Yesterday, President Barack Obama delivered a controversial speech in Roanoke, Virginia. He criticized the concept of the ‘self-made man’ and the American success story, stating that: “There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me – because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t – look, if you’ve been… Continue Reading
GlobeImmune, Inc is a biopharmaceutical company which recently filed with the SEC to go public, but have still not begun trading. The company was founded in 1995 as Ceres Pharmaceutical and changed its name to GlobeImmune in 2001. GlobeImmune has the ambitious goal of ending disease all over the world. At the moment GlobeImmune is… Continue Reading
Some companies say they are good to the environment, but really aren’t so good if you take a closer look. Newsweek decide to take a closer look, and with the help of some experts on environmental issues and business practices, studied a large selection of companies for more than one year. Among the 15 top… Continue Reading
A national survey recently revealed that although 2012 has seen some significant improvement, more than 50% of new college graduates will struggle to find work over the course of the next few months. According to the Birmingham News, “Lack of jobs, not qualifications, is the top reason recent college graduates and post-graduates are unemployed and… Continue Reading
CEO of Greenleaf Book Group, Clint Greenleaf moved his company from Cleveland, Ohio to Austin, Texas in 2004. There were several reasons Greenleaf made the move; among them the most important were the difficulty of hiring in Ohio, and the absurdly high taxes there. Greenleaf explained that in Texas there would be no requirement of… Continue Reading
The Council of Competitiveness and the National Association of Manufacturers recently unveiled its list of the top ten ‘business-friendly’ states in the U.S. this year. As mentioned before, Texas ranked #1 in several surveys. The most recent list ranks the states like this: Texas Utah Virginia North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska South Dakota Colorado Georgia… Continue Reading
A recent survey has elected Texas as the top state for business this year. This is actually the third time it was placed at the head of the rankings. According to BottomLine at msnbc.com: “Texas racked up an impressive 1,604 points out of a possible 2,500, with top 10 finishes in six of our 10… Continue Reading
New regulations to better control high-risk trading on Wall Street were ushered in on Tuesday by government regulators seeking ways to prevent future financial crisis caused by high-risk business practices. The rules are an expansion of the Dodd-Frank regulatory law and will give the government more control over the $700 trillion derivatives industry, a murky… Continue Reading
Stalled trade growth in China has wreaked havoc on the Asian stock market as global demand falters. Chinese imports fell by half this past June to 6.3%, while exports increased 11.3% in comparison to May’s 15.3% growth. Meanwhile, slow demand for China’s oil, iron ore and various other goods has triggered concern in other economies… Continue Reading
Tom Currier is only 20 years old, but that doesn’t mean he is too young to nurture an innovative company which is lifting eyebrows among investors. As a matter of fact, he isn’t too young to have begun nine successful companies, beginning with ScanBoy which he started at the age of nine to finance his… Continue Reading