The Prime Minister has announced that a new Trailblazers project will be put in place to help enhance apprenticeships in the retail industry. The Trailblazer projects have been set up by the Government to lead the way in implementing ...
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ShopKeep POS, the cloud-based point of sale system designed by a retailer, announced it has reached 10,000 customers and is expanding both in the U.S. and internationally with two new locations. “We are excited to open an office ...
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The National Skills Academy for Retail (NSAR), in partnership with the Association of Town and City Management (ATCM) are to launch the new Digital High Street Skills Programme at the Future High Street Summit which takes place in the ...
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Today's headlines include continuing coverage of Medicare Advantage payment rates, as well as a range of stories about the health law's Medicaid expansion and online insurance marketplaces. Kaiser Health News: Impact Of Medicare ...
Tags: Medicare Advantage, Obama Administration, Medicare Data, Obamacare
Global 40W equivalent LED bulb ASPs rose 0.5% to US$15.30, with price increases most evident in Japan, according to LEDinside. Conversely, the global 60W equivalent LED bulb ASP dipped 0.9% to US$21.20. The ASP for 40W equivalent and 60W ...
Tags: LED Bulb Prices, holiday period, few price fluctuations
U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) used a special Town Hall session hosted by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Wednesday to issue a call for both new patent legislation and immigration reform to help drive capital investment and ...
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AT&T today announced that on Friday, Feb. 21 it will launch Digital Life in the Albanyarea along with three other markets: Dayton, Ohio, Grand Rapids, Mich. and Wichita, Kan. AT&T Digital Life makes customers' lives easier by simplifying ...
Tags: AT&T, Digital Life, management, easy-to-use experience, PC
Lockheed Martin-Led team Lays Keel on nation’s eleventh Littoral Combat Ship Friday, Feb 21, 2014 The Lockheed Martin-led industry team officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s eleventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the ...
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Despite a positive outlook for the year ahead, time, money and expertise remain key obstacles to small business growth plans for 2014, according to the latest research from national business organisation, The Forum of Private Business. ...
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The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has welcomed a landmark vote by MEPs in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee for a comprehensive overhaul of the European payments market. The Committee has sent a clear message that the time for ...
Tags: European Payment Market, Apparel
Today's headlines include progress reports on health exchanges in Washington state and New York as well as poll results on Virginia's Medicaid Expansion. Kaiser Health News: Insuring Your Health: Advocates Worry That Drug Company ...
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Politico reports that federal officials made the emergency payment to Verizon Terremark after discovering the federal website was unable to handle sufficient traffic. Also in the news, the Maryland House is scheduled to vote on legislation ...
Tags: Verizon Terremark, Health Exchange Bill, CMS, Millman and Meyers
Business owners from across the country and a wide spectrum of industries met with U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez to discuss the need for an increased minimum wage. Business leaders from EILEEN FISHER, New Belgium Brewing (CO), ...
Commenting on the announcements made by Ed Miliband, Alex Jackman, Head of Policy at the Forum of Private Business, said, “This is a significant speech from Ed Miliband that sets out the emerging policy proposals from the Labour ...
Tags: Ed Miliband, Forum of Private Business, General Election, mechanism
Economists often measure rates of entrepreneurship by looking at the number of small businesses in an industry or a country. However, in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Magnus Henrekson and Tino ...
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