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5 Big Problems Faced By Small-To-Medium US Manufacturers

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The management team decided to ask the AJ Weller Corporation, a 25-year old company from Shreveport, Louisiana, for help because it had a developed a sterling reputation for solving apparently intractable wear problems. Increased global competition.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

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L3Cs were first formed in 2008, and are currently only legal in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming, as well as the federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Maryland was the first U.S. state to adopt this structure in 2010.

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IBM: Where Corporate Responsibility is Not a Trend, but a Lifestyle

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If you looked at just the business pages in American newspapers, you’d think corporations working with nonprofits and delivering global responsibility was a new trend. However, global companies like IBM have been modeling social impact for decades now and Latinitas can attest to their commitment.

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Women 2.0 Partners Google, Extends Founder Friday Events

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has held over 200 Founder Friday events in 30 global cities. To date, Women 2.0 “Google is excited to team up with Women 2.0

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How Oil Prices Are Trading On Binary Options Platforms Lately

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Louisiana Light crude oil was trading -1.0% The increased supply on the global markets has made it virtually impossible for the price of crude oil to rise without increasing the demand or the price of it. As at 14 October 2015 the API report concluded that oil inventories fell by 1.2 The report issued on 15 October reflected a 0.5%

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Helping Hands: U.S. Resources For Import/Export Startups

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Based in Louisiana, and using stainless steel from U.S If you have specific questions about your market, you can also pay an additional fee for flexible market research. The cost ranges between $200 and $3,000. Steve Smith founded ISO , It Straps On, Inc in 1994.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

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Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.