Facebook is wading into territory that domain name registrars found themselves in 10 years ago. Namely, trying to figure out 'who owns a name?' Some notable examples include:J. Crew forced the owner of...
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"Another cluster of Web and media companies announced layoffs yesterday, among them blogging software company Six Apart, Wired, and Al Gore's Current. It was enough to cause plenty of panic at Valley...
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Technology is fuelling unprecedented growth in productivity in Asia, with sub-Saharan Africa languishing behind (International Labour Organization). But the growth in mobile phones could help close this gap, as...
The campaigning game keeps getting hotter in the Canadian Election, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper announcing today that he wants to open up Employment Insurance benefits to the self-employed. The move...
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Around the world, traffic congestion is often accepted as the price paid for rapid development and economic dynamism. But as anyone who lives in a large city knows, a tipping point is soon reached where the...
Opinion Barry Artiste Canada's drive to claim sovereignty of our Arctic takes a new turn in beating the Russians claim over our territory. http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=749670 Harper announces...
OpinionBarry ArtisteFor the ordinary Russian Business having a "Roof" is a common price for doing business, whereby payments are made on a regular business to protect your business. But when your Roof is the...
A quick article about roadblocks in Chad, Central Africa: originally part of the nation's infrastructure, road barriers have become ready-made businesses for those looking to make a quick buck off of motor traffic."The rain gates are installed and manned by the government,...
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"SAN BERNARDINO, July 11, 2008 (Cheetah Index)-The Malawi Expo says it is overwhelmingly impressed with the turn out at Malawi Expo 2008 which commenced from Tuesday July 1-3, 2008 at the Hilton Hotel in San...
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Interesting way to do a business... " Used detergent labels and toothpaste tubes from Indonesia are going from landfills to fashion frills on bags and wallets sold in Singapore, Australia and the United States. ...
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You know from previous stories we posted that Copenhagen is big on bicycles.A fellow named Ole Skram has combined green ambitions, entrepreneurship and his love of good java with his 'coffee chariot' an espresso machine mounted onto a three-wheeled carrier cycle with a...
Leonard Witt is also here at the New Pamphleteers conference."If you are looking to do community news online or have a placeblog, you might want to attend the Journalism that Matters Conference in Minneapolis...
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"Traditional media companies that refuse to invest in the Internet and withdraw into old business models are destined to fade away, opening the door for entrepreneurs to take advantage of the lack of...
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Death by Blogging, a new Diagnosis"SAN FRANCISCO — They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece — not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know...
Not everyone wants to settle for a home office, Starbucks, a cramped and/or noisy corner or a soulless cubicle.That's why Amy Abrams and Adelaide Fives decided to open In Good Company Workplaces, a shared space for women entrepreneurs.