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COMING MONDAY: A silk-screening business was the key to combining creativity with commerce for one local man. YOUR WEEK Investment opportunities Learn how to invest, develop and identify commercial and/or residential properties in Savannah's historic corridor. Representatives from the Savannah Developmental and Renewal Authority, Historic Savannah Foundation, Community Housing Association, Small Business Assistance Corporation and the Entrepreneurial Center will be available for information and assistance. When: 8:30 a.m.-noon Saturday Where: 518 Martin Luther King Blvd. Cost: $25 donation; tax deductible Reservations required Contact: 447-5590; mail checks to P.O.
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FREMONT — The Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra Community College and the Small Business Management Program at Vanguard Adult Career Center are teaming to present a Small Business Tax Workshop Dec. 5. Presenter John K. Krupp, a certified public accountant, is to discuss small business taxes including income, sales and payroll taxes, as well as information on tax filings, tax changes and more. The workshop is 6:30-9 p.m. Dec. 5 at Terra Community College in Building B, Room 101. It is free and open to the public. To register or for more information, call Bill Auxter, director of the Ohio Small Business Development Center at Terra Community College, toll free at (800) 826-2431 or (419) 559-2210. Or contact him by e-mail at bauxter@terra.edu. Undergraduate entrepreneurs to benefit from new endowment FINDLAY — The University of Findlay unveiled an undergraduate student entrepreneurial program funded through a gift by the late Vernon E.
Charity crisis as council cuts cash
CHARITIES across the city are preparing to take legal action over cuts in their funding from the city council. Two dozen voluntary organisations had a total of £30,500 slashed from their grants as part of cost-cutting measures, despite being promised a set amount at the start of the year. .
Rudd gets back to work
PRIME Minister-elect Kevin Rudd has hit the ground running this morning with high-level briefings in Brisbane. Mr Rudd, who last night became Australia's 26th prime minister after an emphatic victory over John Howard, will meet with his senior colleagues in Brisbane before holding a press conference today. His deputy Julia Gillard and incoming treasurer Wayne Swan have both flown to Brisbane from Canberra to meet with their leader. Mr Rudd also will meet with his fellow Queenslander Premier Anna Bligh for discussions at the state government headquarters before addressing the media. Earlier today, the Rudd family was met with applause and congratulations as they attended their usual church service in the inner-Brisbane suburb of Bulimba in his seat of Griffith. .
Small NY businesses now have China link
When a big company decides to begin marketing its products in China, it likely has a team of people it can dedicate to identifying buyers and making connections. The task is not so easy for a small to medium-sized business - the very market targeted in a new initiative by a statewide organization and a local consultant. The nonprofit Asian American Business Development Center in New York City has teamed up with Teeter Marketing Services LLC of Niagara Falls to open the first New York Center in Beijing. The center, which opened Nov. 1, is dedicated to serving the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises in New York state, providing assistance in exporting, job creation and manufacturing-sector growth. Many other states and even some major cities have funded the creation of bureaus or centers in China to help boost business in their region.
Young doctors in debt
It's Wednesday evening and Megan Reis can't remember when she last saw her husband Chris. Small wonder. Since Sunday morning, Meg has worked more than 60 hours at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital, the Chicago-area facility where she is training in pediatrics. Chris, meanwhile, has put in a 24-hour day followed by a 12-hour one at the nearby Loyola University Medical Center, where he's learning anesthesiology. Meg guesses she hasn't seen him since Saturday. Actually, Chris recalls later, it was Tuesday morning: They saw each other for 10 minutes in the parking garage of their nondescript condominium building, crossing paths as Chris returned from a marathon workday and Meg headed off to one in her parents' old Ford Escort. "She was actually late getting to work," says Chris.
Irondequoit to Better Track Renters
It's one of Rochester's fastest growing communities, and many who own property in the Town of Irondequoit are trying to cash in. Those who already live there are hoping a recently passed town ordinance will make landlords and future tenants live up to their responsibilities. The new law will help the town keep a close eye on rental properties, and whether or not they're being maintained properly. It's something all who live there have a stake in. Taking care of a piece of property all by yourself can be a handful, especially in the fall. "There's always raking, there's painting inside and updating appliances," said Bev Spayde. "All kinds of things and in actuality, it's a job," she said. Spayde has been taking care of a piece of property in Irondequoit for six years.
Business relishing the advantage of wireless Internet
Internet service providers that use wireless technology to bypass the phone companies' near-monopoly now appear to be gaining traction after a false start at the height of the Internet boom. The difference between then and now is WiMax, an emerging technology sometimes described as a cousin of the Wi-Fi standard used at home and coffee shop hot spots. WiMax, however, is capable of much greater range, in the tens of miles, and higher speeds. From the roof of a 27-story Manhattan building, Towerstream Corp. CEO Jeff Thompson can look out over a vast swath of the city, from lowrises in Greenwich Village to the skyscrapers of Midtown. The Towerstream antennas mounted on the roof have the same panoramic view, sending and receiving customers' data. "I call this our bowl of business," Thompson said.
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