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Ethiopian Organizations want the 2024 U.S.-Africa Business Summit organizers reconsider Abiy Ahmed’s participation. In a letter they wrote to Florizelle Liser, President and CEO Corporate Council on Africa, they say his presence risks undermining the summit’s commitment to promoting ethical business.
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1 year ago Read more at borkena.com

Tesla's shares surged after the EV maker won tentative approval to deploy its Full Self-Driving system in China. Elon Musk met high-ranking officials on a surprise visit to Beijing.
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1 year ago Read more at FRANCE 24 English

BESTWR is made up of the heads of local chambers of commerce, the Waterloo Economic Development Corp. and Communitech. The region is pursuing 770 acres of land in Wilmot Township near the intersection of Nafziger Road and Bleams Road, south of New Hamburg.
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1 year ago Read more at CBC.ca

Burman University students won the virtual Undergraduate Healthcare Business Case competition. Six teams from schools of business in the North American division provided a strategic case analysis. Participants had two weeks to analyze the case, do research, and create recommendations that Loma Linda could implement to minimize the impact of wage increases.
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1 year ago Read more at Lacombe Express

Governor Greg Abbott announced this week as 2024 Small Business Week in Texas. The week, lasting from April 28 to May 4, is a recognition of the 3.2 million small businesses that contribute to the state’s economy. Small businesses are the very backbone of the Texas economy, Governor Abbott said.
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1 year ago Read more at KAUZ

National Small Business Week is taking place this year from April 28 to May 4. EverCommerce uses this week as a catalyst to extend the education and growth opportunities. Personal service (67 percent) and convenient access to products and services (52 percent) are the top two service-based small business benefits to 'shopping local'
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Pipedrive, the easy and effective sales CRM for small businesses, celebrates Small Business Week. This year, Pipedrive champions small but mighty businesses making a difference in the world by driving innovation through sustainable business practices. In the United States alone, over 33.2 million small businesses employ almost half of the American workforce, accounting for 43.5 percent of GDP.
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In order to win bids, a broker must first capture a shipper’s attention. This type of persistence and specialization really do pay off. The trick is making every relationship with shippers count and staying optimistic about the future.
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1 year ago Read more at Yahoo Finance Australia

In a Rutgers-led study, researchers created fake resumes and showed them to 219 people with corporate recruiting experience in high-tech manufacturing, software development, health care, and other industries. Participants were less likely to recommend the former business owners, even though they had essentially the same qualifications for the job.
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1 year ago Read more at Phys.org

Nature positive is a serious policy idea. Think of it as the biodiversity counterpart to net zero emissions. The goal is ambitious: stop the decline by 2030 and set about restoring what has been lost for a full recovery of nature by 2050. Graeme Samuel pronounced the EPBC Act a failure.
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1 year ago Read more at The Conversation