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SBA Guides Tech Firms To Agencies, Contractors

Jane Kim started her Silicon Valley technology-staffing firm during the Internet boom. But now her San Francisco start-up is looking for new revenue as the dot-com economy has waned. First stop: the federal government. By…

Sen. Bennett of Utah sponsoring tech meet at Southern Utah University with President Meg Whitman of eBay

Sen. Bob Bennett is sponsoring a two-day Rural Utah Business Technology Conference at Southern Utah University in Cedar City on May 28-29. It will offer numerous workshops and speeches about high-tech tools, trends and financing…

Washington State Economic summit coming to Spokane

Washington Gov. Gary Locke will hold the first statewide economic development summit in Spokane Sept. 12 and 13. The Spokesman-Review Sharon Wallace, spokeswoman for the Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development, said participants will…

Bees (at the University of Montana) Learning Smell of Bombs With Backing From Pentagon

Scientists working for the Pentagon have trained ordinary honeybees to ignore flowers and home in on minute traces of explosives, a preliminary step toward creating a buzzing, swarming detection system that could be used to…

Pasta co-op in North Dakota may begin selling stock

Dakota Growers owners say new capital is vital for success BISMARCK, N.D. — Since it began production eight years ago, Dakota Growers Pasta Co. has built a reputation not just for the spaghetti it makes…

MSU Research roundup-Documenting Shakespeare -Horse harm -Books on film -Paris’s Red Belt

Documenting Shakespeare This will be the 30th season for Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, an outdoor touring company that has been crisscrossing the state since 1973. Tom Watson, assistant professor in MSU’s media and theatre…

Entrepreneurs learn secret of success

OAKLAND — Deborah Senegal has a background in banking, but after hitting a "glass ceiling" — workplace barriers to corporate advancement — she has decided to start her own business: Legacy 1 Enterprises. By Staff…

The Bucks in Your Backyard

Can’t find money anywhere? Maybe you’re searching too far from home. Lewis Buchner knew he was looking for a needle in a haystack. The CEO and founder of Vida, an office-furniture manufacturer based in Brisbane,…

Louisiana-Pacific will trim 4,400 jobs and sell timberland in Idaho, Louisiana and Texas

PORTLAND _ Louisiana-Pacific announced Wednesday that it will sell several businesses and shed 4,400 jobs as part of a restructuring effort. By Associated Press The Spokesman-Review The maker of lumber, pulp and building products said…

College students are taking the entrepreneurial plunge

05/02/2002 Nick Fitzhugh’s bedroom has a secret life — as a boardroom. Fitzhugh, a senior at Brown University, is running a nonprofit company — The Glimpse Foundation — from his off-campus apartment. Fitzhugh, 23, and…

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