Small U.S. business owners are slightly less pessimistic about their outlook, and in the face of continuing weak sales do not plan to boost capital spending or employment, a monthly survey of small businesses showed.
Vanessa Smith McTier knew she needed to focus more attention on promotional activities for her growing human resources consulting business. Her challenge was finding the extra time and resources when she was already stretched sourcing and delivering billable projects.
BP engineers prepared to start lowering a 98-ton metal chamber over a ruptured undersea oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday as officials confirmed the first oil landfall from the spill on a Louisiana island beach.
CHICAGO - Phillip Leslie needed software coders to develop mobile applications for his fledgling startup, ProOnGo LLC, which offers a solution to keep track of business receipts on a smartphone, using the device's built-in camera.
U.S. schools and childcare programs could be required to include daily exercise as part of the new National Physical Activity Plan released on Monday.
Dr Margaret Gollagher and Associate Professor Dr Brian Nook were announced the winners of the $5000 professional development scholarships at an awards breakfast at the Art Gallery of WA this morning.
Curtin University of Technology has proposed for a $315 million light rail system to be built in Perth.
Parents are outraged when a Townsville primary school ruled to hold children's handmade Mother's Day gifts unless they pay for their creation .Children as young as four will be forced to pay for their own art work if they want to take them home for their mothers.
The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission yesterday ordered the Queensland Teachers Union -- which has refused Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard's instructions to hold the NAPLAN tests -- to go ahead with the national aptitude test between May 11-13.
It's good to have some commodities in your portfolio, according to a recent academic study slated for publication in the Journal of Investing.
A rise in the yuan would make Chinese exports less competitive and cut the cost of imports, providing incentives for capital and labour to be redeployed towards the domestic sectors of the economy.
When protesters in Bangkok started a rally in the middle of March to force early elections, the economy was recovering well from a brief recession and the government confidently expected GDP to rise 4.5 percent in 2010.
This seminar will look at the experience of trying war criminals in Australia and at the state of Australian law on the subject.
Australia's first National Security College will begin activities in May after its official launch by the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at The Australian National University on 24th April 2010.
As a business professional, I can tell you from personal experience how effective referral networking has been in the success of my own businesses.
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) scientists will use technologically advanced automated monitoring equipment to track greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of urbanisation as part of a new national research network.
Around the world there's no shortage of political leaders behaving badly.
Private lenders did not use prudent lending practices for a small business program that President Barack Obama hopes to expand to improve the economy, a government watchdog said on Wednesday.
Quality of school books hit by changes Constant tweaking of maths syllabus mean textbooks are 'less coherent' than in Asia
When the Twin Towers fell on 9/11, the offices of American Express marketers Peggy McHale and Sandi Webster were right across the street.
Commercial lender CapitalSource Inc said it acquired MainStreet Lender LLC, a Small Business Administration (SBA) lender, for $100 million to expand its product offering.
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A new publishing company is betting that readers will bypass electronic readers such as Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader in favor of reading bite-sized stories on mobile devices they already own.
The popularity of online degree programs continues to grow, but some people still hesitate to enroll.
Stirling primary and secondary school students can now benefit from online tutoring thanks to a partnership between Edith Cowan University (ECU), Tutoring Australasia and the City of Stirling.
Edith Cowan University(ECU) researchers are working with health organisations across the nation to address the staggering statistic that men who live in very remote areas are likely to live 17 years less than their city-dwelling counterparts.
More U.S. graduates are likely to work with aid groups and charities after an overhaul of the country's student loan program lessens their debt repayment burden, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said.
La Trobe University has attained $15, 000 of funding through the Higher Education Equity Support Program to establish the Rural Careers Access: Online Employer Portal for Shepparton Students project.
Longstanding stereotypes of Appalachia conjure images of a backwater region blighted by poverty. Now the state of Ohio is working to change that perception by promoting the region as an emerging hotbed for startups in industries such as high tech and alternative energy.
Children labelled as lazy by teachers and parents may have numerous learning difficulties that could underlie their apparent lack of motivation, a study by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) educational psychologist Dr Linda Gilmore has found.
