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Iowa Small Business Person of the Year
Iowa’s Small Business Person of the Year Award will honor Cathy Bishop of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman is the voice of America’s 33 million small businesses in President Biden’s Cabinet.
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Read more at KTIV Siouxland's News Channel
Disney CEO Bob Iger Revealed Optimism and Confidence in the Company’s Future
Disney CEO Bob Iger spoke at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Tuesday. Iger noted the company’s longstanding history of creative excellence, pointing to the fact that Disney led the worldwide box office for seven of the past eight years. He also noted that Disney’s recent transformation is having on the film studios overall.
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Read more at The Walt Disney Company
Entera Bio Inc. (NYSE: ENTRA) Reports Financial Results for the Year Ending December 31, 2023
Entera Bio is a leader in the development of orally delivered peptides. Entera is collaborating with leading researchers in orthopedics and sports medicine to contribute its proprietary oral PTH(1-34) Peptide Replacement Therapy Tablets for Hypoparathyroidism. EB613 is being developed as the first oral, osteoanabolic (bone building) once-daily tablet treatment for post-menopausal women with low BMD.
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Read more at TradingView
Ukraine's Defenses Aren't the Greatest, But It Will Not Matter If It Can't Afford To Build It
Ukraine is awaiting US aid and even resorting to crowdfunding to acquire necessary defense equipment. Advertisement The Russian military isn't the formidable juggernaut it was once thought to be, but without strong defenses and key support, Ukraine is dangerously vulnerable to a force that can still inflict serious damage, an expert is warning.
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Read more at Business Insider
Fondomonte Arizona is No Longer Pumping Water in the Butler Valley Basin
Arizona officials say a Saudi-owned company they targeted over its use of groundwater to grow forage crops is moving its farming operation out of a valley in the Southwestern state’s rural west. Some residents of La Paz County had complained that Fondomonte was threatening their wells. Current Arizona regulations allow virtually unfettered groundwater pumping in the state's rural areas.
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Read more at ABC News
Derry City and Strabane District Council Announces DTFF Funding Opportunities
Derry City and Strabane District Council (DCSDC) will be hosting a designated information event on Thursday, 14th March at 12.30pm to offer eligible businesses assistance when applying for the funding. DTFF can offer small, micro businesses and social enterprises help to fund their digital transformation project.
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Read more at Derry Now
Leinster Environmentals crowned Small Business of the Year at SFA Awards
Leinster Environmentals, a Dundalk-based family-run waste management company, has been crowned the Small Business of the Year at the Small Firms Association (SFA) National Small Business Awards. The Awards celebrate the achievements of small businesses in Ireland and recognise the important and vital contributions of this sector to the Irish economy.
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Read more at Ireland Live
Nikki McGoohan From Propel2Gether
More than 100 women in business came together to celebrate National Women’s Enterprise Day in the Hotel Kilmore last year. Nikki McGoohan from Propel2Gether is a member of the Cavan Women in Business Network.
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Read more at Anglo Celt
Private Pension Auto-Enrolment Could Help Women
Employment solicitor Barry Crushell said private pension auto-enrolment could be largely beneficial for women as he is aware of many who enter into “much more precarious part-time and flexible working arrangements than men” he said people in general enter into pension agreements too late. In addition, Mairead O’Mahony, the head of wealth at professional services firm Aon Ireland, suggested auto-entrolment will provide more protection and awareness for women workers.
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Read more at Irish Examiner
International Women's Day (IWD)
Jess and Lee Maternity offers perinatal education and support services. They provide everything from birth doula support, postpartum respite, infant feeding consultations, and infant CPR classes. Conti grew up in Strathmore; she moved away for a few years but ultimately ended up moving back to her hometown.
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Read more at StrathmoreNow.com