Business

Employers must use Revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification: USCIS will no longer accept previous versions of Form I-9

Tuesday, 07 May 2013 11:57

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds employers that beginning May 7, 2013 they must use the revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Revision 03/08/13)N for all new hires and reverifications. All employers are required to complete and retain a Form I-9 for each employee hired to work in the United States.

Belva Rasmussen inducted into Hall of Fame

Tuesday, 07 May 2013 11:34

Belva Rasmussen, Chair of Northeast Bank, was inducted into the inaugural Minnesota Women Business Owners Hall of Fame on Thursday, April 25. The Minnesota Women Business Owners Hall of Fame honors and recognizes Minnesota's female entrepreneurs and their advocates who have made significant and enduring contributions to impact women's entrepreneurial development in Minnesota. The official induction ceremony took place at Cargill World Headquarters and featured Roshini Rajkumar as the master of ceremonies.

It Pays To Understand the Different Roles of Financial Professionals

Monday, 06 May 2013 13:59

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

For Immediate Release
April 30, 2013

SAINT PAUL, MN– In recognition Financial Literacy Month, the Minnesota Department of Commerce today reminds investors of the importance of understanding the distinctions between the various types of financial professionals.

Nonprofit partnerships: dollars and sense

Wednesday, 24 April 2013 13:47 Mel and Pearl Shaw

Woman and minority owned businesses can benefit from well-defined relationships with select nonprofits.

FUNdraising Good Times: Your mobile device: friend or foe?

Tuesday, 23 April 2013 09:44 Mel and Pearl Shaw

Who is more important: you or a group of your fellow nonprofit volunteers or professionals? What signal are you sending when you direct your attention to your mobile device instead of the group's discussion? If you believe the work of the organization or institution is unimportant, say so and work with your peers to restructure meetings. If not, give your attention to the business at hand. Each of you has carved out time from your busy schedules to attend the meeting: make the most of it.

African American investors optimistic about financial future and the economy, but concerned about retirement, according to recent Wells Fargo survey

Monday, 22 April 2013 15:42

- Saving for retirement moves to back-burner as investors focus on day-to-day financial challenges -

The 13th grade: A career pathways solution

Thursday, 18 April 2013 10:46 Scott Gray, President/CEO

Growing numbers of Twin Cities young adults are not prepared for the modern workforce and ill-prepared relative to mastery of basic skills; they lack a defined career path, and do not possess the range of skills that employers require. For far too many of these young adults, in the absence of a career and life plan, mentoring and coaching, they succumb to the lure of the streets and become sucked into the pipeline to prison. We have seen these young people in our communities and in our families. This is my wife's younger brother, this is my young cousin, this is the young brother hanging at the corner store, these are the young men and women we care about who need a pathway to success.