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The newly formed Texas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Coalition plans to advocate for meaningful tax relief for small businesses. As small businesses continue to recover from the pandemic and deal with record-high inflation and supply chain disruptions, now is the time for Texas to deliver meaningful tax relief for small businesses. Our state finds itself in a unique position of deciding what to do with a budget surplus of nearly $33 billion. Discussions in the halls of our state capitol surround the opportunity for historic property tax relief , making it top of the list of how to spend the money. There is a lot of talk of tax relief, and some action — including the House and Senate proposing budget bills that allocate $15 billion towards property tax relief. Homeowners may be at the forefront of the conversation, but we can’t forget about the 3.1 million small businesses in Texas that also need meaningful tax relief. Texas is one of only nine states in the U.S. that imposes tangible personal property taxes on businesses , also referred to as the inventory tax. Businesses pay a tax on almost everything in their building, such as furniture, computers, equipment and […]

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Attention, Coast Guard workforce! Here is your chance to build your policy and leadership skills through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Seminar XXI: Educating U.S. National Security Leaders Program. Members of the Coast Guard, including civilians and reservists, are encouraged to apply. Officers in or selected for paygrades O-5 to O-8, and civilian employees in grades GS-14 to SES, are eligible. The Coast Guard will nominate up to four individuals from the Washington, D.C., area for Seminar XXI. While members from any location may apply, you must be stationed in the Washington, D.C., area during the program in order to participate. Seminar XXI is a prestigious policy program for senior military officers, government officials, and industry executives in the national security policy community. Coast Guard military and civilian members have participated in the MIT Seminar XXI program since 1991. Ideal candidates will be strong communicators with an ability to explain the Coast Guard’s evolving missions and broader role to a range of audiences. The best suited candidates will be those who can translate military concepts for civilians in an engaging manner. Ultimately, candidates should be excited to seize this unique opportunity to network with ascendant military, government, private […]

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Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI), one of eight organizations in New Profit’s first Health Equity Cohort , supports youth, organizations, and communities in rural North Carolina to help them interrupt the cycle of generational trauma and design innovative solutions for healing and resilience. ROI builds new tools and is open-source, freely sharing what works. ROI works to turn wisdom and the newest science into common practice. Vichi Jagannathan and Seth Saeugling of Rural Opportunity Institute. Travis Dove for Teach For America. Below, ROI Co-Founder Vichi Jagannathan shares the path that led her to start the organization and how, when properly resourced, a rural community can become a hotbed of innovative practice. Q: Can you reflect on a moment from your life that really shaped who you are today? What about this moment brought about the greatest impact on your career? A: As a child of Indian immigrants, I internalized education as the ticket to achieving success, believing those who did not attain it were fully responsible for their struggles. I attended three Ivy League universities, but never once learned about the legacies of racialized trauma still perpetuated by institutions, including schools, through policies and practices steeped in white supremacy. When […]

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Trees lie in an area of recent deforestation identified by agents of the Chico Mendes Institute in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, Acre state, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Brazil’s incoming president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has promised to eliminate all deforestation by 2030, which would be a complete change of course for Brazil compared to the last four years. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (known simply as Lula) are scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., next week at a time of great political polarization in both the United States and Brazil. But those profound divides are not the only existential threat to their nations and the wider world in which they are both among the most important leaders. Both presidents must do their utmost to slow and ultimately halt and reverse the global climate and biodiversity crises that threaten and are already damaging the security and well-being of their citizens. These two leaders are uniquely positioned to address these crises in the Amazon region. No one should underestimate the size of this challenge. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s government dismantled environmental law enforcement capacities in the Amazon. As […]

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Oracle company headquarters. Inflation is increasing the cost of living and doing business around the world. The latest item to increase in price appears to be an Oracle Java SE subscription. Java is among the most popular programming languages in the world and is available in a number of ways. The most recent release of the language — Java 19 — came out in September 2022. Java 19 boasts new features designed to improve performance. Developers and organizations can choose to use the open source version of Java known as OpenJDK for free without support or get support via a commercial vendor. Oracle, a leader of the Java community, provides a fully supported and maintained version, known as Java SE, which carries a subscription cost for organizations. Oracle published its latest public pricing list for its Java SE subscriptions on Jan. 23. Among the big changes is the replacement of the prior Java SE subscription options with a new Java SE Universal subscription plan. According to an Oracle FAQ , "the Java SE Universal Subscription is a simple, low-cost monthly subscription that includes Java SE Licensing and Support for use on Desktops, Servers or Cloud deployments." A potential implication […]

