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...hands is a prototype, one of four currently in beta testing. Field tests begin April 25 (Ravi's getting a preview). The next step, however, is the real trial: raising enough money and manufacturer interest to get the Simputer onto store shelves. "We need a new breed of social entrepreneur to address the technology needs of the world's underprivileged," said the late Dewang Mehta, a visionary who headed India's software trade body, nasscom, until his sudden death in mid-April. The Bangalore Seven has formed a for-profit spin-off, picoPeta, to manage the Simputer's commercial birth...
...Russia's independent press carried out by the state-controlled conglomerate Gazprom, but indisputably coordinated in the highest reaches of Vladimir Putin's government. Journalists at Gusinsky's daily newspaper Segodnya and the weekly magazine Itogi received their walking papers Tuesday, and at week's end the embattled entrepreneur announced plans to sell his 49.5% stake in NTV, the nationwide TV network he founded in October 1993 that was independent until the week before. Deliverance, Gusinsky swiftly realized, has a price...
...Russia's independent press carried out by the state-controlled conglomerate Gazprom, but indisputably coordinated in the highest reaches of Vladimir Putin's government. Journalists at Gusinsky's daily newspaper Segodnya and the weekly magazine Itogi received their walking papers Tuesday, and at week's end the embattled entrepreneur announced plans to sell his 49.5 percent stake in NTV, the nationwide TV network he founded in October 1993 that was independent until the week before. Deliverance, Gusinsky swiftly realized, has a price. Full Story...
...evening represented the end of a long struggle for Patrick Lee, the entrepreneur who debuted the restaurant four and a half years ago and fought an extended battle to keep it open despite increasing rents and the hostility of the landlord. But the closing of Grafton was more than a personal loss—it was also a loss to the residents of Harvard Square, particularly the students. At a time when astronomical rents have driven most small businesses out of the square, Grafton was an anomaly—a privately-owned business that catered to the likes and lifestyles...
...action director Michael Bay over budget? Is Disney chief Michael Eisner the most powerful man in Hollywood?) "Kids today are 10 times more sophisticated about the business than they were even five years ago," says Making the Band executive producer Ken Mok. "People know more about Puffy as an entrepreneur than as an artist. The Wu-Tang Clan is not just about the music. It's about Wu Wear...