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Donald Trump, photo by Gage Skidmore

WASHINGTON – American business mogul and likely presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, has made headlines numerous times over the last few weeks after publically lashing out at political heads, including both President Bush and President Obama.

In the latest outburst, Mr. Trump criticized Rep. Mitt Romney during an interview on the CNN show “State of the Union” that aired earlier today.

After being asked by the CNN reporter Candy Crowley why Trump is preferable to Mitt Romney for Republicans, Trump characterized Romney as “a small-business guy,” going on to say, “I’m much bigger than this man and have a much, much bigger net worth. I mean my net wor

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NEW YORK — Borders has agreed to sell itself to private investment firm Najafi Cos. for $215 million.

Najafi, which owns the Book-of-the-Month Club, will also assume $220 million in debt.

The agreement is tentative and what is known as a “stalking horse” bid for a company under bankruptcy protection. The bid will open an auction for the bookseller and its assets, so a higher bid is possible.

A bankruptcy court hearing on the deal is set for July 21. If the court does not approve an auction process, Borders filed a separate motion to liquidate.

Najafi has been a speculative suitor for the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company, although Borders has not previously confirmed any specific bidders.

Borders Group Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection in February, hurt by stiff competition from online booksellers and discounters.

The year 2011 was envisioned by many futurologists in the last 100 years to be full of jumpsuits, electronic cars and mobile satellite phones. While some of them came true, many others were not even past their successful trials. Here are some predictions made futurologists in the last 100 years and how far they have missed to materialize:

– Fred Hoyle in his 1972 children’s book, 2010: Living in the Future predicted that people would be wearing jumpsuits but as of 2011, only one successful trial of similar experiment was done and it was still under scrutiny before becoming a successful future mode of individual transportation.

– But Hoyle’s 3-day week for 2010 with mechanization going into top gear failed to materialize.

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In most businesses the printer, or multi-function device (MFD), is simply a tool sitting in the corner and hardly given much thought. What attention it does receive is usually when something’s broken, or if there has been a paper jam at the most inconvenient of times. Much flailing of arms and loud shouting would also ensue.

But there is actually a real opportunity for the office MFD to become the heart of your business; a central hub for the flow of information and documents that reduces paper wastage, improves security and helps your employees get more done.

Choosing the right printer or MFD for your business can be a daunting task however. Dozens, if not hundreds, of new printers and MFDs hit the market every year on the premise that they will help make the task of printing and document management delivery easier, quicker and cheaper for time-poor SMEs. You may not have the luxury of a CIO or dedicated IT manager to provide you with advice on the latest printing devices. Y

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What do you get when you mix five thousand women and counting; two hundred national chapters and counting; and energy that doesn’t quit? You get a powerful organization that has fun while doing good.

Meet Mary Jo Wallo, a woman for these times. She runs an investment firm in San Diego, so who could be more perfect to count the growth and increases as her dream is coming true.

Here’s the back story: Mary Jo turned fifty. Some of us reach that mid-century mark and run for botox; others ignore the day and go about business as usual (hoping no one will notice). Mary Jo, an extrovert and lover of fun decided to have a “wham-bang” party. She set the standard for how to turn fifty and love it.

Weeks later when another friend hit that mark they were discussing what it means to get older. Some conversations end when people go their separate ways. Not this time.

Did you ever wonder how ideas become reality? They ne

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