Jena Wuu


Companies Address Impact of Energy Costs

By Jena Wuu |  Aug 26, 2005

August 26, 2005 --Record-high levels of oil prices are causing small business owners to re-think their business strategies, despite otherw...  Read story

The Changing Face of Unions

By Jena Wuu |  Aug 25, 2005

Last night, I went to Expedia to book a plane ticket home to Minneapolis, a hub of Northwest Airlines . Expecting to reser...  Read story

Research Not Being Applied to Innovations

By Jena Wuu |  Aug 24, 2005

August 24, 2005 --Universities are not applying their research on industrial innovations to their full potential, claims a study from the ...  Read story

H-1B Visas Max Out Early

By Jena Wuu |  Aug 19, 2005

August 19, 2005 --Federal officials announced last week that all 65,000 H-1B visas for the 2006 fiscal year have already been issued. This...  Read story

New Deadlines for Accounting Changes

By Jena Wuu |  Aug 17, 2005

August 17, 2005 --The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a new procedure this week that waives the 90-day period for submitting acc...  Read story

Out of this World

By Jena Wuu |  Aug 12, 2005

With all of the hype about Discovery 's safe return, it seems like now would be an opportune time to look to outer space for business opportunitie...  Read story

The Open-Source Business?

By Jena Wuu |  Aug 10, 2005

In response to its growing popularity among businesses and to the dismay of some in its loyal base of volunteer programmers, Mozilla Read story

Work-Life Not an Issue for Owners

By Jena Wuu |  Aug 10, 2005

August 10, 2005 --About two-thirds of small business owners are satisfied with how they have balanced their personal lives and work schedu...  Read story

SEC Seeks Public Input on Sarbanes-Oxley

By Jena Wuu |  Aug 10, 2005

Some small businesses claim compliance too burdensome and discourages them from public offerings.  Read story

Images Helped NASA with Discovery Re-entry

By Jena Wuu |  Aug 8, 2005

August 8, 2005 --As the space shuttle Discovery prepared to re-enter the earth's orbit Tuesday morning at Edwards Air Force Base,...  Read story

Small Cities Innovate, Too

By Jena Wuu |  Aug 4, 2005

August 4, 2005 --Highly populated cities aren't the only areas that foster innovation, according to a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of...  Read story

Small Cities Innovate, Too

By Jena Wuu |  Aug 4, 2005

August 4, 2005 --Highly populated cities aren't the only areas that foster innovation, according to a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of...  Read story

Small Businesses More Vulnerable to Tech Threats

By Jena Wuu |  Jul 29, 2005

July 28, 2005 --Small businesses are increasingly vulnerable to information security threats due to a passive, complacent attitude toward ...  Read story

Teamsters, SEIU Disaffiliate from AFL-CIO

By Jena Wuu |  Jul 26, 2005

July 26, 2005 --The leaders of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Service Employees' International Union, two unions in th...  Read story

Workers' Compensation Costs Rising

By Jena Wuu |  Jul 25, 2005

July 25, 2005 --Since 2003, employers' costs for workers' compensation have increased at a faster rate than those for employee benefits an...  Read story

Center Opens to Help Minority Entrepreneurs

By Jena Wuu |  Jul 21, 2005

July 21, 2005 --The first center under the Urban Entrepreneur Partnership has opened in Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas City Urban Entrepreneu...  Read story

180s CEO Steps Down

By Jena Wuu |  Jul 18, 2005

July 18, 2005 --Brian Le Gette has stepped down as CEO of 180s LLC, the performance apparel company he founded in 1994 with former classma...  Read story

SBA Loans Maintain Record Highs

By Jena Wuu |  Jul 18, 2005

July 18, 2005 --The Small Business Administration predicts that approvals for its 7(a) and 504 loans will continue to set record high leve...  Read story

Microsoft Targets Vertical Markets

By Jena Wuu |  Jul 11, 2005

July 11, 2005 --Microsoft has announced that it will increase its focus on industry specialization, creating software products targeted fo...  Read story

Congress Passes Junk Fax Act

By Jena Wuu |  Jul 1, 2005

July 1, 2005 --Congress passed the Junk Fax Prevention Act this week, exempting businesses from previous Federal Communications Commission...  Read story

Small Businesses More Vulnerable to Tech Threats

By Jena Wuu |  Jul 1, 2005

Survey shows small business owners have complacent attitudes toward security issues.  Read story

Small Businesses More Vulnerable to Tech Threats

By Jena Wuu |  Jul 1, 2005

July 28, 2005 --Small businesses are increasingly vulnerable to information security threats due to a passive, complacent attitude toward ...  Read story

Microsoft Targets Vertical Markets

By Jena Wuu |  Jul 1, 2005

July 11, 2005 --Microsoft has announced that it will increase its focus on industry specialization, creating software products targeted fo...  Read story

Dispute Over Bankruptcy Data

By Jena Wuu |  Jun 22, 2005

June 21, 2005 --A new study by professors from Harvard and the University of Nevada has concluded that official data from the Administrati...  Read story

Small Businesses Offered Deal on Rental Cars

By Jena Wuu |  Jun 13, 2005

June 10, 2005 --Rental car company Budget Rent A Car is taking aim at small businesses who rent cars at least five times a year and spend ...  Read story