Mark Alcorn was born in Fresno, California and was raised by loving and hard-working parents. He fell in love with all sports at an early age and played soccer, basketball, baseball, and football.  After high school, he continued his education at the University of California, Santa Barbara and obtained a degree in mathematics and economics. [...]

Tacie Gamoian serves as an account manager at Decipher Inc., a comprehensive market research services firm. As an account manager, Gamoian stands as the point of contact for clients and is chiefly responsible for all aspects related to managing marketing research projects. In addition to her role at Decipher Inc., Tacie serves as the current marketing [...]

Amanda Williams was born and raised in northern California.  After graduating from Del Norte High School in Crescent City, CA, she studied in Brazil for a year, which developed in her a passion for travel, languages and a better understanding of the world around her.   After several years of travel and schooling, Williams met her [...]

CHICAGO, Oct. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — How will the job market shape up for the remainder of 2013?  It will look a lot like last year.  One in four employers (25 percent) plan to add full-time, permanent headcount in the fourth quarter, relatively unchanged from Q4 2012 (26 percent).  Industries expected to outpace the national average for [...]

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — CEOs held more optimistic expectations for gains by their own firms in the Q3 2013 Vistage CEO Confidence Index Survey, even though they held less favorable views about the overall economic environment. Despite the debates about federal spending and the debt ceiling as well as prospective changes in monetary policies [...]

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Cassidy Turley, a leading commercial real estate services provider in the U.S., reports today that U.S. businesses continued to slowly fill up vacant office space in the third quarter of 2013, and limited new construction has vacancy rates falling in 70% of the country. U.S. office markets absorbed 12.8 million square feet [...]

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Opportunities to create enduring client relationships present themselves on a daily basis in the form of “basic” communications. Things like emails, meetings, presentations, proposals and follow up. These basic initiatives can build credibility, trust, referrals and revenue. It’s true whether your contacts are prospects or clients.  Whether your company is a start-up [...]

FRESNO – Former San Francisco 49er and successful entrepreneur Ronnie Lott will be the keynote speaker at the 8th Annual Central Valley Venture Forum (CVVF), 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tues. Oct. 29 at the Save Mart Center. Dr. Jeffrey Michael, director of the Business Forecasting Center at the University of Pacific, will serve as [...]

NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – For the ‘Rich Kids of Instagram’ and Sofia Coppola’s ’Bling Ring,’ affluence is all about the external trappings of conspicuous wealth. However, the newest global study out today from McCann Truth Central reveals that in fact, the primary indicators of affluence are more subtle and harder for brands and individuals to detect. “Ultimately, [...]

WATERFORD, Wis., Sept. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The 8th annual Runzheimer International® Total Employee Mobility® (TEM®) Benchmarking Report released today shows that companies with high revenue growth (greater than 10%) invested more in their mobile workforce than companies with little to no revenue growth. High growth companies invested an average of $11,779 per mobile employee, compared with an average of $6,527 for low growth companies. [...]

FRESNO – Business Street Online is pleased to announce the members of the “40 Under 40” Class of 2013. The 40 young professionals will be honored at “40 Under 40” The Ultimate Networking Event, coming up on Nov. 7 at the Holiday Inn Fresno Downtown.  The event recognizes some of the top young business professionals [...]

FRESNO – Toreador Research and Trading, a Fresno based global finance firm, recently had its Large Capitalization Core Fund, ticker TORLX, recognized by Kiplinger as one of the top 10 mutual funds for 2013. Kiplinger, is one of the most respected sources for investment advice and generating financial discussion among individuals. Rafael Resendes, portfolio manager [...]

NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index (Index) moved down slightly in August. The Index tracks consumer cash flow as an indicator of future consumer spending. “While the Index fell in August, it continues to indicate that overall conditions are positive for consumer spending,” said Daniel Bachman, Deloitte’s senior U.S. economist.  “Americans may [...]

YONKERS, N.Y., Sept. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Consumer Reports Index , an overall measure of Americans’ personal financial health, found that Americans reported a sharp rise in financial difficulties and a weaker view of their overall financial health in the past 30 days. The Consumer Reports Index’s trouble tracker climbed to 46.0 in August from 34.7 the prior month. [...]

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — On average, Americans have more than $225,000 in debt and less than $500 in emergency savings, according to a new GoBankingRates.com investigation. GoBankingRates.com examined the average American — coined ‘Mary Smith’ — in terms of earnings, savings, and credit card, student loan, auto loan, and mortgage debt. “While every individual is unique, Mary Smith is our ‘prototype’ of [...]

WESTLAKE, Texas, Sept. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – A new study from the Deloitte University Leadership Center for Inclusion and law professor Kenji Yoshino indicates widespread instances of “covering,” the process by which individuals downplay their differences relative to mainstream perceptions, in ways costly to their productivity and sense of self at work.  Three out of four (75 percent) research participants [...]

FRESNO — Starting today, SCORE and SBA is launching the five class “Simple Steps” program in Spanish to teach aspiring Hispanic entrepreneurs how to start a business.  Bilingual SCORE counselors will train the Valley’s Spanish speaking future business owners how to write business plans, develop a cash flow strategy, market and finance their ventures. “After [...]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The pendulum of the U.S. economy remains on the upswing, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) monthly Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), released today. The economic indicator, shown to lead U.S. business cycles by an average of eight months at cycle peaks, increased 0.1 percent over July on a three-month moving average [...]

CHICAGO, Aug. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — A failure to negotiate a job offer means many workers are leaving money on the table. A new CareerBuilder survey finds that even though 45 percent of employers are willing – and expect – to negotiate salaries for initial job offers, almost half (49 percent) of workers accept the first offer [...]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Economic growth continues to gain momentum in the second half of the year, as expected, despite the slow start at the beginning of 2013. Fannie Mae’s (OTC Bulletin Board: FNMA) Economic & Strategic Research Group’s full-year forecast for both the economy and housing market remains on track, with GDP expected [...]