| Week-long event to teach successful business methods
Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce officials see the Minorities & Women in Business week, which starts Monday, as a chance to teach the importance of business networking and the best way to put it into practice. But there's more to success than that, and the program will provide as much information as possible to help local minorities and women achieve in the world of commerce. Learning how to build business networks and not just social networks is a key part of that effort, said Thomas Taylor, the chamber's director of minority business development. "We want to bring together potential buyers for companies," Taylor said. "It is an opportunity for them to expand their network of associates." The Small Business Resource Center at 600 South Court Street will host a blood drive Monday from 7:30 a.m.
Hilton Hotels Corporation Signs First Hilton Garden Inn Franchise Agreement In Central America
Hilton Garden Inn, the award-winning mid-priced brand that is part of the Hilton Family of Hotels, is pleased to announce that the first Hilton Garden Inn franchise agreement in Central America has been signed with Hoteles Aeropuerto H.A.L., S.R.L., of which Enjoy Group and DWL are partners. The Hilton Garden Inn Liberia Airport located in Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica is scheduled to open in Fall 2008. With Hoteles Aeropuerto H.A.L., S.R.L., Enjoy Group is extending its relationship with the Hilton Family of Hotels. Enjoy Group is also a partner in the Hilton Papagayo Resort and the Doubletree by Hilton Puntarenas Resort, deals signed as management agreements with Hilton Hotels Corporation in December of 2006. The two hotels are conversions from hotel properties that previously had been independently owned and operated by Enjoy Group.
Judge says franchise law can't be retroactive
A Polk County judge has struck down a portion of a state law permitting city governments to assess fees of up to 5 percent on cable television connections.
Judge Michael D. Huppert said in his ruling filed Sept. 13 that the Legislature violated the state and federal constitutional rights of a woman who sued the city of Des Moines claiming its cable franchise fees are illegal.
In ruling on the lawsuit filed by Mary E. Lindstrom, Huppert said a law passed earlier this year that permits city governments to assess the fee and makes the law retroactive violates Lindstrom's constitutional right of due process.
"The retroactivity provision ... violates the plaintiff's due process rights under the federal and state constitutions as an impairment of her vested right to proceed with an otherwise accrued cause of action," Huppert said.
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