MontAd Inc. has launched a digital marketing campaign for Trans World entertainment. The Campaign is designed to drive store traffic & pre-order sales of the “Twilight Saga: New Moon” and promote the exclusive f.y.e. lip gloss offer. (PRWeb Mar 6, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3688504.htm Read the original here: MontAd Inc. Launches a Digital Marketing...

State officials are pushing small-business loans as the best growth market for banks, urging them to shift their lending from real estate to dry cleaning establishments, delicatessens and auto body shops. See the original post here: State urges small-business lending (The News & Observer)

Business leaders from St. Paul and Minneapolis spent well over an hour behind closed doors Friday morning listening to and questioning representatives of the Metropolitan Council and the University of Minnesota about their unresolved dispute over the proposed Central Corridor light-rail line. Read more: Twin Cities business groups want light-rail dispute settled (Pioneer Press)

Joseph E. Matranga has been named to the board of directors of First Business Bank in San Diego. Matranga was formerly a director of Ramona National Bank, which was the predecessor company to First Business Bank. He replaces John McGrath, who resigned to become president, CEO and director of 1st Pacific Bank of California. Continued here: Joseph Matranga named to First Business Bank board (San Diego...

VIENNA -Kim Jong Ryul spent 20 years doing business for North Korea’s dictators with European firms, before he defected to Austria in 1994. Now he fears for his life after emerging from hiding this week. Read more… Read more from the original source: NKorea defector tells of business deals in West (Malaysian Mirror)

Steve Otto is the executive director of the San Ysidro Business Association, a business improvement district whose goals include promoting the south San Diego community, advocating for public improvements and supporting local businesses. See the rest here: Q&A | Executive director of the San Ysidro Business Association (San Diego Union-Tribune)