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What Is The Stop Online Piracy Act? | NBC Bay Area

#sopa #pipa #piracy #law According to Mike Anderson 2011, “You may have heard the term “SOPA” getting thrown around these last few days. But what exactly does it mean? The future of the Internet is at a crossroads because of…

By admin | December 24, 2011 | Copyright, Hosting, Intellectual Property, Internet, Law, Technological Innovation, Technology |

BREAKING: GoDaddy Drops Support For SOPA | TechDirt

#sopa #pipa #piracy According to Mike Masnick of Floor64 and Tech Dirt 2011, “As the public backlash continued to grow — and GoDaddy’s support of it seemed entirely tone deaf to what people were saying — you knew something had…

By admin | December 24, 2011 | Hosting, Internet, Technological Innovation, Technology |

Samsung Surges Past Apple in Smartphones, Upbeat on Q4 | Reuters

#mobile #samsung #apple #business #consulting @callistecomm According to Hyunjoo Jin 2011, “Samsung Electronics Co overtook Apple Inc as the world’s top smartphone maker in the July-September period with a 44 percent jump in shipments, and forecast strong sales in the…

By admin | October 29, 2011 | Business, Featured, Mobile, Telecom |

Sony Buys Ericsson Out of Mobile Phone Venture | Reuters

#sony #ericsson #mobile #consulting @callistecomm According to Tarmo Virki 2011, “Sony Corp is to take over its mobile phone joint venture with Ericsson for 1.05 billion euros ($1.5 billion), as it seeks to exploit its music and video to help…

By admin | October 29, 2011 | Business, Finance, Joint Ventures |

#emi #musicbiz #finance #consulting @Callistecomm According to Yinka Adegoke and Nadia Damouni 2011, “The imminent sale of storied music company EMI Group represents the culmination of a years-long vision quest for one mogul and a bittersweet defeat for another. Capping…

By admin | October 29, 2011 | Business, Finance, Music Publishing, Recorded Music |

InterContinental Hotels in 12 New China Brand Deals: China Head | Reuters

According to Melanie Lee 2011, “InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG.L) (IHG) has signed 12 contracts for its new China hotel brand with the first opening of the new brand expected in late 2012 or early 2013, its China head said on Tuesday. IHG also…

By admin | October 20, 2011 | Asia, Business, China, Global |

Wal-Mart China CEO Quits as Retailer Grapples with Pork Scandal | Reuters

According to Melanie Lee and Donny Kwok 2011, “The head of Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s (WMT.N) China business has resigned citing personal reasons, after the world’s largest retailer ran into trouble with Chinese authorities leading to store closures and employee detentions. The departure of…

By admin | October 20, 2011 | Asia, Business, China, Emerging Markets, Global, Reuters |

Entrepreneurial hotbeds: A Mix of Science and Luck | Reuters

According to Deborah L. Cohen 2011, “Nick Cronin moved to Chicago from Milwaukee to stack the entrepreneurial deck in his favor, hoping to leverage the city’s improving climate for emerging ventures. “There is more excitement about startups, which means more events,…

By admin | October 20, 2011 | Business, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Reuters, Start ups, Technology |

Refile – China Paper Warns India Against Vietnam Oil Deal | Reuters

According to Ben Blanchard and Sally Huang 2011 (Changes headline from “warns off” to “warns against”), “India is playing with fire by agreeing to explore for oil with Vietnam in the disputed South China Sea, a major Chinese newspaper said on Sunday, advising…

By admin | October 16, 2011 | Asia, China, Emerging Markets, Global, India, Industrial, Reuters, Vietnam |

G20 Tells Eurozone to Fix Crisis in Eight Days | Reuters

According to Catherine Bremer and Jan Strupczewski 2011, “The world’s leading economies pressed Europe on Saturday to act decisively within eight days to resolve the euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis which is endangering the world economy. In unusually direct language, finance ministers and…

By admin | October 16, 2011 | Business, EU, Finance, Reuters |