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Biometrics

Related Terms: Data Encryption ; Read story

Visa Rules May Hurt Small Flight Schools

A new effort to toughen security could cost schools half their revenue, according to the SBA.  Read story

Export Experts Close to Home

Public private resources for analyzing overseas prospects.  Read story

Foreign Affairs Tech Expo

Nov. 28, 2006 -- Small businesses interested in providing technology for U.S. foreign affairs operations are invited to attend State Depa...  Read story

Fiasco, By Jack Anderson With James Boyd. Times Books, Three Park Ave., New York, Ny 10016; 386 Pp., $17.50.

Some Americans suspected that there was a Nixon in the woodpile in regard to the oil crises and price run-ups of the early 1970s, what with the former Pre...  Read story

The Ceo Who Came In From The Cold

U.S. exporter Ralph Gregorian was kicked out of the Soviet Union on spy charges he says are outrageous. So he did what any red-blooded entrepreneur would do:...  Read story

Intellectual Property

Related Terms: Inventions and Patents ; ...  Read story

Green Bayou

With almost $1 billion in new taxes, Louisiana is hedging against a long-standing dependency on cheap energy and good ol' boy charm.  Read story

Per Diem Allowances

Related Terms: Expense Accounts The term "pe...  Read story

Arms Dealer Probed

Lawmakers want to know how a wealthy munitions firm won $300 million in federal contracts as a small disadvantaged business.  Read story

U.S., Allies Create Small-Business Fund for Middle East

Nov. 18, 2005 --The nation's foreign policymakers are turning to small businesses to promote democracy in the Middle East and North Africa...  Read story

How I Did It: Jerry Torres, Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions

As told to Max Chafkin Industry Leader: Government Services Three-Year Growth: Read story

Building a Global Network

Who you need to know and how to find them.  Read story

The World According To Me

What can you learn from a CEO's autobiography?  Read story

Salt Lake City, Utah

THE INSULAR MORMON CULTURE THAT ONCE BROUGHT ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IS NOW A MAJOR LIABILITY FOR BUSINESS OWNERS.  Read story

Into Africa

Yes, you can do business there.  Read story

Perestroika Continues

Will Cuba, post-Fidel, be ready for U.S. trade?  Read story

"overseas Customers Prefer Small Companies"

Last year, Maureen Reagan and Sell Overseas America helped 740 companies stake out a share of the world marketplace.  Read story

Exporting

Related Terms: Export-Import Bank ; Read story

Special Financial Report: Employee Compensation

What should you pay employees in this crazy job market? A look at the new rules of compensation  Read story

The President's Message: An Historic Event

On March 1, in response to the Small Business Economic Policy Act of 1980, Ronald Reagan sent to Congress the first annual "State of Small Business" repor...  Read story

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Related Terms: ISO 9000 ; Read story

We've Been Hacked

Not scared of losing your data to a corporate thief? You should be.  Read story

A Whole New World

How Mosaica Education made the jump from the inner city to the Middle East.  Read story

The Thinking Man's CEO

Interview with with a CEO who pursues outside activities to expose his company to emerging areas of opportunity.  Read story

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