Category: AZ Business Magazine

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Online collaboration tools - AZ Business Magazine July/August 2011Arizona Business Magazine July/August 2011

Online Collaboration Tools Keep Executives Connected And Productive

By all accounts, the five-day work week is rarely applicable to today’s business world. For that matter, the standard brick-and-mortar office in which the entire team converges and collaborates Monday through Friday, 9-to-5, is becoming a thing of the past. … Continue reading

AZ hospitals, how to attract top talent, AZ Business Magazine July/August 2011Arizona Business Magazine July/August 2011

Arizona Hospitals Share Strategies For Recruiting, Retaining Top Performers

The health care industry in Arizona managed to hold its own during the worst of the recession. But the challenges aren’t over yet. Human resources experts have been warning companies across industries about the next big wave of change as … Continue reading

Rick Welts, president and CEO, Phoenix Suns - AZ Business Magazine July/August 2011Arizona Business Magazine July/August 2011

Rick Welts, President And CEO, Phoenix Suns

CEO Rick Welts discusses how the recession has affected the professional sports industry, the sports industry’s role in economic development, the Phoenix Coyotes, and more. Rick Welts Title: President and CEO Company: Phoenix Suns How did the recession affect the … Continue reading

CopperWynd, Fountain Hills, Ariz. - AZ Business Magazine July/August 2011Photos: CopperWynd, Mii amo, Joya Spa, Arizona Biltmore Spa, Aji Spa — Arizona Business Magazine July/August 2011

Treat Yourself At Some Of The Top Day And Spa Resorts In The State

Even if you only have a day or even a few hours, you can still get away from it all at one of the many fine day and resort spas that can be found in the state. If you want … Continue reading

AHCCCS Alternative - AZ Business Magazine July/August 2011Arizona Business Magazine July/August 2011

AzHHA Proposes Alternative To Medicaid Reform Plan, AHCCCS

AzHHA and other health care organizations propose an alternative to Gov. Brewer’s Medicaid reform plan, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System ( AHCCCS ) The economic recession has had an impact on industries across the board and health care … Continue reading

The Wigwam, litchfield Park, Ariz. - AZ Business Magazine July/August 2011Photos: The Wigwam, Grand Canyon Hotel, Arizona Business Magazine July/August 2011

Arizona’s Tourism Industry Has A Legacy Going Back More Than 100 Years

As one of the largest economic drivers, tourism has helped to shape Arizona’s culture and lifestyle long before it even became a state in 1912. The Arizona Office of Tourism won’t be releasing 2010s tourism economic impact numbers until July, … Continue reading

AzHHA Conference - AZ Business Magazine July/August 2011Photo: Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, Arizona Business Magazine July/August 2011

AzHHA Conference Addresses Challenges Facing Health Care Industry

The health care industry has undergone its fair share of challenges in the past, but 2011 has proven to be an exceptionally tough year. The difficult climate has set the stage for the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association’s (AzHHA) Annual … Continue reading

Ed Robson, Founder of Robson Communities, AZ Business Magazine May/June 2011Photo: Jerry Portelli — Arizona Business Magazine May/June 2011

Edward J. Robson of Robson Communities Talks First Jobs

Edward J. Robson Title: Founder/Chairman Company: Robson Communities Describe your very first job and what you learned from it. I had several first jobs growing up. I knew at a young age I wanted to make money, so I decided … Continue reading

Dave Forman, Owner, PourMasters Professional Bartending Service - AZ Business Magazine May/June 2011Photography by Jerry Portelli - Arizona Business Magazine May/June 2011

Dave Forman, Owner, PourMasters Professional Bartending Service

Dave Forman had a whopping two weeks of experience in bartending when he decided to launch his own professional bartending service, PourMasters, in January 1992. He had been working in management and sales, but after taking a two-week course in … Continue reading

Centennial Photos Then and Now, Mesa - AZ Business Magazine May/June 2011Arizona Business Magazine May/June 2011

Centennial Series: Photos Then And Now — Mesa, Ariz.

The saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same” aptly describes the relationship the city of Mesa and the Chicago Cubs share. Major League Baseball first came to Mesa for spring training in 1952. Back then, the … Continue reading

Emily Amparan, Alternative Finance Research - AZ Business Magazine May/June 2011Arizona Business Magazine May/June 2011

Women In Banking: Emily Amparan, Alternative Finance Research

Emily Amparan is an alternative lending broker at her own firm, Alternative Finance Research. Amparan is using her many years of experience in the banking and finance industry to help lead the Women in Banking group. She is the committee … Continue reading

CityScape, Phoenix, Ariz. - AZ Business Magazine May/June 2011Photos: GPCVB, Arizona Business Magazine May/June 2011

New Retail And Restaurants To Attract People To Dowtown Phoenix

With the opening of CityScape at One E. Washington St., Downtown Phoenix now has an urban-style, mixed-use development where people can eat, shop, meet friends after work, relax at a boutique hotel, and even blow off some steam at the … Continue reading

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