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Breakfast of Business Champions:
Corporate Philanthropy Awards
December 8, 2005

Corporations who have helped in the success of our community will be saluted at the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal’s “Breakfast of Business Champions 2005,” which will be held Thursday, December 8, 2005, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose.

During the breakfast, a panel will discuss the importance of education and development in Silicon Valley. The topic will be “Are we educating our students to meet the challenges of the 21st Century?”

The event begins at 7:30 a.m. with registration and breakfast, followed at 8:15 a.m. with a panel discussion and program. The event concludes at 10 a.m. The cost is $50 per person. Register online or call (408) 299-1871; e-mail pprass@ bizjournals.com.

Beyond the Balance Sheet: Employee Training
Forbes. Com

In the eighth installment of its “Beyond the Balance Sheet” series, Forbes.com focuses on corporate employee training and presents a case study on Best Buy, the $29 billion (sales) retailer of appliances and consumer electronics.

NOVA’s Workforce Review

The Workforce Review is a two-page fact sheet featuring data on labor force trends, including regional unemployment rate and change, specific labor force data for NOVA’s consortium of cities, and workforce reductions in the NOVA area.