News tagged with private business


Success of the academy approach?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A complex picture is emerging about the controversial Academies programme. Researchers analyse and report findings about Academies in a special issue of the journal Management in Education (MIE), published today by SAGE. ...





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Judge rules in Palin e-mail case

Technology / Internet

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A judge ruled Wednesday that the Alaska governor's office can use private e-mail accounts to conduct state business, as former Gov. Sarah Palin sometimes did.


The future of private equity

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Although global private equity markets have fallen on hard times, reports of their imminent demise are greatly exaggerated. So says Steve Kaplan, a widely recognized authority on entrepreneurial finance and corporate governance ...


Yelp to let businesses comment publicly on reviews

Technology / Internet

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The review Web site Yelp, which has garnered some criticism from the businesses put under its microscope, will soon let those businesses and others respond publicly to customers' critiques.


White House seeks health plan compromise

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


Private exchange to aid startups seeking more cash

Technology / Business

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Since June, a Web site called SharesPost has been helping a small pool of qualified buyers and sellers trade shares in fast-growing startups that have not yet gone public. Now, the private stock exchange is hoping ...


European businesses not properly advised on how to prepare for flu pandemic

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 11, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new report entitled Business Continuity Planning and Pandemic Influenza in Europe, published by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), has found huge gaps and differences across Europe in the level of ...


Groups find common ground on health care overhaul

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Eighteen groups representing consumers, business, insurers, doctors and hospitals say they have reached agreement on how they would like to see the nation's health care system overhauled.


Health insurance from Uncle Sam gets a look (AP)

Health insurance from Uncle Sam gets a look

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Look out Aetna, Humana and UnitedHealthcare. Senators are meeting behind closed doors to consider whether the federal government should jump into the health insurance business.


Developer of system to prevent ID theft forms joint venture

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ray de Beasley's dream of seeing his identity theft prevention system come to life is one step closer to reality. He just formed a joint venture with Ayoka LLC, an Arlington, Texas, software development firm, to create a ...


Cyber criminals targeting small businesses

Technology / Internet

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small and medium-sized businesses that don't have the resources to keep updating their computer security, according to federal authorities.



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