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State loan to Carolina Beach hinges on goal to involve minority contractors - Port City Daily

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 13, 2013 - 2:08pm


State loan to Carolina Beach hinges on goal to involve minority contractors
Port City Daily
A state loan that would pay for an upgrade to Carolina Beach's water-meter system hinges on the town adopting a formal goal to involve minority-owned businesses in certain state-funded projects. Click here for the board's full agenda for Tuesday. A ...

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Minority businesses are being shut out, but we'll never know with such ... - The Colorado Statesman

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 13, 2013 - 12:22pm


The Colorado Statesman

Minority businesses are being shut out, but we'll never know with such ...
The Colorado Statesman
Our legislation would have been a big step in the right direction: determining whether barriers to government contracting and procurement actually do exist, as we suspect, for underutilized businesses owned by women, minorities, veterans and persons ...

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Senate hearing exposes financial obstacles for minority woman-owned businesses - allvoices

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 13, 2013 - 10:40am


Senate hearing exposes financial obstacles for minority woman-owned businesses
allvoices
Alejandra Castillo, national deputy director of the US Commerce Department's Minority Business Development Agency, told the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship that a lack of access to capital “has been an obstacle to the continued ...

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Minority businesses looking for a bigger bite - Canton Repository

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 13, 2013 - 7:11am


Minority businesses looking for a bigger bite
Canton Repository
Chambers of commerce, labor unions and other groups across the Utica Shale region have been investigating the possibilities. That includes the 40 some members of the Stark County Minority Business Association, of which Barton, who is black, is a member.

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Aurizon mulling sale of minority stake - Business Spectator

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 12, 2013 - 8:19pm


The Age

Aurizon mulling sale of minority stake
Business Spectator
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Aurizon Considers Rail Network Stake SaleFox Business
Aurizon in talks to sell $3.5bn stake in coal railThe Australian
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Minority businesses explore oil, gas opportunities - New Philadelphia Times Reporter

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 12, 2013 - 6:16am


Minority businesses explore oil, gas opportunities
New Philadelphia Times Reporter
Construction contractor Gary Barton watches trucks haul stone to gas and oil drilling sites and asks how he can get a bite of that business. His Akron-based B&G Masonry Remodeling & Construction has had just a small taste so far, a couple of driveway ...

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Minority Business Expo highlights council's 40th Anniversary May 13-14 - Northdallasgazette

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 11, 2013 - 6:08pm


Northdallasgazette

Minority Business Expo highlights council's 40th Anniversary May 13-14
Northdallasgazette
DALLAS – Showcasing a signature program as part of its 40th Anniversary, the Dallas/Forth Minority Supplier Development Council will hold its annual Business Expo, ACCESS, on Monday and Tuesday, May 13 and 14 at the Irving Convention Center.

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Maryland Live to host vendors fair for minority- and women-owned businesses - CapitalGazette.com

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 11, 2013 - 3:11pm


Maryland Live to host vendors fair for minority- and women-owned businesses
CapitalGazette.com
Maryland Live! will host a Minority Business Vendor Fair on June 20, for minority- and women-owned enterprises interested in working with the casino. "Doing Business Session" will take place from 8 to 11 a.m. at Rams Head Center Stage at Maryland Live!

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Minority businesses are likely being shut out - Denver Post

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 10, 2013 - 6:53pm


Minority businesses are likely being shut out
Denver Post
Legislation would have been a big step in the right direction toward determining whether barriers to government contracting and procurement actually do exist, as we suspect, for underutilized businesses owned by women, minorities, veterans and persons ...

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Minority Suppliers Forum Helps With Best Practices - HispanicBusiness.com

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 10, 2013 - 5:19pm


HispanicBusiness.com

Minority Suppliers Forum Helps With Best Practices
HispanicBusiness.com
The "Demystifying Success" panel moderated by Curtis R. Conner, vice president, G&C Environment Services, Inc., highlighted the best corporate supply chain and minority business enterprises (MBE) operational practices. Panelists included Michael K.

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Minority Businesses Missing at Jobs Summit - HispanicBusiness.com

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 10, 2013 - 2:13pm


HispanicBusiness.com

Minority Businesses Missing at Jobs Summit
HispanicBusiness.com
Wallace expressed he feels one of the main advantages of the conference is that it gave business leaders an opportunity to forecast. A Detroit resident, Wallace shared that his company looks to do more business in the city and wants to better ...

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Minority Business Development Expert David Hinson to Deliver City Tech's June ... - Newswise (press release)

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 10, 2013 - 1:20pm


Minority Business Development Expert David Hinson to Deliver City Tech's June ...
Newswise (press release)
As national director of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), a bureau within the United States Department of Commerce, Hinson oversees a national network of 40 MBDA Business Centers, including those in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, ...

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Minority-owned businesses are hiring in Baltimore - Baltimore Business Journal (blog)

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 10, 2013 - 11:37am


Minority-owned businesses are hiring in Baltimore
Baltimore Business Journal (blog)
Related links: Minority business, Back to Work, Jobs, Entrepreneurs. Industries: Human Resources · < Older posts. Comments. If you are commenting using a Facebook account, your profile information may be displayed with your comment depending on your ...

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Houston adopts amendment to increase minority owned small business ... - Your Houston News

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 10, 2013 - 11:14am


Houston adopts amendment to increase minority owned small business ...
Your Houston News
Houston City Council has approved enhancements to the City's 30-year old goal-oriented Minority/Women-owned/Small Business Enterprise (MWSBE) contracting program. Due to council's action, women-owned businesses will be reinstated to the program, ...

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Congress urged to help minority women business owners - Opelousas Daily World

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 10, 2013 - 8:00am


Congress urged to help minority women business owners
Opelousas Daily World
Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League and a former mayor of New Orleans, testifies Wednesday at a hearing of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee about the challenges minority women-owned businesses face.

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Group to honor state's top small businesses - Daily Mail - Charleston

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 10, 2013 - 1:03am


Zee News

Group to honor state's top small businesses
Daily Mail - Charleston
... Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year; Mathew Thomas of Thomas | Work was named home-based business champion; and Small Business Development Center-Eastern Panhandle manager Christina Lundberg was named minority small business ...
Eva Longoria attends meeting at US SenateBusiness Standard

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New Small Business Risk Education Program Empowers Women and Minority ... - Lasentinel

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 9, 2013 - 6:15pm


New Small Business Risk Education Program Empowers Women and Minority ...
Lasentinel
Local small business owners will be honored at celebration with keynote speaker Vivica A. Fox. “Game changing.” That's how entrepreneur Jacqueline Sharp describes the impact of the Small Business Risk Education (SBRE) program on her Los ...

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Minority hiring during Airbus construction project surfaces as a concern for ... - al.com (blog)

Google Search on Minority Business News - May 9, 2013 - 3:56pm


Minority hiring during Airbus construction project surfaces as a concern for ...
al.com (blog)
"We have reached out to Hoar Program Management to introduce them to minority contractors in the area," Darrell Randle, vice-president of small business development with the chamber, said. "We have called and left messages on several occasions and no ...

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