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Mayor Taylor announces new initiative to close the digital divide

By admin • Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: Business, Tulsa

With Oklahoma’s workforce ranking 43rd in the nation in home access to personal computers and internet services, the City of Tulsa is taking a leading role in elevating local digital literacy in our community. Mayor Taylor has announced a partnership with One Economy, a global non-profit organization that uses technology to help low to moderate-income [...]



Cut your holiday gift costs

By admin • Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: Business

By Jason Alderman
Guest Contributor

One interesting – albeit non-scientific – way to gauge someone’s comfort level with the state of the economy is to ask how much they plan to spend on holiday gifts. In good times, people tend to spend more generously; during rough periods, they scale back.
Those trends were borne out in a recent [...]



Consumer recycling event to raise awareness of permanent drop-off locations

By admin • Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: Business

Waste Management and Sony Electronics to host free electronics recycling event on America Recycles Day
In honor of America Recycles Day on November 15, and to encourage consumers to recycle electronic devices in an environmentally sound manner, Sony Electronics Inc. and Waste Management Recycle America are asking Tulsa-area residents to take action and recycle any brand [...]



Omar Wasow delivers keynote message at MillerCoors Business Seminar

By admin • Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: Business

Entrepreneurs learn how to promote business and enter competition

Caption: CYBERSPACE PIONEER OMAR WASOW, founder of Blackplanet.com, New York Online and Internet analyst for NBC-TV delivered the keynote message at the MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Business Seminar (MUES) held in Milwaukee on October 18. (Photo by Toya Werner-Martin)
Cyberspace Pioneer Omar Wasow makes a point at the MillerCoors [...]



Applications being accepted for New Product and Process Fair

By admin • Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: Business

Entrepreneurs young and old alike are invited to enter the New Product and Process Fair to be held December 5, at the Wes Watkins Center on the campus of Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. The application deadline is November 16.  Official rules and regulations are available in a clear, easy-to-navigate format at www.newproductsfair.com.
For over 20 years, [...]