Archive for February, 2010

Apple focuses on green at shareholder meeting - Industry Standard

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Apple focuses on green at shareholder meeting - Industry Standard
Apple shareholders gathered on Thursday at the company’s Cupertino headquarters, questions in hand. But unlike last year , when the primary concern of many attendees seemed to be Steve Jobs’ medical leave and its effect on the health of the company

Citibank’s big blog faux pas [updated] - ZDNet Blogs
Citibank has appeared to be pretty quiet on this issue, with the only real commentary coming through to use via hearsay on the Fabulis blog. According to the blog , a Citibank manager has apologized for the account suspension, saying that three

Book Excerpt and Interview: Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in - InfoQ.com
The book is a high level prescriptive guidance on the approaches to moving enterprise services and business processes to the cloud. David starts the discussion of his book with the why? of moving to the cloud and he goes on to define the cloud

Macy’s rings up a quarterly profit that beats expectations - Los Angeles Times

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Macy’s rings up a quarterly profit that beats expectations - Los Angeles Times
Department store giant Macy’s Inc. on Tuesday posted a better-than-expected profit for the fourth quarter that was a vast improvement from the huge loss it reported a year earlier. For the quarter ended Jan. 30, Macy’s reported a profit of $466

Hertz Reports Significant Year-Over-Year Improvement - MSN Money
– Adjusted diluted earnings per share(1) for the quarter of $0.06 versus a loss per share of $0.22 in the prior year; GAAP diluted loss per share for the quarter of $0.08 versus a loss per share of $3.77 in the prior year. — Adjusted pre-tax income

SBA Promoting Entrepreneurship in Middle East, Expanding Trade - Kansas City infoZine

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

SBA Promoting Entrepreneurship in Middle East, Expanding Trade - Kansas City infoZine
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - In a step toward a new era of partnership between the United States and the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, first called for by President Obama in his June 4, 2009, speech in Cairo, the U.S. Small Business

Small-business Q&A: Match current risks to insurance - Houston Chronicle
A: An investment in small business insurance protects everything you’ve done to make your business successful. However, the policy you bought when you were starting out might not be sufficient for your current needs, or the direction your company is

Marketing your small business - This is Money
Marketing is a key element of small business survival and expansion. Read how to do it effectively in our guide Once you decide to go ahead with a new plan for a business or its expansion, you need to put on your salesman hat and start marketing the