If you are interested in knowing who has gotten government stimulus money here in the Triangle region and also how your company can still participate, the Triangle Business Journal has developed a web page to assist you – Regional Stimulus Watch. For Federal tracking go to Recovery.gov.
North Carolina Stimulus Funding Awards:
Total Funds Awarded: $4,278,468,699
Total Funds Received: $1,137,627,039
Who’s the leader in your market? Triangle Business Journal Book of Lists provides you with listings of hundreds of the hottest area companies in their fields, by ranking. You’ll also receive the names of key decision makers, along with their titles and complete contact information.
76 lists — 1906 businesses — 2625 contacts
Find this 2010 annual book at these Wake County Library branches:
Cameron Village Regional Library, North Regional Library, Eva Perry Regional Library, Cary Public Library, Leesville Community Library, Duraleigh Road Library, and West Regional Library.
Thu, January 21, 2010, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
Eva Perry Regional Library, 2100 Shepherd’s Vineyard, Apex NC 27502, Phone Number 387-2100. Call to register.
This AARP-designed employment workshop provides resources and information specifically for job seekers over 50. Facilitated by Capital Area Workforce Development Board and AARP’s Mature Workforce Speaker’s Bureau.
TheStreet.com’s list of the top 100 U.S. business events, presented from most important to least.
1. Eisenhower creates the interstates: June 29, 1956.
2. Intel invents the single-chip microprocessor: 1971.
3. The Federal Reserve is formed: 1913.
4. The Great Crash of 1929: Oct. 24-29, 1929.
5. Equal pay for equal work: June 10, 1963.
6. Ford introduces the assembly line: 1913.
7. Kaiser’s World War II shipyards surpass all expectations of production: 1942.
8. The first Wal-Mart opens: 1962.
9. The current bull market begins: August 1982.
10. Carrier Engineering is founded, beginning the commercialization of air conditioning: 1915
Coffee mug
Gift card to his or her favorite restaurant
Harry & David gift basket
Paperweight for the desk
Desk calendar
Wine or other alcohol
Unique flash drive
Customized mouse
Tin of cookies, nuts or candy
Sports-themed clothing or accessories
Pen set
Book
Personalized golf balls
Music CD
Any other suggestions? Submit them here, please. I am trying to find the perfect holiday gift for my boss as I write.
Ask Economics students about Paul Samuelson. I bet they would recognize that name immediately. His textbook, “Economics, ” first written in 1948, and revised regularly (19th edition out now) by Samuelson and others, is a mainstay and definitive work on economic theory. It not only changed the way the subject was taught in schools, but how it was understood by the world.
Samuelson won the Nobel Prize in 1970, the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The award citation said Samuelson “has done more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in economic theory.”
Paul Samuelson died Sunday at 94. To read complete story, click here.
Do you know about SCORE? If you are thinking about opening a small business or need assistance with your existing one, SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business, a nonprofit organization, offers many avenues of assistance. The Raleigh SCORE counselors will meet individually with you for extensive consultations, and they also offer great and affordable workshops. Their local offices have made big efforts to reach out to their community by extending their meetup locations for these FREE consultations. They can meet you at their headquarters downtown, at different Chambers of Commerce, at various libraries, and Wake Tech campuses.
These are some, but not all, topics SCORE conselors can help you with:
Business plan and funding
Draft business plan, funding sources considered, customer demographics, location, etc.
Marketing and/or Expanding your business
Customer demographics, pricing, performance, position, and promotion, for your business, enhanced product and/or service offerings, advertising [media, internet, print], etc.
Insurance and Operations
Business liabilities, insurers considered, staffing, benefits, bookkeeping, payroll, computers and technology, data-bases, etc.
Inventory and Supplier management
Vendors and/or alternate sources, mix of products and/or services, computers and technology, data-bases, customer files, trend analysis, flexibility, etc.
Buying or selling your business
Pricing, residuals, consulting, partnerships, franchising, insurance, staff, capital equipment, customer files, etc.
Another great resource for businesses. http://www.raleighscore.org
Are you looking for an article or editorial from the Wall Street Journal? I’m going to make it easy for you. Using your Wake County Library card and your PIN, you can access the information 24/7. Just log into www.wakegov.com/libraries and select Research and then Databases. Scroll down the alphabetical list to Wall Street Journal and CLICK on title! Start your search.
That’s all there is.
Are you looking for a particular book but the library doesn’t have it, and you’d rather spend your money on other things? Use Interlibrary Loan Services at your local public library. Best little known service around!
What is InterLibrary Loan?
If an item you’re looking for is not owned by Wake County Public Libraries and we are unable to offer an adequate substitution, we may be able to borrow the material from another library in the United States through a service called InterLibrary Loan (ILL). Through ILL it is possible for you to obtain books, microfilm, articles and other items.
Each library system may have their own method of ILL service. For more information about Wake County Libraries’ ILL services, click here. Or ask library staff next time you visit a branch.
Top Ten Business School Rankings from BusinessWeek
(11. University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
