STOCKTON – The Stockton Black Expo slated for Saturday promises to offer a vast variety of discussions, workshops, information fairs, tributes and more.

MODESTO – Economic development officials in Stanislaus County are nudging local businesses into doing something they already want to do – hire just one more person.

The good news is the economy is heading in the right direction.

MODESTO – Economic development officials in Stanislaus County are nudging local businesses into doing something they already want to do – hire just one more person.

STOCKTON – Keeping a business in the area is just as much a win as drawing new businesses.

Total retail sales grew 0.4 percent last month in another sign that the recovery, while agonizingly slow, is continuing.

STOCKTON – The San Joaquin County Housing Authority late last week learned it will receive nearly $280,000 to renovate and expand a building used for adult education and job training.

PATTERSON – The huge hush-hush commercial development in Patterson dubbed “Project X” remained a mystery going into February.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the national unemployment rate decreased to 8.3 percent for January.

Today’s business managers are asked to lead their organizations through the turbulence of changing economies, highly competitive forces, and global organizational systems that continually demand change and realignments. These demands create new challenges for many traditional business schools that are not prepared to keep pace with the speed of business.