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There are between 20 and 30 million people in America who play fantasy football during the 17-week regular season with some of them participating in several leagues. But what do millions of loyal fans who spend up to nine hours … Continue reading →

Forget advertising in glossy magazines, gushing celebrity endorsements or the creation of an exclusive, hush-hush cult of desirability. The latest and greatest marketing technique is simple, in theory: get Michelle Obama to wear your clothes. It’s easier said than done, … Continue reading →

Google’s revenues are not coming from search ads alone, not anymore. It had a couple of other billion $ businesses: Here are the key numbers that Google SVP of Product Management Jonathan Rosenberg shared during today’s call: * Display advertising: … Continue reading →

Thirteen Arab countries on Monday launched a 1.2-billion-dollar development fund to support and finance private-sector small and medium enterprises in the Arab world. Finance ministers gathered in Kuwait – led by Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa – to discuss … Continue reading →

This is an article based on an Indian scenario, so all numbers are in Indian rupees. A US$ = app 45 Indian rupees (Oct 2010). “A vendor buys vegetables from the wholesale market for Rs 1,000 in the morning and … Continue reading →

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Yahoo is closing GeoCities. This prompted VC Fred Wilson to reminisce about his old venture capital firm Flatiron Partners’ hundredfold return on GC: “I learned a lot from that deal. I learned that the Internet is all about people expressing … Continue reading →

Google’s Next Multi-Billion Dollar Business Google’s AdWords and AdSense cash-cow businesses are breathtaking in their scale. But where to find the next multi-billion dollar business? So what should be the next engine for growth? Google should become a hedge fund, … Continue reading →

Homeland security, corporate security, cyber security, critical infrastructure security, retail and healthcare security – you get the idea. Security management is a vital, global industry – in excess of $100 billion – according to ASIS International, a leading association of … Continue reading →

The Man Who Is Creating a World Without Poverty – The Banker to the PoorThursday, January 10, 2008 By Richard Appelbaum, The Santa Barbara Independent The idea for microcredit began in the early ’70s, when Muhammad Yunus — an economist from Bangladesh’s … Continue reading →