Congress hopes the Pornographic Media Concealment Act will ensure a lasting, respectable legacy for our nation, unmarred by the massive quantities of filthy porn we regularly consume. [+]

Chamber announces “Ed Wisniewski Business Scholarship” The Dearborn Heights Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for its first “Ed Wisniewski Business Scholarship”. One $250 renewable scholarship will be awarded annually to a graduating Dearborn Heights student who shows an interest in pursuing a business-related curriculum. Read more on Dearborn Press & Guide [+]

BOSTON, January 26 -- Northeastern University is pleased to announce that the 3rd annual Massachusetts Family Business of the Year Awards program will be held on April 29, 2009.

    The awards program created two years ago in a partnership between Northeastern University's Center for Family Business and The Family Firm Institute New England Chapter, promotes and highlights some of the great achievements of Massachusetts-based, family-owned businesses and entrepreneurs.

    Northeastern University Dean Thomas Moore notes, "Given that family businesses create 78% of all new jobs, it seems more appropriate than ever in these tough economic times to acknowledge and support family businesses.  Family businesses are an important economic engine of the Commonwealth.  They account for 60% of total U.S. employment and with all [+]

The Northeastern University Center for Family Business Announces Larry Rubin, of Bernie & Phyl's Furniture, to speak at the 2009 Massachusetts Family Business of the Year Awards

The Northeastern University Center for Family Business (Boston, March 23, 2009) 

The Northeastern University Center for Family Business is pleased to announce that Larry Rubin, of Bernie & Phyl's Furniture, will speak at the 3rd annual Massachusetts Family Business of the Year Awards.  The Massachusetts Family Business of the Year Awards program was created two years ago in a partnership between Northeastern University's Center for Family Business and The Family Firm Institute New England Chapter to promote and highlight some of the great achievements of Massachusetts-based, family-owned businesses and entrepreneurs.

Ted Clark, Director of the Center [+]

Pres. Obama Announces Small Business Credit Initiatives Wednesday President Obama visited a small business in suburban Maryland where he announced a package of initiatives that will increase credit to small businesses. The proposal will increase the caps for existing SBA loans and give smaller banks better access to TARP funding to encourage more lending to small business. [+]