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September 2008
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Long Road to Achievement: Michael E. Smith’s Griffin Security Agency
Making a name for himself in private security —­ a market said to value hundreds of billions of dollars — was never in Michael E. Smith’s dreams. The president and chief executive officer of Gr
BY Ines Bebea
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Africa Focus
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Death of a Digital Ghost: The best of Africa’s unheralded brains
When Guido Sohne died inexplicably in May in Nairobi, Kenya, card-carrying techies in Africa and around the world mourned. They’re still mourning. Just 34 years old, Sohne, a Ghanaian, arguably was
BY Rosalind McLymont
Career
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International Jobs: How they affect your SS benefits
As business professionals in the U.S. turn to the international arena for additional career options, questions about the realities of working overseas are becoming more frequent. Here, we discuss the
BY Tom Margenau
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Sign of the Times: Total eclipses, dragons and power shifts
Tens of thousands of people — scientists, eclipse junkies, foreign tourists and ordinary villagers — gathered in remote villages of northern China on the morning of Aug. 1 to witness one minute an
BY Rosalind McLymont
Entrepreneurship
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Surviving the World of MWBEs

A  forum on ways for small, minority and women-owned businesses to survive and grow in the current economic downturn ended with a call for an emergency White House summit on small business.

BY Salome Kilkenny
Global Certification: WBENC’s initiative gets mixed reviews
As small and medium-sized businesses come under increasing pressure to look to foreign markets for growth and, in some cases, survival, the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council is advocating
BY Patrice Toombs
Survival Tips for Good Times and Bad
Gregory L. Reid, Esq., co-founder and managing partner of Reid, Rodriguez & Rouse L.L.P., a New York City law firm serving small businesses in employee issues, gave the following tips at a smallbu
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The True Prosperity Drivers
Oil has made us billions and fueled our economic stability, but oil has also become the bane of our existence. For some, it is a curse that has caused poverty and corruption; for others it is an essen
BY Philip Emeagwali
Finance & Economy
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The Payroll Factor: More work, less pay, has a price tag
These days, workers across the United States are being paid less for the same work they, or others, did five years ago. Employers may be saving money this way, but according to the U.S. Department of
BY George Orwell
New World Order? Asia is urged to lead the way as world bodies fail
Business and government leaders at the 17th World Economic Forum on East Asia said global financial institutions are proving to be impotent in dealing with crises such as food and fuel prices, and it
BY Vijay Joshi
Headliner
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New Jersey’s Business Lure

A highly touted program designed to lure businesses to New Jersey appears to have survived efforts by local politicos to abolish it – at least temporarily.

BY Glenn Townes
Industry Focus
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The Human Resources Evolution: From administrative afterthought to strategic partnership
A pharmaceutical company’s recent job posting for a human resources manager cited three key responsibilities of the position: create an integrated strategy for advancing business; provide tactical c
BY Janelle Gordon
Affirmative Action: Advancing diverse talent in foodservices
More than 40 years after the launch of affirmative action, only 16 of the Fortune 500 companies are run by people of color and that number includes two female CEOs. “The population is growing with
BY Janelle Gordon
Recruiting and Retaining Millennials
You can’t attract 21st-century employees with 20th-century strategies, says Tracy Brown, president of Diversity Trends L.L.C., a Dallas, Texas, consulting firm. At the 2007 National Symposium of the
Offshoring for Talent
According to a survey by Duke University’s Center for International Business Education and Research and Booz Allen Hamilton’s Offshoring Research Network, the search for qualified personnel, most
A Southern Jewel: Tours aplenty unveil Charleston’s rich heritage
U.S. history, I’m afraid, was never my strong suit — until I visited Charleston, S.C. American history is omnipresent in this southern city of 107,000, where you can’t help but get a crash cours
BY Lori Weisberg
People
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Moving Up
Dara P. Richardson-Heron, M.D. Dara P. Richardson-Heron, M.D., was named chief executive officer of The Greater New York City Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, becoming the first CEO of the
Technology
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Perilous Browsing: Using unprotected public Wi-Fi is risky
Use of public Wi-Fi is becoming a way of life for American business travelers and coffee-shop habitu´es. And new attacks emerge along with the growing popularity.Wi-Fi hardware now comes standard on
BY Jonathan Sidener
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A Southern Jewel

American history is omnipresent in this southern city of 107,000, where you can’t help but get a crash course in pre-Revolutionary times, the roots of slavery and, of course, that famous War Between the States, as Southerners are fond of calling the Civil War.

BY Lori Weisberg
Nectar Takes Flight: A wine bar in Harlem showcases the owners’ passion
Sometime in the early to mid-1990s, a new kind of hot spot exploded on the social scene — the wine bar. Opening mostly in metropolitan areas — although bistros and cafés with a focus on wines had
BY Clarence V. Reynolds
High Blood Pressure: Why you should monitor it at home
If you have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, it would be a good idea for you to start monitoring your blood pressure at home, says a recent joint statement from the American Heart Association,
BY Ven Griva
The Billie Holiday Theatre
For 36 years, the theater appetite of Brooklyn, New York’s Bedford Stuyvesant community has been satisfied by The Billie Holiday Theatre, a nonprofit organization located at 1368 Fulton Street, insi
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Book Review September 2008
Good Is Not Enough: And Other Unwritten Rules for Minority ProfessionalsAuthor: Keith R. Wyche with Sonia AlleynePublisher: PortfolioPages: 256ISBN: 978-1-591842-10-1Reviewed By: Soroya BrantleyWhen i
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News Briefs
NYC Training Guide The New York City Department of Small Business Services unveiled its NYC Training Guide, an online directory at www.nyc.gov/trainingguide that allows New Yorkers using the city’
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