Power plant workers hold summer food drive
Employees at two Arlington power plants helped a Buckeye charity by holding a summer food drive to replenish shelves at a time when donations are typically down. Sempra U.S. Gas & Power’s Mesquite...
View ArticleStartup in ASU entrepreneur program gets seed funding
KVZ Sports, a startup from Arizona State University’s Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative, has received $160,000 of seed funding from MAC6, a Tempe-based business incubator, the company said...
View ArticleNew class helps startups
Scottsdale-based Tallwave LLC, a startup-business accelerator and venture-management firm, is signing up entrepreneurs for a 12-week course to help startups validate their business models and develop...
View ArticleSRP rate hike stirs up controversy
Recent stories about Salt River Project’s 3.9 percent rate hike coming in November have prompted some harsh feedback about profits. It seems some SRP fans — likely employees, and at least one official...
View ArticleA ‘secure’ mobile device that can take a beating
Chandler-based Cummings Engineering, in partnership with San Diego-based Ascent Rugged Mobile, will unveil the world’s first commercially available “rugged” Android mobile device with secure digital...
View ArticleSolar less attractive when energy is cheap
By Ryan Randazzo The Republic|azcentral.com Every three months, the solar-energy trade group in Washington, D.C., issues a quarterly report on which states installed the most solar energy, and every...
View ArticleNew accelerator to help 10 startups
Organizers of the Arizona Furnace Accelerator announced Friday the first group of 10 startup companies to participate in the new business-accelerator program. The Furnace Accelerator is a joint venture...
View ArticleApartments filling up
By Josh Brodesky This week, we turn our attention to some ups and downs. First up, apartment vacancy rates, which are down. For the first time since the third quarter of 2006, vacancy rates have...
View ArticleBiotech can boost Arizona
By Sharon Harper Plaza Companies Arizona’s economic downturn resulted in part from the excessive reliance on two industries that were devastated — housing and tourism, along with the collapse in other...
View ArticleSuns arena name: Up in air?
By Ryan Randazzo Would a Texas airline want its name on a Phoenix basketball stadium? Even if it already has one in Dallas and another in Miami? Time will tell. The Phoenix Suns already lost their star...
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