Turkish American Business Conference (TABCON 2012), the leading business and networking event organized by Turkish American Business Connection Association (TABC), will be held on May 5th, 2012, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. This full day conference attended by hundreds of professionals will focus on "the entrepreneur" and offer a series of panels emphasizing current trends in the entrepreneurial and investor community.

A new magazine has filled a gap in the market in Turkey: Âlâ is a monthly publication aimed at women who wear a veil. After just a few months, it's already selling almost as many copies as the Turkish version of 'Elle.'Since it hit the shelves in June last year, Ala magazine has become a feature of the Turkish high street. The brainchild of two Turkish businessmen, it's a fashion and beauty magazine aimed at women who wear the veil. "We're saying that veiled women can follow fashion. There are more and more products on the market that veiled women can use. We're saying: let's not remain stuck with just one style," says Editor-in-chief, Ala Hülya Aslan.

Hikmet Ersek, president and CEO of The Western Union Co., received an 11 percent increase in his salary last year, the company reported in a proxy statement. Ersek’s salary rose to $929,800 from $835,700 in 2010, the Douglas County-based money transfer company (NYSE: WU) reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission.