There's nothing surprising about venture capitalists investing in start-up Web 2.0 companies. Investment in Web 2.0 companies during the first half of 2007 is up 7% from the same period last year and everyone's talking about social networking sites and wikis. What is surprising is where these companies are based....
OmniaLuo, Inc. ("OmniaLuo" or the "Company") (OTCBB: OLOU), a China-based company engaged in the business of designing, developing, marketing and distributing fine women's apparel under the brand name OMNIALUO, announced today that it is the subject of an article appearing now on CNNMoney.com and Reuters.com. The article, which covers "China's...
NEW YORK -- CNN and Time Inc. announced today that the business websites CNNMoney.com, Fortune.com, FSB.com and Business2.com will be merged and re-launched in January 2006 as a single website. The new website will retain the CNNMoney.com name and be available at www.cnnmoney.com.
If only our sports teams could perform this well * Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. was the second-best performer in the S&P 500 index during the first quarter of 2007, according to an April 4 story posted on CNNMoney.com. The Akron-based tire...
NEW YORK -- CNN and Time Inc. announced that their business and financial website CNNMoney.com (www.cnnmoney.com) is officially re-launching today. The site, which builds on the successful partnership of CNN and Money Magazine, will be the new Internet home of all Time Inc.'s business and financial titles: FORTUNE, FORTUNE Small...
Last week, Pandora, the premier provider ofpersonalized radio service online, announced it had reached two milliondownloads of its iPhone application. This week Pandora significantlyextended its mobile marketing options for advertisers with an applicationon Windows Mobile, the second most popular mobile operating system in theU.S. according to comScore/M:Metrics. The move further...
Coffee shop operator Starbucks Coffee Co. signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Unilever NV to make and distribute Starbucks ice cream in the U.S. and Canada. CNNMoney.com...
Lafayette Lafayette 21st highest-earning city According to a top-25 ranking on cnnmoney.com, Lafayette has the 21st-highest median family income in the country, at $149,597. New Canaan, Conn. is tops on the list, with a median household income of $231,138. Danville is...
Boise isn't known just for Idaho's russet potatoes. Though the area is still a leading site for farming and ranching, it's also home to many entrepreneurs and high-tech companies. The county seat of Ada County is headquarters to Micron Technology and Hewlett-Packard's LaserJet division. This year, CNNMoney.com anointed...
CNNMoney.com has named Tooele County as first and Washington County as fifth in the United States for job opportunities in the current economy. Job growth in Tooele County from 2000 to 2007 was 123.35 percent, thanks to scientific, technical and service jobs. Top employers are the U.S....
BigString Corp.'s new service enables users to send instant messages IMs that self-destruct after being sent, preventing them from being stored or archived to a server. Additionally, IMs sent via BigString's service cannot be copied, logged, or screen-printed, CNNMoney.com reported. BigString IM is a free advertising-supported service available at...
Let's see. A key measure of consumer confidence dropped this month to its lowest level in 16 years, "as Americans grew more concerned about their jobs and more pessimistic about business conditions." Meanwhile, "Oil prices have doubled in the past 12 months, surging nearly $8 a barrel...
DeVry University, its Keller Graduate School of Management and Becker CPA Review enable aspiring accountants to earn a master's degree and prepare for the CPA exam up to two years faster than conventional routes--and tuition savings up to $10,000 OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- Accounting positions rank among the...
LOS ANGELES -- The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS[R] (C.A.R.) has launched its 2008 Consumer Advertising Campaign highlighting the value REALTORS[R] bring to the transaction. Building on last year's successful "Your Piece of California. Your Peace of Mind" theme, the campaign also will raise awareness of the REALTOR[R] brand and reinforce...
Despite a weakening national economy, the accounting profession added almost 30,000 new jobs in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to the accounting and finance staffing company Ajilon Finance (www.ajilonfinance.com). The company forecasts strong continued demand for qualified financial professionals in 2008. The South and West regions retain the most...
Because mergers and acquisitions create major opportunities for asset-based lenders, the industry has many concerns about the downturn in private equity deals following last year's credit crunch. However, recent reports of the death of private equity are greatly exaggerated. In fact, private equity firms have been playing a major...
Arctic Oil & Gas Corp. (PINKSHEETS: AOAG), apetroleum exploration company, expects many more articles to appearregarding the potential for oil in the Arctic, such as the article titled,"The Arctic: Oil's Last Frontier," by Steve Hargreaves on CNNMoney.com.The article explained some of the basic points of Arctic oil and gasexploration and...
Golden Spirit Enterprises Ltd. (OTCBB: GSPT)reports that the Waste-to-Energy sector has taken notice of the Company'sCradle to Cradle CTC Greencycle Thermal Oxidation Process System TOPS,which is a solid waste recycling and biomass derived renewable energyfacility with greenhouse and algae subsystems. Robert Klein states, "We are very excited about the recent...
- www.Distance-Education.org - NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas -- Distance Education (www.distance-education.org), an online provider of self-directed and instructor-led enrichment and continuing education, has just unveiled 750 new courses. Designed to make the quest for a new or second career more accessible and affordable, Distance Education's online format makes learning...
Time Inc. Veteran Joins America's Fastest-Growing News and Opinion Magazine NEW YORK -- THE WEEK (www.theweekdaily.com), America's fastest growing news and opinion magazine, has appointed Peter Granath as associate publisher. Based in New York City, Granath is responsible for driving print and digital advertising revenue. The Week's sales...
