Articles by Kathryn Traver

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Cost-Saving and Corporate Responsibility

from BCLC

Now, more than ever, businesses are trying to identify ways to save money.  In her latest Charlotte Business Journal article, Ruth Kinzey writes about how innovative green-friendly efforts  can quickly boost the bottom line. There is a dual benefit to implementing these types of programs: Cost sav

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Key Appointments and the Obama Development Agenda

from BCLC

by Kathryn Traver  As the festivities die down from Barack Obama's historic inauguration, his new development team is starting to take shape. BCLC is committed to keeping you informed of the latest nominations, confirmations and appointments that relate to our programming.  One of the most signi

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Business Leaders Help China Earthquake Recovery

from BCLC

On Friday, June 6, the U.S. Chamber’s Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) hosted a meeting among President George W. Bush and leaders in the business and nongovernmental communities to discuss aid and reconstruction after the May 12 earthquake in China.  Co-hosts for the meeting were the Americ

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Bill Gates on "Creative Capitalism"

from BCLC

From The Wall Street Journal:In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the software tycoon plans to call for a "creative capitalism" that uses market forces to address poor-country needs that he feels are being ignored. "We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism t