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(Following is the acceptance speech delivered by the author when he received the “MAP Management Man of the Year 2011″ Award from the Management Association of the Philippines.) Remember: You’ll be left with an empty feeling if you hit the finish line alone. But when you run a race as a team, you’ll discover that [...]

After slogging off at work for five days, most of us either head to the watering holes or curl up in bed with a book or watch TV. But author Ashwin Sanghi, who heads a family business enterprise, rushes home to relax by feverishly writing books. Unlike a typical professional, I cant quit my job [...]

Demolition firm MJ Finnigan has been appointed to knock down a derelict venue where bands include The Beatles, The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays performed concerts. Altrincham-based MJ Finnigan is to demolish The Queens Hall in Widnes, which shut in 2004. Work will begin on Thursday. *Accountancy group Champion is to host a breakfast seminar [...]

URBANA — A consultant is recommending that the University of Illinois re-brand its effort to attract businesses owned by women and minorities and devote five more employees to that mission. Its also urging the UI to work toward legislative changes that would broaden the pool of businesses that count toward its diversity goals, such as [...]

HP has had to face tough realities this week. Fortunately, there is a way for it to survive: Embrace the inevitable trend favoring vertical companies. In the first part of the 2000s, IBM and HP went in two vastly different directions: HP acquired Compaq to bolster a horizontally-integrated PC business, while IBM sold its PC [...]

NEW YORK, NY, Aug 23, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Inc. magazine today ranked Desert Jet, an aircraft management and charter company based in Southern California, number 296 on its 30th annual Inc. 500, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment [...]

BECHTEL representative Kevin Berg will be sharing some of the things he has learnt working on major projects worldwide, when he takes the stage as keynote speaker at the Business Enterprise Luncheon this week. Gladstone Area Promotion and Development Limited will give business people a chance to listen to tales of the Gladstone general managers [...]

The government has added to the list of ‘enterprise zones’ in England where business will be given cheap rates and lower level of planning control in an effort to create jobs and promote growth in the areas. The idea for 21 business enterprise zones was revealed by the government in the Budget. Zones previously announced [...]

Atlanta, GA, August 21, 2011 –(PR.com)– Mills Specialty Metals, a manufacturer and installer of custom architectural metal components for use in commercial and residential buildings, has been certified by the WBENC as a National Womens Business Enterprise. This national certification recognizes Mills Specialty Metals as a company that is majority owned and controlled by women [...]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A Wyoming Department of Transportation employee is one of only 10 people named to represent the states on the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Committee. Lisa Fresquez is the 30-year-old manager of WYDOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program. This is a certified program for minority or women-owned, operated and controlled firms that are [...]