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Telisha Woodfin (left) is one of several Richmond-based business owners working with Elsie Harper-Anderson, Ph.D., an associate professor at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, (right) on how to address the challenges she faces as a business owner. (Photo by David Slipher, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU) Elsie Harper-Anderson, an associate professor in the Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU, is advancing Richmond as a national model for entrepreneurial study and investment. L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs When Elsie Harper-Anderson , Ph.D., thinks about the economics of equitable entrepreneurship, her focus extends beyond economic statistics on equality in urban labor markets.She’s recognized a growing need to reach beyond the numbers and uplift voices by capturing a new type of data — the intersection of the everyday lived experience and the journey of entrepreneurship. What are their day-to-day lives like? What are the unique factors impacting their success? What are their perceptions and concerns within the local business environment? These questions are leading Harper-Anderson, an associate professor at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU, down an uncharted […]

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A recent merger between Applied UV Inc. , Puro Lighting (PURO), and LED Supply Co. (LED Supply) seems to have triggered some excitement in the ultraviolet (UV) disinfection equipment industry. For industry watchers, particularly investors, who are constantly on the hunt for viable investment opportunities, the merger could be on their radar, especially as such a deal can shape the sector’s future. Address A Growing UV Disinfection Market Applied UV believes that the PURO merger further positions it to address a growing air disinfection market trend that aligns with the White House Clean Air Initiatives implemented during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative was designed to protect consumers and businesses against existing and future airborne pathogens allowing economies globally to remain open. In terms of the overwhelming opportunities the deal presents, Max Munn, CEO of Applied UV, explained in a press release that it heightened the significant synergies between Applied UV and PURO. The company’s acquisition of PURO adds a powerful monitoring software platform that opens new opportunities to interconnect its portfolio of UV technology solutions. Puro already has a strong presence in various sectors, such as education, government, and healthcare. These sectors have some of the […]

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Eli Lilly (LLY) reported mixed fourth-quarter results Thursday morning, but we’re looking through the stock’s post-earnings sell-off because there’s no change to the pharmaceutical giant’s bright long-term potential. Notably, the company’s potential blockbuster obesity drug remains on track to be cleared by U.S. regulators by the second half of this year — encouraging news for shareholders, like us at the Club, whose investment case counts on the weight-loss therapy’s success. Revenue fell nearly 9% year-over-year, to $7.3 billion, missing analysts’ expectations for $7.33 billion, according to estimates compiled by Refinitiv. Much of the sales decline is tied to the loss of Covid-19 antibody revenue. Adjusted earnings-per-share (EPS) of $2.09 comfortably beat analysts’ forecasts of $1.78, according to Refinitv. Bottom line There’s definitely some noise surrounding Eli Lilly’s results, including sales of its key diabetes drug Mounjaro. But that’s not the only reason for the stock’s more than 5% decline in Thursday trading. A lot of this move lower is due to a vicious market rotation out of stocks that did well in 2022 like health care, energy, and consumer staples in favor of technology and other areas that were crushed last year by inflation and massive slowdowns in their […]

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Every competent salesperson recognizes the importance of accurately qualifying every sales opportunity. But I want to suggest two other things that we also always need to know about every sales opportunity – and they relate to the nature of our prospective customer’s buying journey. These two factors are: Do they consider this to be an inevitable or a discretionary purchase, and Are they embarked on a familiar or unfamiliar buying process? These two factors have very significant implications for our customer’s buying decision journey, for our sales strategy and process, and for our chances of winning their business – and I’m going to spend the rest of this article exploring the ramifications of these factors. This post is longer than usual and was originally published on LinkedIn . I’ll also be covering the material in my webinar with the Institute of Sales Professionals on the 7 th February – you can sign up here … Factor #1: Is this an inevitable or a discretionary purchase? If this is an inevitable purchase (such as materials or supplies for an ongoing process), the customer must buy something – the key questions being what, from whom, and on what terms? If this […]

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American Cancer Society and ACS CAN Continue Commitment to End Cancer As We Know It, For Everyone WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — On the one-year anniversary of the reignited Cancer Moonshot, the White House looked back on a year of progress and announced several public and private commitments to continue to work toward the initiative’s mission to, "End cancer as we know it today." Among the commitments of the private and nonprofit sectors shared by the administration, the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), are highlighted for ongoing work across the enterprise to support the Moonshot’s five key priority areas: (1) close the screening gap, (2) understand and address environmental exposure, (3) decrease the impact of preventable cancers, (4) bring cutting-edge research through the pipeline to patients and communities, and (5) support patients and caregivers. "The American Cancer Society and ACS CAN are well aligned with the Moonshot’s mission, and remain steadfast in our commitment to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families," said Dr. Karen E. Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society and ACS CAN. "The progress we’ve realized to date in understanding […]

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