the fretting that goes on in the lives of small-business owners, a worry-filled club of risk-takers.
Jun 10, 2011 |
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The downside -- and surprising upside - of microcredit
Microcredit, which involves giving small loans to very small businesses in an effort to promote entrepreneurship, has been widely touted as a way to reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth. A multitude of both non- and ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Sociologist leads research on the 'new destination towns' in the Great Plains
Small town America is getting smaller. The latest U.S. Census data shows increasing population losses from small towns to more urban areas. And those losses are being felt acutely by rural communities in the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 27, 2011 |
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For small business owners, consultation means fewer missteps
If small business owners want to avoid costly mistakes, it pays to consult with others.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 04, 2011 |
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Lack of credit forces many small business owners to finance with personal assets
Small businesses are seen as an important part of the American economy. These businesses often rely heavily on loans to stay afloat. The recent economic recession has created a reduction in available credit for many small ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 01, 2011 |
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New computer security guide can help safeguard your small business (w/ Video)
Just in time for October's Cyber Security Awareness Month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a guide to help small businesses and organizations understand how to provide basic security for their ...
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Businesses vulnerable to cyber attacks
Most of us think cyber crooks cast their phishing lines mostly to try to hook everyday consumers. But some businesses across the country have seen hundreds of thousands of dollars vanish from their bank accounts after cyber ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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New study analyzing return of businesses to New Orleans after Katrina
LSU Professor and Chair of Environmental Sciences Nina Lam and Professor and Louisiana Real Estate Commission Chair Kelley Pace, along with colleagues from LSU, Tulane University and Texas State University, will publish the ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Yelp to let businesses comment publicly on reviews
(AP) -- The review Web site Yelp, which has garnered some criticism from the businesses put under its microscope, will soon let those businesses and others respond publicly to customers' critiques.
Apr 09, 2009 |
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