Former NYU administrator charged for orchestrating .5M fraud scheme
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Former NYU administrator charged for orchestrating $3.5M fraud scheme

A former New York University director of finance allegedly siphoned $3.5 million meant for minority and women-owned businesses and blew some of the cash on himself — including on an $80,000 pool for her Connecticut home, prosecutors said Monday. Cindy Tappe, 57, was charged with diverting funds from the New York State Education Department grants into shell companies that she created over a six-year scheme that was discovered in 2018, when she left NYU, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Some of the embezzled money went to expenses related to the grants or employee reimbursement — but at least…
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10 Nashville moms pitch their small business plans
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10 Nashville moms pitch their small business plans

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Starting a business is not easy but one group of mothers got some help to push their dreams into reality. With the help of the Metro Action Commission, these moms went through an eight-week program teaching them the tools of the trade. On Wednesday, they set up popup shops for people to try their products, and next they pitched their future business plans to a group of judges with a chance to compete for a $1500, $1,000 or a $500 prize. The money will help their business grow. Nakeya Belser is the owner of the Kupcake…
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How to Add Twitter to Your Marketing Strategy
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How to Add Twitter to Your Marketing Strategy

Opinions expressed by entrepreneur contributors are their own.When you think about social media ads for business-to-business marketing (B2B), Twitter is not the standard choice. Twitter often serves as an afterthought that only a few companies leverage their campaigns and invest their efforts in. LinkedIn is still the titan for finding leads for B2B marketing. After all, it’s a melting pot of all things business – from tech leaders, emerging startups and solution seekers to networking with industry giants. Twitter is an entirely different beast. For one, it displayed a significant growth plateau in 2014, leading to analyst downgrades and…
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Lubbock’s business news includes jail-hotel remodel, more
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Lubbock’s business news includes jail-hotel remodel, more

Alana Edgin is a business reporter for the Avalanche-Journal, as seen Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.Hello AJ readers! As the year comes to a close, the business news is cooling off. The main business news this week comes from a former city jail, which will soon become a boutique hotel. Jim Snyder, owner of the Courthouse Lofts and the soon-to-be Mayo Lubbock, offered me a first look inside the former city jail. As we walked around the cells and offices, he detailed his hopes to add to the revitalization of downtown Lubbock. “Downtown is the heart…
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Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY) Shares Gap Up on Insider Buying Activity
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Runway Growth Finance (NASDAQ:RWAY) Shares Gap Up on Insider Buying Activity

Runway Growth Finance Corp. (NASDAQ:RWAY – Get Rating) shares gapped up before the market opened on Friday after an insider bought additional shares in the company. The stock had previously closed at $11.92, but opened at $12.25. Runway Growth Finance shares last traded at $12.55, with a volume of 600 shares traded. Specifically, insider Thomas B. Raterman purchased 6,415 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 13th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $11.73 per share, for a total transaction of $75,247.95. Following the acquisition, the insider now directly owns 91,747 shares…
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Happy Holidays! – PHE America
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Happy Holidays! – PHE America

Skip to content MenuclosedPHE America PHE America is dedicated to promoting active and healthy lifestylesPHE America is a non-profit dedicated to promoting active and healthy lifestyles.This Week In PHE America Newsletter (Sign-up)PHE America SupportersPE NewsFollow our blog via RSS Sign up below to stay up-to-date with the latest physical and health education news by receiving our monthly emailed newsletterBrowse Past Articles Browse Past Articles Select Month December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November…
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Small Business – Salisbury Post
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Small Business – Salisbury Post

SHENZHEN, China, dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Timekettle is bringing the most cutting-edge translation technology HybridComm™ to this CES 2023, recently launching a video about the core technology on its official YouTube channel. As the pioneer of translator earbuds, Timekettle has transformed the world of cross-language communication since its existence in 2016. HybridComm™ is what makes Timekettle competitive on the market. It subverts the shackles of conventional translation products by adopting an entirely different technical structure to advance our product in speech processing, simultaneous interpretation, and AI translation. “I believe the significance of a great translation product lies beyond the…
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From creating, selling native beadwork, Skenandore expands to presentations on Oneida culture
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From creating, selling native beadwork, Skenandore expands to presentations on Oneida culture

Eliza Skenandore in front of the three sisters’ garden she helped plant and care for on the Oneida Cultural Heritage GroundsEliza Skenandore might have grown up on the Oneida reservation, but she says it was years before she came to truly appreciate the culture of the Oneidas. “I went through the Oneida school system all the way from kindergarten to 12th grade,” she said. “But it was when I was working at NWTC and surrounded by that culture that I felt like something was missing.” Before taking that job, she had trained as a multi-media tech at ITT Technical…
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