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Providing a Blueprint for Success in Uncertain Financial Times

Let’s be candid: When one thinks of business development, is there an immediate, heightened sense of excitement?  Do business owners salivate at the notion of adding more responsibility to their already hectic daily grind?  Are business owners even aware that there could be a crucially missing element from their successfully operated venture?  READ MORE

Oil Traders Face New Regulation

The dramatic surge in oil prices—including a $16-per-barrel jump in just two days last week—has left Washington regulators scrambling to exert new oversight on futures trading in oil and other commodities. The U.S. regulatory agency's abrupt shift toward more rigorous oversight in the past two weeks also represents a stark example of how the pinch from high gasoline prices has changed the political landscape and made energy traders prime suspects READ MORE

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Christie Hefner, chairwoman and chief executive of Playboy Enterprises, joined the company in 1975 and became its president in 1982 before being elected to her current position in 1988. She is credited with restructuring the company and shifting the focus away from some of its unprofitable endeavors and toward electronic and international expansion. READ MORE

If You Don’t Promote Your Business, Who Will?

Why is public relations and self-promotion so important for the small business owner and what comes to mind when the average business owner hears the term "public relations?" Do you think about old-fashioned publicity?  Contrived sham productions?  Stunts?  Too often these days the term is used as a fuzzy catch-all, meaning anything from marketing and advertising to surveys and free samples. And nearly everyone presumes an “effective” public relations campaign effort requires a big and expensive agency. READ MORE

Take a look At These Must See Events!

Every month Joel brings you the valley's hottest networking events, parties and must attend social and business gatherings. Attend these events to power-boost your social standing in the community...READ MORE

“I’ll Have a Drink and the Girl At Table Seven”

Microsoft Corp. and Harrah's Entertainment Inc. introduced a high-tech interactive bar table Wednesday that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with each other. READ MORE