Howard Schultz: Businesses must do more – MyNorthwest.com
As day 19 of the Occupy Seattle movement against corporations begins, the CEO of one of the largest Seattle-based companies in the world says American businesses need to do more to serve their communities. “It is no longer enough to serve customers …

Newspaper Society offers free ads to local businesses – Media Week Online
The Newspaper Society, the trade marketing body for the regional press industry, is offering up to 15m worth of free advertising space to young businesses as part of an initiative to help revive local industry. The ‘Local Business Accelerators’ campaign …

UPDATE: In Hampton, Obama urges businesses to hire veterans – Richmond Times-Dispatch
At Joint Base Langley-Eustis, the president urged businesses to hire veterans, telling the troops present: “The last thing you should have to fight for is a job.” He noted that he had challenged businesses to hire 100,000 veterans and their …

Businesses get ready for a Presidential visit – WTVR-TV
Businesses in and around Midlothian Turnpike, Buford and Providence Roads, know there will be closed roads, even in for a few hours while the presidential motorcade makes its way to the Buford Road fire station. Some parents of students who ride …