Until the very last minute Tuesday morning, not even the parties directly involved ? Max Planck Society President Peter Gruss and Business Development Board President Kelly Smallridge ? knew that Gov. Charlie Crist would allocate the $94 million in state funds needed to bring the German research giant to Palm Beach County.
Dec
19
Eight Tips: Reducing the Environmental Impact of Computing in 2008
PLANO, Texas – There is a drumbeat of change in business and society around ‘green’. Concerns about the environment is at a fever pitch. Green, for all the right reasons has become red hot. With a steady demand for green information and action by corporations and governments, the IT company EDS, offers tips on greening your IT. To help corporations and governments kick-off the new year right, …
Dec
19
Business owner: Some village ordinance terms need clarification
Before Ruidoso village planners and councilors can rely on zoning rules, several terms need to be defined, a local business owner contended recently.
Dec
19
Real-estate leader steps down to start business
Pete Bolton, the public face of CB Richard Ellis’ Phoenix operations for the last eight years, is leaving his post at the commercial real estate brokerage firm effective immediately to pursue his own consulting business.
Dec
19
Governor backs state’s $94 million for Max Planck
Gov. Charlie Crist put his stamp of approval Tuesday on the state’s half of a $190 million incentive package for Germany’s Max Planck Society, and its president later celebrated by outlining for Palm Beach County business leaders why state and county officials aren’t wasting their money.
Dec
19
Florida’s $94 million matching contribution lands Max Planck Institute for Jupiter
Branch will join Scripps on FAU site Until the very last minute Tuesday morning, not even the parties directly involved ? Max Planck Society President Peter Gruss and Business Development Board President Kelly Smallridge ? knew that Gov. Charlie Crist would allocate the $94 million in state funds needed to bring the German research giant to Palm Beach County.
Dec
19
Nepali gov’t to bring out new law on micro-insurance
The Insurance Board (IB) is enacting a separate law to govern the micro-insurance business, which includes social security products targeted at low-income population groups and low-end sections of society in Nepal, The Kathmandu Post repor …
Dec
19
Business & the arts
Although the concept of business-support of the arts is common in western European, the phenomenon had no tradition in Hungarian society. But, increasingly, companies realize the importance (and good publicity) of such activity in a free market economy and have started to make their contributions felt.