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Business owners drop prices to build relationships (AP News)
For many small business owners, the recession can have an upside in giving them opportunities to strengthen their relationships with customers.
French PM seeks to raise business profile in Iraq (AFP News)
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon made a lightning visit to Baghdad on Thursday with a delegation of officials and business leaders seeking to raise France's profile in Iraq.
USAID, Western Union program aids African business (AP News)
A U.S. aid agency and Western Union Co. are teaming up to offer a cash boost to sub-Saharan Africans who live in the U.S. but have business plans back home.
Health care reform: What small business wants (CNN Money)
As Congress prepares to do battle over health reform, a parallel dispute is shaping up among small-business groups that are staking out opposing positions on a key element of reform proposals: whether Uncle Sam will take on a bigger role in offering insurance coverage or leave the field to the private market.
Wells Fargo to help fund research into Asian American business ownership (Dallas Morning News)
Wells Fargo Co. on Thursday said it will invest $208,000 in the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation for a national research study about the characteristics and interests of business owners in the six largest Asian American ethnic groups: Chinese, Asian Indian, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese and Japanese.
Stuart Levine's business partner gets 18 months (Chicago Tribune)
Dr. Robert Weinstein admitted role in $6 million fraud scheme involving a charity connected to Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science The longtime business partner of convicted influence peddler Stuart Levine apologized for his misconduct before he was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison.
Robert Berendes, Head of Global Business Development at Syngenta, speaks at Agri Vision 2009 (SeedQuest)
Robert Berendes, Head of Global Business Development at Syngenta , spoke at the 2009 Agri Vision event in the Netherlands. The event, which took place from 16-18 June, provided a discussion platform at strategic level on current and future concerns in feed-to-food chains.
China's 'Green Dam' unleashes flood of business complaints (CNN)
China's last-minute decision to postpone a controversial content-filtering application on computers sold there is the latest example of the trouble that Western technology companies face doing business in the world's fastest-growing economy.
Ramsay’s London Restaurant Business Slumps to Loss (Update1) (Bloomberg)
July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Gordon Ramsay’s London restaurant business swung to a loss last year as the chef closed eateries - - including Angela Hartnett at the Connaught -- and sales fell.
Business agenda (Miami Herald)
TUESDAY British Network of Miami: Invites everyone who wants to make British contacts, social or business; 6:30-10 p.m., The News Lounge, Northeast Fourth Court and 55th Street, Miami; free. 305-371-9340 or www.britishflorida.com.