VIDEO: Social Democrats win Danish election

VIDEO: Social Democrats win Danish election


VIDEO: Social Democrats win Danish election

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 06:16 PM PDT

Denmark's centre-left Social Democrats have claimed victory in the country's general election, ending nearly a decade in opposition.


VIDEO: Finance ministers to meet in Poland

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 10:48 PM PDT

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will join EU finance ministers at a meeting in Poland as uncertainty over the state of the euro continues.


No confirmation senior al Qaeda militant dead: Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 10:14 PM PDT

Reuters - Pakistan had no confirmation on Friday that al Qaeda's chief of operations in the country had been killed in a recent drone strike in the northwestern tribal region, as reported by American officials.


Box.net Rejected $550 Million+ Acquisition Offer

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:51 PM PDT

Founders rebuffed an offer "notably higher" than its last valuation, sources say.


No confirmation senior al Qaeda militant dead: Pakistan

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 10:14 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan had no confirmation on Friday that al Qaeda's chief of operations in the country had been killed in a recent drone strike in the northwestern tribal region, as reported by American officials.


Erdogan to visit Libya as Sirte battle rages (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 10:07 PM PDT

An anti-Gaddafi fighter stands during a sandstorm as he mans a checkpoint north of the besieged city of Bani Walid September 14, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra BensemraReuters - Turkey's prime minister heads to Libya on Friday, a day after the French and British leaders won a hero's welcome there for helping to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi and in the midst of a fierce battle over Gaddafi's home town.



Insight: Looming U.S. decision on Taiwan arms risks China rift (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 10:04 PM PDT

Reuters - The Obama administration's impending decision on new arms sales to Taiwan is likely to strain the diplomatic truce between the United States and China, which faces rising domestic demands to wield its growing power against debt-saddled Washington.


Myanmar authorities unblock some banned websites (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 10:01 PM PDT

AP - Authorities in Myanmar are allowing access to banned news websites for the first time in years, including several operated by exiled dissidents.


Insight: Looming U.S. decision on Taiwan arms risks China rift

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 10:22 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Obama administration's impending decision on new arms sales to Taiwan is likely to strain the diplomatic truce between the United States and China, which faces rising domestic demands to wield its growing power against debt-saddled Washington.


China Next To Get Gold Dispensing ATM Machines

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:43 PM PDT

Gold bar vending machines come to China.


Sperm Donors are from Mars, Ova-Sellers from Venus

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:33 PM PDT

Whether the sale of gametes diminishes the value of life by putting a price on it and whether the contribution of women to this growing market is adequately compensated are the kinds of questions about which you could set thousands of angels into motion on the head of a pin.


School Friends As Business Partners: It Works In China, Too

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:31 PM PDT

Relationships formed or nurtured in schools and universities have long helped to spawn some of the??most??successful U.S. companies. Consider Google, for one. It also works in fast-changing China, and is something that Chinese students and??entrepreneurs should think about more, according to Chinese investor Gong Hongjia. ??Gong knows a thing or two about success: he ranked ...


Multinationals Rush To China; Foreign Investment Rises 11% In August

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:30 PM PDT

With the Western World on pause, its multinationals race to China for growth. Foreign direct investment rises 11% on the year in August.


No One Ever Goes Broke Underestimating The Fear Of the American Sports Parent

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:29 PM PDT

An old friend of mine from high school once responded to this blog by saying that, for some parents, the pressure to get children involved early in intense organized sports doesn?t have anything to do with wanting a college scholarship or a pro career. It?s that he and other parents are worried that without an ...


Super-Sized Customer Sues White Castle Over Booth Size

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:24 PM PDT

A long-time??fan of White Castle burgers has sued the company under the Americans with Disabilities Act, having discovered that after fifty years of patronizing White Castle he is now too fat to wedge himself into the restaurant?s standard booths. Martin Kessman alleged in a complaint filed on September 7 that he is tired of waiting ...


Nuclear Proliferation: The Crime with No Punishment? (Time.com)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:15 PM PDT

Time.com - The prosecution of a Swiss father and his sons focuses attention on the fact that almost no one in the notorious A.Q. Khan network has received substantial punishment


(AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:09 PM PDT

AP - Russian Soyuz capsule carrying returning NASA, Russian astronauts lands safely in Kazakhstan.


Ma's party seizes on US official's Taiwan comments (AP)

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 10:17 PM PDT

AP - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's party moved quickly Friday to take advantage of comments made by a senior U.S. official casting doubts on his rival's ability to maintain stable relations between the democratic island and mainland China.


In India, Samsung Sings Its Praise Over Apple

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:11 PM PDT

In Samsung vs Apple over iPhone 4, iPods in India, Samsung winning.


Top 10 Ways Entrepreneurs Pivot a Lean Startup

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:01 PM PDT

The popular view of a real entrepreneur is someone with a big vision, and a stubborn determination to charge straight ahead through any obstacle and make it happen. The vision part is fine, but successful entrepreneurs have found that the extreme uncertainty of a new product or service usually requires many course corrections, or "pivots" ...