Business Grants in the News
30-Sep-2009
How to get small-business grants (Honolulu Advertiser) The High Technology Development Corp. will hold a series of conferences next week to show small businesses how to compete for more than $2 billion in research and development grants.
BID says Santa Claus is coming to town (The Evening Sun) NORWICH ? Last year, a part of Norwich?s Christmas tradition was missing when Santa Claus? cottage was not open in East Side Park. But this year, the Norwich Business Improvement District is hoping change that.
Audit: Management of Pa. business grants was lax (WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg) State Auditor General Jack Wagner says Pennsylvania officials gave tens of millions of dollars to businesses, but were lax on their follow up.
Audit: Management of business grants was lax (The Beaver County Times) HARRISBURG - State officials gave tens of millions of dollars to businesses without adequately checking whether the companies kept their job-creation promises and without recovering the money from failed deals, state Auditor General Jack Wagner said Wednesday.
Audit: Management of business grants lax (Lebanon Daily News) HARRISBURG ? State officials should do a better job managing a multi-million-dollar grant program intended to create or retain jobs, Auditor General Jack Wagner said yesterday.
News: Making Plastic Out of Pollution (Scientific American) Plastics have dramatically changed the way we live, allowing us to fabricate new and innovative tools, containers and even replaceable body parts like hips and knees, while also spawning a host of undesirable by-products, including nonbiodegradable trash and pollution from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas.
Patrick makes pitch for $1 billion, 10-year biotech initiative (7 News Boston) BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick testified Tuesday that Massachusetts was on the verge of losing its grip on a key industry if lawmakers fail to act on his 10-year, $1 billion life sciences initiative.
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