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Why Social Learning Benefits Your Business

Sat, 19 May 2012 04:12:52 -0700
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
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Mylan Sponsors Drug Store News and Pharmacist Society to Provide a New Business Networking Platform for Pharmacy ...

Fri, 18 May 2012 07:00:00 -0700
PITTSBURGH and NEW YORK, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Drug Store News Group, the Pharmacist Society and Mylan Inc., one of the world's leading generics and specialty pharmaceutical companies, are pleased ...
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How Social Technology Can 'Reinvent Business'

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:52:51 -0700
I want to share with you an article that I wrote with my friend Tim Leberecht, CMO of frog, a version of which appeared on Forum Blog, the official blog of the World Economic Forum. We are co-hosting a special event that I believe really matters- the ?Reinvent Business? hackathon that will be held in San Francisco on June 9-10. In focusing on how we urgently need to reinvent business and how we ...
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Click on a bin

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:43:43 -0700
Before Joseph Jegan, 29, came up with Kuppathotti.com, he had toyed with several other business ideas, none of which materialised, for various reasons. Jegan was clear about one thing: whatever enterprise he started, it would be an innovative one and helpful to society.
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Colorado Business Women name annual award winners

Fri, 18 May 2012 05:52:38 -0700
The Colorado Business Women of Sterling honored their annual award winners at their installation meeting for the 2012-13 year last week.
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Religious, business leaders support aggressive cap on health cost increases

Thu, 17 May 2012 23:04:15 -0700
Religious and business leaders in Massachusetts are calling for state lawmakers to rein in health spending more aggressively than House Speaker Robert DeLeo has proposed, but groups representing doctors and hospitals warned that slowing spending too sharply could be harmful. DeLeo said recently his goal for legislation expected to be filed shortly was to cap health care cost increases at about 3 ...
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Nobel laureate makes case for social business

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:31:38 -0700
Nobel laureate believes it can tackle the problems of poverty and unemployment
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Civil Society, Business Groups Call on Congress to Support Incorporation Transparency, Ban Anonymous U.S. Shell ...

Thu, 17 May 2012 04:11:58 -0700
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, 41 business and civil society groups sent a letter to every member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate urging them to co-sponsor the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act (S. 1483/ H.R. 3416). This bipartisan bill, which is endorsed by the Obama Administration, would require companies to disclose their ultimate owners at the time ...
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Thornbury Historical Society’s annual May dinner and Luckenbach Award presentation

Sat, 19 May 2012 06:47:21 -0700
For the Thornbury Historical Society, the annual May dinner and Luckenbach Award presentation is the culmination of the previous year’s activities. This year’s event took place on Tuesday, May 1 at the Penn Oaks Golf Club in West Chester. The evening began with a cocktail hour followed by dinner and a review of the year's accomplishments, future plans and business announcements by Thornbury ...
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BUSINESS WIRE: Pivotal study on afatinib may challenge current standard first line treatment1 for lung cancer patients ...

Wed, 16 May 2012 23:31:54 -0700
MITTEILUNG UEBERMITTELT VON BUSINESS WIRE. FUER DEN INHALT IST ALLEIN DAS BERICHTENDE UNTERNEHMEN VERANTWORTLICH.LUX-Lung 3 clinical trial data selected for late-breaking oral presentationINGELHEIM, Germany --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 17.05.2012 --Among the numerous abstracts being presented by Boehringer Ingelheim at the 48th Annual...
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