Category: Business
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L’Oreal snaps up British icon
Now this is an interesting business acquisition, announced today: High Street beauty products retailer Body Shop has agreed to be taken over by French cosmetics giant L’Oreal in a deal worth £652m. The offer of 300p a share from the…
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$5.5m for podcast venture
Podcasting as a viable business venture takes another mainstream step with news that PodTech Network has received $5.5 million in venture capital funding from Venrock Associates, US Venture Partners, and Silicon Valley angel investors. In just under eight months, PodTech…
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Stimulating change in financial communication
Two interesting business events that might appear separate but are in fact closely related: From BBC News: Shares in the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have jumped by 30% on Monday following speculation of a bid war. On Friday the LSE…
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Ask and you might get
A few weeks ago, I heard about Tom Locke and his $39 Experiment: I was sitting around one day, skimming through a pile of bills that I needed to pay. I looked over at a new, unopened roll of stamps…
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Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 10-Mar-06
Amazon Considering Downloads CEBIT: Origami Devices–Will Anyone Buy Them? Central Contact List Disabled for older Skype versions Forbes reports billionaire boom Google to pay $90m in ‘click fraud’ suit Handheld PC dominates Cebit start IBM Boosts Supercomputer Data Speed by…