Business

MBCC Windows 7 Lunch & Learn

Wednesday, 21 April 2010 13:52

Here’s your chance to get up close and personal with the latest productivity enhancements, as well as safety and security improvements that Windows® 7 provides.   

Come find out how Windows 7 helps your business work the way you want on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, Noon – 1:00 pm at University of Minnesota Urban Research Center, 2001 Plymouth Avenue North, Room 107, Minneapolis.  

SBA names Minnesota Minority Small Business Champion

Thursday, 08 April 2010 12:58

Sharon B. Banks, Senior Project Manager at the University of Minnesota, has been named the Minnesota Minority Small Business Champion of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The Minority Small Business Champion award is presented annually in each state to individuals who assist small businesses through outstanding advocacy efforts on behalf of minority-owned small businesses. Yvonne Cheung Ho, President and CEO of MEDA, nominated Banks for this award.

Banks, a native of Pittsburgh, has lived in the Twin Cities since moving from Atlanta in 1979. She describes herself as a "problem solver” and considers her organizational and interpersonal skills her greatest assets. As Senior Project Manager in the University of Minnesota’s Office for Business and Community Economic Development, she is responsible for the inclusion of women, minorities and person with disabilities on University construction projects. Prior to joining the University, she was Manager of Career Development and Diversity at Northwest Airlines.

Social Security to provide helpful health care information to over 3 million disability applicants each year

Thursday, 18 March 2010 15:03

Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced the agency is providing helpful health care information and website links to the more than three million individuals who apply each year for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits. The website links take disability applicants to two U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) websites – www.healthfinder.gov where they will find information and tools to help them better understand and cope with their conditions; and www.healthfinder.gov/rxdrug where they may be able to get help paying for prescription drugs.

Understanding Medicare

Thursday, 18 March 2010 14:39 Jason Alderman

Most people are somewhat familiar with Medicare, since it's likely they or a family member are already covered by the government-provided health insurance program. But with its alphabet soup of options and complex rules, Medicare can be daunting to the uninitiated.

AutoNation appoints Robert J. Brown to the Board of Directors

Monday, 15 March 2010 13:22

Robert J. Brown is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of B&C Associates, Inc, a management, consulting, marketing research, and public relations firm that is celebrating its 50th year of existence. Founded in 1960, B&C has been privileged to serve many of the Fortune 500. Some of the current and past companies listed in B&C's extensive client portfolio include the Sara Lee Corporation, USAA, General Motors Corporation, Coca-Cola Company, Nissan Corporation, Michelin North America, Lowe’s, Inc., AutoNation, Inc., Freddie Mac, Sprint, Rooms To Go, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, and Office Depot, DeBeers, Inc., Food Lion and Save-A-Lot.

Top five reasons to fill out the 2010 census form

Friday, 12 March 2010 14:49 Better Business Bureau Tips for Consumers

Every ten years the US federal government is required to count every man woman and child in the country. Not surprisingly, the census is a massive undertaking requiring the work of more than a million people to accurately count the hundreds of millions of people living in the country. Contrary to the myths, participation in the census is extremely safe and easy, and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Minnesota and North Dakota encourages everyone to take a few minutes to fill out their census form when it arrives in the mail in March.

Tool for today's economy: An independent consumer financial protection agency

Thursday, 11 March 2010 13:57 Charlene Crowell, NNPA Financial Writer

(NNPA) - For most Americans, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is the private sector’s gold-standard of objectivity and fairness. Founded in 1912, this nonprofit organization today has 123 offices in the United States and Canada that monitor more than four million local and national businesses and charities.