Employees of some 30 subcontractors laid off from HP’s Imaging, Printing and Solutions Business Group in Boise have been deemed eligible for federal employment services because the jobs moved overseas. The federal employment services, all part of the Trade Act ...
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A locally developed application intended to help companies provide information in multiple languages could revitalize the QR code market. “It seems so obvious,” said Andrea Sorensen, CEO of the three-year-old, Boise-based Liiingo. “But the more I looked for it, I ...
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Idaho Trust Bank is setting up a separate private banking division that will be housed at its downtown Boise headquarters. “We want to identify it as a specific, dedicated component of our banking offering,” said co-founder Tom Prohaska, who was ...
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Frontier Communications appears to be backing off from a claim that would have eliminated 300 census tracts in Idaho from federal funding to improve their broadband internet connections. In a May 23 letter to FCC Secretary Marlene Dortch, Ken Mason, senior vice ...
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June 18, 2020
Comments Off on A word with Consul General of Canada, Brandon Lee
No other country, aside from the United States itself, is as important to Idaho business as Canada. Our nearest foreign neighbor is not only the largest source of Idaho exports but also participates in many important partnerships ranging from agriculture ...
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June 17, 2020
Comments Off on Idaho Department of Commerce funds two startup projects
The Idaho Department of Commerce has awarded two grants, totaling more than $460,000, that will help two Idaho companies bring new technologies to market. The Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission program, through the Department of Commerce, offers grants to Idaho’s three ...
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June 16, 2020
Comments Off on Capital Connect conference emphasizes Series A funding
The recent Capital Connect conference was all about the A. Series A funding, that is. In addition to the Idaho Technology Council formally announcing its “50 to the A initiative” and Boise investment company StageDotO talking about its investments in ...
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June 12, 2020
Comments Off on A word with the Idaho Technology Council on the Deal Flow Report
Private investment in companies is a critical driver of entrepreneurship and economic growth. Fortunately, Idaho continues to see expansion in the volume of investment, according to the latest Deal Flow Report, released June 11 at the Idaho Technology Council’s Capital ...
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June 12, 2020
Comments Off on Idaho startups take advantage of federal funding program
Some Idaho startups are starting to take more advantage of a federal program intended to help turn technologies into products. The program is Small Business Innovation Research, and 11 federal agencies, ranging from the Department of Agriculture to the National ...
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June 11, 2020
Comments Off on Idaho Deal Flow report: Numbers down, dollars take big jump
Private investment in Idaho companies dropped slightly from 2018 to 2019 — though Micron’s acquisition of IM Flash Technologies from Intel boosted the total dollars invested. Overall, investment deals jumped to $4.42 billion in 2019, compared with $1.65 billion the previous ...
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