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Friday, 22 October 2010 14:22

Facebook, Amazon and Zynga launch social web sFund

Written by KPCB
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) today announced the sFund, a new $250 million initiative to invest in entrepreneurs inventing social applications and services.
Germany is considering a law that would ban employers from looking for information about job candidates from social network sites such as Facebook. According to a draft of the bill, employers would be able to use publicly accessible information about applicants drawn from the internet but not from social networking…
Friday, 22 October 2010 08:48

By whose rules should we judge entrepreneurs?

Written by Nigel Culkin
“Integrity has no need of rules”. So wrote Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus, a philosophical essay published in 1942.
Much of the high level of waste revealed in retail tycoon Sir Philip Green’s recent spending review of government departments, could be drastically reduced by using videoconferencing equipment to attend meetings, rather than travelling to attend, claims Avanta Managed Offices.
Wednesday’s government announcement of sweeping spending cuts was never going to be an easy sell but the message coming from business leaders is that the private sector is primed to take on the responsibility of fuelling economic growth.
The Institute of Directors (IoD) makes the following statement on today’s Spending Review announcement:
Over the course of the Spending Review period, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) will reduce its resource budget by 25 per cent. Taking into account anticipated receipts, the cut to capital spending by 2014-15 will be 44 per cent. The Department’s Administration budget will be reduced by…
Following the Chancellor's statement on the Comprehensive Spending Review today (20 October), the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) urged the Coalition Government to now put in place the missing link, namely a Small Business Programme for Growth.
Tuesday, 19 October 2010 17:19

Can Twitter predict the stock market?

Written by Entrepreneur Country
A new research study suggests that comments posted on the social networking site Twitter can predict swings in the US Dow Jones market.
As a result of its environmental commitment and close collaboration with suppliers and customers, Dell has topped Newsweek’s Greenest Companies in America ranking for 2010. The company moved to the top spot among Newsweek’s Green Rankings from its No. 2 position on the 500-company list last year.
The publication last week of Lord Browne’s long awaited report ‘Securing a sustainable future for higher education’ may have sparked dissent within the coalition government and felt the wrath of trade unions and student groups but the reality is it sets out a progressive roadmap for delivering quality and opportunity.
Tuesday, 19 October 2010 12:18

Meyer backs entrepreneurs for growth

Written by Business Weekly
Entrepreneur champion Julie Meyer has told Business Weekly why she is backing the bosses of Britain’s innovative companies to thrive despite cuts anticipated in tomorrow’s Comprehensive Spending Review.
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