JUNE 14 - 20.1987 THE ICHIGA
WO SPEED UP
Women who own and operate
small businesses contracted
for more than $1.6 billion in
federal prime contract �
qards in 1986, up from $1.3 bil
lion in the previous year, c
cording to SBA cws. SBA
stati . cs show omen are
tarting ne businesses
rate doub the rate for men,
ips 'to that com y's v.p.,
Marshall Bass, RJR pur
chased $7S million in goods
and services from minority
upp in ddition to $61
million from women-owned
businesses ...
. FLECTED:· Floyd ELe .
director of economic develop
ment programs fo Anheuser-
Busch Compani Inc., has
been elected president of the
ational Minority Business
Directories (NMBD),
publishers of Try Us, a nation
al listing of minority-owned
busin . Lewi has coor
dinated
the
brewer's
"Partners
m
Economic
Progress"
seminars
for the
past five
years,
desi ed
, 19I1
to bring
minority
firms into Busch purchasing
operations. Try Us directory,
founded by Peter Meyerhoff,
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early 200 minority and
omen uppliers recently met
. th officials of RJR abisco,
Inc. at seminar in Parsipany,
J. The seminar was the
tenth one ponsored by RJR
abi co . ce 1982 to help
minority and omen suppliers
around the tion overcom
common 0 des and en-
ce their potenti for doing
business with RJR and other
corporations. Accord-
••• A full
of off ce support rvice,.
WORK GUARANTEED.
8:00 A. .-5:00 P. .,
thru Fri. on 926-
LEWIS
is arranged . to 83 major
product and service classifica
tions and CO • an al-
phabetical listing of company
names as well as extensive
eyword index to help pur-
chasers find particular
product. NMBD conducts
training seminars for co
porate purchasing personneL.
E HELP If.. AIL
ABLE: Starting your own busi
ness or expanding an existing
busin has its 0 uniqu
rewards and ris . Because
small businesses make p
abo 97 percent of all busi
ness establishments in the
state and employ nearly half
the orking population, the
Michigan Department of Com
merce has established the net
wor of Small Business
Centers (SBCs) to provide as
sistance to small business in
all areas of tart-up and
growth. They offer free coun
seling and training in manage
ment, personnel, mar eting,
business planning, financial
management and referral to
appropriate technical assis
tance and scientific assistance.
Call1-800-132-ZlZl.
Business owner or consumer
Don't miss the PUSH Intemational
Trade Bureau IBusiness Day at the 16th Annual'
Operation PUSH convention.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE BUREAU,INC.
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PHlLADELPHIA- The To qualify, students must
. ooal B MBA Associatio submit romp ted applica-
(NBMBAA), a non-profit - non, 0 aa1 school
Iian� of OYer � minority transcrip and two-
holders of advanced business essay which responds to jhis
degr announces it tenth years scholarship question,
Annual Scholarship Program. "What Personal Gro Steps
"Six awards of $3,000 each Are Required to Become An
will be given to first 0 second Effective Business Leader?"
year graduate students in cer- Deadline is June 30,1987 .
tified Business Administr tion Contact NBMBAA ational
Management programs", e - Headquarters, 111 East Wa -
plains Scholarship Program er Drive, Suite 600, Chicago,
Chair, Stephen C. Lewis. lllinois 60601
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CHICAGO - You may soon
be able to contact your bro er
and buy stock in the nation's
fastes growing African
American-owned I business, the
Lawson ational Distributing
Company.
The firm is headed by Hous
ton entrepreneur Danny Law
so His company recently
rated by Black Enterpnse
magazine as the fastest gro -
ing business on the magazine's
list of 100 top Black busi-
nesses.
La on announced recently
from his ne Chicago head
quarters that he h filed with
the Securiti and Exchange
Commission to offer over a
million shares of common
stock.
The offering is being handled
by Daniels and Bell, Inc. --
the leading African American
member of the ew Yor
Stock Exchange.
nee ful eo
enance to become
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're ooking for experienced sal peop who want to
become Merrill Lynch financial Consultants.
To be selected you shoukl have a ful record 0
adl�em.�t in previous ,a een in t in the
financial d, the ability to communi II, and th d ire
to very hard our customers, Sales or other related
business experience is a plus.
H you lee! you are one of the individuals who can con
tribu to our growth, then we would r to hear from you.
Convince us that you can absorb financial quickly, make
dec· ions, handle details, and mak . personal P
sentations to . ticated investors, and will teach you
the res
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\\bod I 13-827-4562 for co eel