The W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University will recognize some of Arizona’s best businesses for creating jobs, boosting our economy and treating customers right with the 2013 Spirit of Enterprise awards. Past winners include Cold Stone Creamery, China Mist, Ollie the Trolley and Total Transit (Discount Cab), as well as rapidly growing businesses, such as GlobalMed and WebPT.

As it has for years, the Mesa Fire Department invested Thursday in the training of fire science students at the East Valley Institute of Technology by donating an item the school could not otherwise afford: a 1997 Pierce Quantum 4-door cab fire truck.

We will remember 2012 as a year of change and extremely hard work by our board, staff and countless volunteers. As we wrap up the year, we thought we would take this opportunity to summarize what your Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce has been up to since January of this year.

With temperatures finally falling and the holidays near, it’s easy to forget we live in the desert. Reliable water and electricity supplies are the foundations for our thriving metropolitan area.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama won re-election Tuesday night despite a fierce challenge from Republican Mitt Romney, prevailing in the face of a weak economy and high unemployment that encumbered his first term and crimped the middle class dreams of millions.

South Mountain Community College (SMCC) president Dr. Shari Olson traveled to Washington D.C. this month to a conference focusing on education-based entrepreneurship and innovation.

Construction cranes looming over Intel Corp.’s Ocotillo campus helping assemble a $5.2 billion chip-fabrication plant will employ 1,000 people.

Arizona State University is gearing up for the annual homecoming celebration, set to take place on Oct. 27.

Chandler is the place to be in Arizona for startup businesses, according to American Express. The company’s OPEN Forum recently recognized Chandler as one of the leading U.S. cities for technology startups per capita. The city ranked fourth behind California’s Fremont and San Jose, as well as Irving, Texas.

Just three years ago, business owner Lisa Looney and her daughter, Kathleen, were bedazzling flip-flops for friends. Now they dream of spreading their Chandler-based fashion boutique Valleywide.

Chris Bustamante, president of Rio Salado College, and Shari Olson, president of South Mountain Community College, have joined the new Presidents for Entrepreneurship Forum.

Chandler is the place to be in Arizona for startup businesses, according to American Express. The company’s OPEN Forum recently recognized Chandler as one of the leading U.S. cities for technology startups per capita. The city ranked fourth behind California’s Fremont and San Jose, as well as Irving, Texas.

Wilkes University has received approval from the Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education to offer degree programs in Mesa.

The W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University is recognizing 10 of the state’s biggest achievers — including two East Valley companies — as finalists for this year’s prestigious Spirit of Enterprise Awards.

Reupload of Mr. Smith's "Reduce $'s to Chick-Fil-A's Hate Groups" Originally posted on www.reddit.com, front page of the internet. Thanks Redditors for finding this video FIRST! YouTube name is 'amsmith77amsmith' NEWSFLASH: Gay Extremists Vandalize Chick-fil-A Store http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/chick-fil-a-kiss-hate-graffiti-vandalized.html NEWSFLASH: Mr. Smith FIRED as of 8/2/12 http://www.theblaze.com/stories/college-lecturer-berates-local-chick-fil-a-employee-at-the-drive-thru-horrible-corporation/ http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/02/idUS264370+02-Aug-2012+MW20120802 Where did it happen? Chick-Fil-A 3605 East Broadway Boulevard Tucson, AZ 85716 +1 520-321-4232 Reposted under the "Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing United States Entrepreneurship Act of 2007" Original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIVvOmnF0jc

Mesa has secured a fourth liberal arts college for a planned higher education center that’s set to open downtown in the fall of 2013.

Mesa plans to open a business accelerator later this year to help technology start-ups become full-fledged, job-producing businesses.

Fans of Toms shoes can get a new pair custom painted by two Valley artists at the Style your Sole event on Saturday from 12:30-3:30 p.m. at Chandler’s Whole Foods Market, 2955 W. Ray Road.

Soon-to-be graduates aren’t the only ones smiling these days. Parents are happy, their kid is graduating and they’re coming out and spending some money. A typical football weekend is busy — but it never tops the graduation celebration.

Soon-to-be graduates aren’t the only ones smiling these days. Parents are happy, their kid is graduating and they’re coming out and spending some money. A typical football weekend is busy — but it never tops the graduation celebration.

During a recent client move, Debbie Meyer and her team took tons of garbage to the dumpsters in a three-day process.

Urban Legend’s Pizzaworks serves more than a great slice of pizza. The Gilbert restaurant also serves the local community by creating the town’s newest hangout and simultaneously funding a youth center.

More than 350 Arizona students learned networking skills and competed in business skills challenges at the fourth Junior Achievement “You’re Hired” conference at the Tempe Center for the Arts Thursday.

It’s ironic that the question would be raised about a system that has brought economic freedom and prosperity to so many. But the public image of capitalism always suffers during economic downturns. This time, populist conservatives have teamed with traditional enemies to slap around capitalism pretty badly.