President Barack Obama has signed a bill that aims to increase small business lending. But it’s not exactly popular among Arizona’s small companies and community banks. They question whether a…
US Airways has announced plans to hire 500 pilots and flight attendants next year, in order to fill anticipated job openings due to attrition and retirement. The company announced today…
In an effort to jolt the state’s economy back to life, Local First Arizona is encouraging Arizonans to shift 10 percent of their purchases to local businesses. Ten percent might…
This week on AZNow.Biz, meet diversity work force advocate Christine French, founder of the Diversity Leadership Alliance. Also read about Local First Arizona’s new campaign to get consumers to spend…
While total construction spending edged up in September, private nonresidential construction slipped 1.6 percent, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a year-over-year basis, private nonresidential construction…
Arizona is on the receiving end of a multimillion-dollar defense contract. The Boeing Company announced that it has received a $247 million contract to begin initial production of the U.S.…
Politics, economic setbacks and disasters of all kinds pose constant threats to the meetings industry. But increasingly, MPI, its members and others associated with meeting planning, are taking steps to…
Construction employment declined in 31 states between August and September with fewer people working in that field compared to last year in 40 states, the Associated General Contractors of America…
The state added 16,000 jobs in September, mostly due to the start of the new school year. Despite the modest gains, the Arizona Department of Commerce reported today that the…
David G. Rosenbaum, CHME Director of Sales and Marketing Fiesta Resort Conference Center www.fiestainnresortcc.com When David Rosenbaum first joined the Arizona Sunbelt Chapter of MPI 10 years ago, he was…
Scottsdale-based Henkel Consumer Goods has a new leader. The company’s German owner, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, announced today that Stefan Sudhoff, corporate senior vice president of cosmetics and toiletries…
Intel will be investing between $6 billion and $8 billion to develop and upgrade facilities at its Arizona and Oregon plants. The investment, which was announced by Intel today, will…
