LONG BEACH, Calif., Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of Southern California business owners are expanding their operations, realizing increased revenues and hiring more employees as a result of their participation in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program operated out of Long Beach City College. Based on a report released today, 76 percent of [...]
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 40 no longer means over the hill for a growing number of people who have learned to keep their weight down and their energy levels up as they age. While 40 may no longer be considered “over the hill” as it was in the past, numerous [...]
THUNDER BAY, Ontario, Apr. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Teaching and Learning, by Dr. Tony Bates, Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate, is a great resource for all faculty and instructors, especially as online learning and new technologies become an integral part of all teaching. A photo accompanying [...]
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Global Institute for Entrepreneurship (GIE) has been launched at West Los Angeles College (West). GIE is a public and private partnership delivering educational excellence focused on American business know-how and survival. Several private universities have already expressed interest in building a bridge from the GIE to their executive MBA [...]
SINGAPORE, Nov 4 (Korea Bizwire) – As Asia grows, a looming shortage of senior leaders among the region’s financial institutions is expected. The National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School has thus launched the Asia Leaders in Financial Institutions (ALFI) programme to equip industry practitioners with the capabilities to assume regional and global responsibilities, including [...]
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Two Bit Circus founders Brent Bushnell and Eric Gradman have been awarded a POPULAR MECHANICS’ Breakthrough Innovator Award. These two men want to overhaul how we teach kids the essential subjects of science, math and engineering – all disciplines children have struggled with mightily in this country for nearly [...]
LYNDHURST, N.J., Jun. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The practice of medicine requires extensive training and relies on hard science. And yet, the attributes valued most by patients when rating and reviewing their doctors are more often those softer measures not taught in medical school. The Vitals Index analyzed 1,000 recent reviews of doctors by their [...]
Hong Kong, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The 25th HKTDC Hong Kong Book Fair opened today, welcoming some 570 exhibitors from 31 countries and regions, a new exhibitor record. The fair, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), continues through 22 July. More than 300 cultural events are taking place over the next [...]
CHICAGO, July 10, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Thirty-one aspiring female inventors will compete to build and race electric cars created from old refrigerators as part of a new initiative launched by ComEd. The program, dubbed “The Icebox Derby,” is co-sponsored by Girls4Science, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana and the Chicago Urban League and is [...]
FRAMINGHAM, Mass, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — While kids may dread the start of school, most parents (66%) look forward to back-to-school shopping as a time to bond with their teenagers, according to a recent Staples survey. And more than two in five parents of teens (43%) say back-to-school shopping makes them relive their own [...]