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Sent by the LaGuardia Community College SBDC in Long Island City Are you in the import or export business? Attend the LaGuardia Community College International Trade Fair & Symposium "Growing American businesses through strengthening trade opportunities with the world" August 22 - 24, 2006 in the E- building Atrium on the LaGuardia Community College Campus MEET DIRECTLY WITH SUPPLIERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD! Bangladesh, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Greece, Mexico Agro-industrial Products Leather Goods Textiles Handicrafts & more! · Business trade fair with up to 50 foreign and domestic exhibitors · Educational seminars and workshops on trade · Business networking, matchmaking and marketing opportunities :: Be an Exhibitor · US wholesalers and importers of international products · Multinational businesses looking to sell in the US market · Transportation & logistics companies · New York trade and business assistance providers :: Be an Attendee · No fee to attend · Regi

The Three Ways of Great Leaders “In a new study, some leading business thinkers identify the attributes of great leadership -- and nominate the best bosses of the 20th century.” From: Issue 98 September 2005 Page 50 By: Bill Breen Fast Company This Fast Company article looks at “contextual intelligence” or the ability to see opportunities in the winds of change. C.W.Post and his product samples, Louis B. Neumiller of Catepillar, taking advantage of circumstances to become a permanent fixture on the global scene, or Lee Iococca’s ability to use demographics in his favor: they all capitalized on what was going on in the world and used their individual styles to put their products in the limelight. Another Fast Company article on leadership offers the flipside: Ten Self-Defeating Behaviors to Avoid "Want to Succeed at Work? First Step: Get Out of Your Own Way" 2005-09-26 by Mark Goulston Fast Company The article starts out with some advice from Warren Buffet and goes on to

Just how are you supposed to spell website these days? Darrin and I pondered this very question the other day, and here’s the answer: Depends who you ask. Merriam-Webster and the Associated Press will tell you it should be Web site. Afterall, "Web" refers to the World Wide Web, which as a proper noun always gets capitals. American Heritage goes both ways, but offers this usage note: http://www.bartleby.com/61/57/W0075725.html “The transition from World Wide Web site to Web site to website seems to have progressed as rapidly as the technology itself. The development of website as a single uncapitalized word mirrors the development of other technological expressions which have tended to evolve into unhyphenated forms as they become more familiar. Thus email has recently been gaining ground over the forms E-mail and e-mail, especially in texts that are more technologically oriented. Similarly, there has been an increasing preference for closed forms like homepage, online, and

Here's what the press release says: The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has published a convenient quick reference guide and research tool to help business and individual taxpayers meet their New York sales and use tax obligations. Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Andrew S. Eristoff today unveiled Publication 850, New York State and Local Sales and Use Tax: Quick Reference Guide , designed to provide general information about State and local sales and use taxes. Commissioner Eristoff said, "Sales and Use tax can be confusing for many taxpayers. Over the past 12 years the Department of Taxation and Finance has made great strides in simplifying our rules and regulations, clarifying our forms and instructions, and making interaction with the Department more convenient. "Publication 850 takes this a step further by bringing all of these simplified and revised resources together in a handy reference guide. No longer will taxpayers need to wade through a p

Both Van Morrison & Kermit the Frog know that bein' green isn't easy. However, for clients whose businesses are environmentally-conscious, there exists the Green Seal website to help them out. Its home page describes this group as "an independent non-profit organization dedicated to safeguarding the environment and transforming the marketplace by promoting the manufacture, purchase, and use of environmentally responsible products and services." If your client has an environmentally-friendly product, a link exists to information as to how they can get a Green Seal certification to add to the product's resume. If your client seeks a "green" product, a link exists to a member directory that'll help find out who sells it.

Two cities in New York State made the list: New York City and Ramapo. Have a look to see where your city ranks. Top 100 finalists City Population New York 8,143,200 Ramapo 112,500 Other cities City Population Albany 96,253 Amherst 114,942 Brentwood 55,720 Buffalo 285,058 Cheektowaga 77,785 Clarkstown 85,350 Clay 59,679 Greenburgh 89,942 Hempstead 58,010 Irondequoit 51,903 Levittown 52,577 Mount Vernon 69,884 New Rochelle 74,320 Niagara Falls 53,728 North Hempstead 223,903 Rochester 216,598 Schenectady 61,698 Syracuse 146,404 Tonawanda 59,894 Union 54,827 Utica 57,721 White Plains 55,763 Yonkers 199,611 Also, check out http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/faq/ for "how we picked fthe Best Places to Live".

Have you ever tried to give driving directions and you just can’t remember the number of the highway exit you take everyday to get to work? Here’s useful tool. The Upstate New York Roads Site http://www.upstatenyroads.com/ An independent labor of love, this site provides massive amounts of information about New York’s highways. Find the highway you need, and the page provides a list of all its exits, complete with numbers and the towns or routes listed on the highway sign. You can even find out what vendors are in the rest areas! There is also a mileage chart, and links to other New York road web sites.