Archive for December, 2006
programming ideas to support businesses at your library
Blog about Libraries has a nice post with 15 Ideas for supporting Businesses at your Library. Here are my picks: Become a Job Club site - get your local workforce development groups to hold meetings or conduct training at your site. Collect resources for start ups. Read the post for more info. (Link found via The "M" Word - Marketing [...]
a GoDaddy feature
Business 2.0 has a good feature on domain company GoDaddy, and it founder Bob Parsons. Who's Your Go Daddy? With shrewd marketing and in-you-face tactics, Bob Parsons made his company the hottest thing in the Internet domain world. Now he's about to see how his act plays on a much grander stage.
real numbers, crime is up in Houston
The Houston Chronicle recently reported that numbers from the first half of 06 prove that Houston's crime is up... in a big way. City's rise in violent crime outpaces U.S. For the first half of '06, Houston's killings increased 28%, the nation's 1.4%, report shows -- reported by the Houston Chronicle Violent crime in Houston increased at nearly [...]
no surprise, rehires are affected
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that "Fewer Hispanic immigrants are being hired to replace meatpacking workers arrested at Swift & Co. plants in Grand Island, Neb., and Greeley, Colo., during last week's immigration raid, union officials said this week." Big surprise. What would you do, after the government singled out your business? Read [...]
kidnappings increase on the border
Recent news about the increase in kidnappings in Southern Texas and Northern Mexico has me concerned. I drive through there a few times a year to visit my Grandmother (and mother). But my mother goes that way all the time. Granted, we have almost no money. I can't imagine anyone targetting someone from my immediate family for money. However, [...]
Illegal immigrants have boosted Texas economy by $17.7 billion
In a report by the state's Comptroller's Office, Carole Keeton Strayhorn reported that illegal immigrants are not a drain on state resources, but local governments are another story. Strayhorn tallies impact of illegal immigration She figures a boost to the state but a high cost to local governments -- reported by the Houston Chronicle Illegal [...]
