Ofer Shapiro and Vidyo: Bringing New Jobs and Innovations to America

Ofer Shapiro and Vidyo: Bringing New Jobs and Innovations to America

Ofer Shapiro and Vidyo: Bringing New Jobs and Innovations to America

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:19 PM PST

Immigrants are increasingly important in driving growth and innovation in America, as evidenced by the role played by foreign-born founders and key personnel in the nation's breakthrough companies. New research from the National Foundation for American found immigrants have started nearly half of America's 50 top venture-funded companies (as rated by VentureSource) and are key ...


Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn Responds To Forbes.com Article

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:03 PM PST

Over the last few days, an unreal number of people have read a highly skeptical post about Best Buy written by Forbes contributor Larry Downes. The highly articulate, well-reasoned piece, headlined ?Why Best Buy Is Going Out of Business?.Gradually,? was an indictment of the way the electronics retailer does business. Wasting no time, Downes goes ...


VIDEO: Bizarre hotels show a new trend in travel

Posted: 06 Jan 2012 07:46 AM PST

The recession has encouraged a trend for distinctly unusual new hotels which try not to compromise on levels of service but provide a memorable experience.


Romney remains in pole position after debate

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:26 PM PST

Ex-governor favourite to win New Hampshire primary for Republican nomination for US presidency after latest exchanges.


Stricken cargo ship breaks up on reef off New Zealand (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:15 PM PST

Reuters - A stricken container ship wedged on a reef off a New Zealand holiday spot has broken up in stormy weather but is still on the reef after running aground three months ago, raising fears of a fresh oil spill.


NKorea footage shows Kim Jong Un driving tank (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:14 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2012 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed Monday, Jan. 2, 2012 in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un, left, applauds with military personnel as he inspects Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105 Guards Tank Division of the Korean People's Army at an undisclosed location in North Korea to congratulate servicepersons on New Year's day. Kim Jong Un's first inspection visit without his father Kim Jong Il was a well-documented New Year's Day trip to the tank unit with symbolic ties to his family and his nation's history. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSIONAP - New footage on North Korean state TV shows young leader Kim Jong Un maneuvering a tank and observing firing exercises.

Iran uranium enrichment site operational soon: official

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:24 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's underground uranium enrichment facility will go on stream soon, a senior official was quoted by Iranian media on Sunday as saying, a move likely to increase tension between the Islamic state and the West over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

3 Aussie activists board Japanese whaling vessel (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 10:59 PM PST

In this photo released by Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research, a boat carrying Sea Shepherd Conservation Society activists aboard, comes close to the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 3 to deploy a buoy-fitted rope in Antarctic waters on Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Institute of Cetacean Research) MANDATORY CREDIT, EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Three anti-whaling activists boarded a Japanese vessel off southwest Australia on Sunday as part of a campaign to stop whale hunting in Antarctic waters.

Iranian leader seeks support in South America

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 10:20 PM PST

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad begins regional tour in Venezuela amid rising tensions with West over Iran's nuclear programme.


Chinese held for firebomb attack at Japan embassy in Seoul (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 10:06 PM PST

Reuters - A Chinese man who reportedly said his grandmother was one of many thousands forced into prostitution for the Japanese army during World War Two was arrested on Sunday for a firebomb attack at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, police said.


Did Google Buy A Lemon? Motorola Mobility Whiffs Q4

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 09:47 PM PST

No refunds, no returns. Motorola Mobility late Friday warned that Q4 results will come in well short of Street expectations. The company, which is nearing completion of its $12.5 billion acquisition by Google, said it now sees sales for the quarter of $3.4 billion, with ?modest profitability? on a non-GAAP basis. Street consensus was for ...


Chinese held for firebomb attack at Japan embassy in Seoul

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 10:06 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - A Chinese man who reportedly said his grandmother was one of many thousands forced into prostitution for the Japanese army during World War Two was arrested on Sunday for a firebomb attack at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, police said.

Probe accuses US of Afghan detainee abuse

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 09:49 PM PST

Inmates at facility in Bagram tell investigating commission they were tortured and held without evidence by authorities.


Israel says credit card hack is 'terrorism'

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 09:30 PM PST

Deputy FM vows revenge over theft of thousands of credit card details by a hacker who says he is based in Saudi Arabia.


North Korea to top agenda at Lee-Hu summit in China (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 08:58 PM PST

Reuters - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will this week ask China's leaders to use their influence to lean on North Korea to show restraint amid a delicate transition to a new leadership.


Haiti 2 years later: Half a million still in camps (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 09:00 PM PST

In this Jan. 1, 2012 photo, Mamoune Destin, 33, wife of Meristin Florival, stands in their tent at the Beaubin camp for people displaced by the powerful 2010 earthquake in Petionville, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy aftermath. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)AP - Days after the earthquake killed his little girl and destroyed much of his house, Meristin Florival moved his family into a makeshift tent on a hill in the Haitian capital and called it home. Two years later they're still there, living without drains, running water or electricity.

Japan Cabinet being reshuffled after rape gaffes (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 09:12 PM PST

AP - A Cabinet reshuffle in Japan is expected soon, and is likely to include the removal of a defense minister who outraged the public with gaffes about a rape by U.S. servicemen.


North Korea to top agenda at Lee-Hu summit in China

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 08:58 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will this week ask China's leaders to use their influence to lean on North Korea to show restraint amid a delicate transition to a new leadership.

CES: This Year, It's The Consumer Experience Show

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 08:35 PM PST

The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show gets off to an unofficial start Sunday with some preliminary press events, and continues for nearly a week. CES as per usual will be a hotbed of gadget announcements ? tablets, smartphones, PCs, TVs will be unveiled by the gazillion. But in some ways, the show?s name is something ...


Solar Powered Kindle Cover to Debut at CES 2012

Posted: 07 Jan 2012 08:16 PM PST

SolarFocus will introduce SolarKindle, billed as ?the world?s first solar powered e-reader cover? at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which gets underway on Monday. The cover will have a built-in solar panel with a dual-charging (USB and solar) reserve battery. The company said that there is ?a guarentee of three-months of unplugged Kindle use? under ...


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