NAWBO-LA holds 24th Annual Leadership and Legacy Awards Luncheon, honors first man
By Jane Pak As posted on The Huffington Post Every year, for the past 24 years, NAWBO-LA has held the Leadership and Legacy Awards Luncheon – the largest awards ceremony honoring the best of the best in the women’s business community. Past honorees include some pretty incredible people – Jane Wurwand: Founder of Dermalogica, Peggy [...]
Olmstead Williams Communications makes list of top PR firms in LA – Los Angeles Business Journal
In its first full year in business, Olmstead Williams Communications ranked No. 18 out of 20 among the top independent public relations firms in Los Angeles, according to a list published in the March 29, 2010 issue of the Los Angeles Business Journal. OWC, a business-to-business public relations firm, specializes in law firms, financial services and [...]
Aurica Motors signs up two new partners
Fremont, Calif. — The Clean Tech Institute in Santa Clara has agreed to develop a training curriculum for electric auto manufacturing. “At our new Fremont campus, we look forward to working with Aurica Motors to retrain NUMMI workers for careers in the clean energy sector including electric vehicles, nanomaterials batteries, wind power and photovoltaics,” says [...]
Lip Trip – LABJ’s Page 3
By Charles Crumpley The Los Angeles Business Journal Donna Lee, a human resources expert at accounting firm Ernst & Young, did a lot of kissing during her recent business trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina. But it isn’t what you think. As part of Ernst & Young’s Corporate Responsibility Fellows Program, the 30-year-old spent three months [...]
Vcorp and PRTechConnect announce strategic alliance
Vcorp and PRTechConnect announce strategic alliance to help tech startups and other small companies grow, stimulate economy LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Vcorp Services LLC, a leader in specialized state corporate filing services for small companies, and PRTechConnect, a flat-fee PR service for startups, today announced a strategic alliance to spotlight critical services available for small [...]
FOX News: Health Storm Center discusses cochlear implants
Today, Health Storm Center’s Dr. Manny Alvarez discussed how a cochlear implant can restore sound sensation for profound hearing loss. Access the segment Getting a Bionic Ear here.
Las Vegas Business Press: For underbanked, prepaid cards may offer convenience
By John G. Edwards Las Vegas Business Press Do you use a rubber band and your pocket rather than a bank account to store cash? Or do you hide money under the mattress? Are you too busy to balance your checking account? Want to give your kid in college a debit card with limited balances? [...]
PRTechConnect featured in SoCalBio’s weekly newsletter
The launch of PRTechConnect, a flat-fee public relations service, was featured in this week’s Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio) newsletter. The service is aimed at tech start-ups and is part of a new division created by Olmstead Williams Communications, a corporate public relations agency based in Los Angeles. SoCalBio is the trade association of the [...]
Women Rise to the Top of San Francisco Law Firm
As NAWBO-LA (the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Los Angeles chapter) prepares to honor top women business leaders tomorrow at its at its 24th annual Legacy and Leadership Awards in Los Angeles, here is one example of a San Francisco law firm at which women have taken the reins. At Sideman & Bancroft — [...]
Misclassification of Workers Puts Courts, Due Process in Jeopardy for Limited English Speakers Here Legally
By Louis Provenzano President of Language Line Services As posted on The Huffington Post. The federal Civil Rights Act requires state courts that receive federal funds (virtually all of them) to provide properly-credentialed interpreters in all civil and criminal cases of limited English proficient (LEP) individuals here legally in the United States. The constitutional guarantees [...]
