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...dedicated to publicizing dance videos, and “BurrellTime” iPhone application that allows his fans to follow his life in real-time. “I’m building my social media ecosystem one peg at a time,” he said. As an entrepreneur with an entertainment background, Burrell said that advertising was instrumental in highlighting artistic talent. “At the end of the day, there are only so many notes, so many rhymes, so many keys on the keyboard,” he said. “The next thing...
...Madagascar A BLOODY CRACKDOWN Police killed more than 25 protesters on Feb. 7 in Antananarivo, the capital, when they fired into a crowd that was demanding the ouster of President Marc Ravolomanana. The episode came a week after Antananarivo's mayor and media entrepreneur, Andry Rajoelina, proclaimed himself the country's new ruler and began hosting daily rallies to deride the nation's "millionaire dictator." Ravolomanana later blamed the rallies for inciting the crowd and declared that he had removed the mayor from his post, though Rajoelina has refused to leave office...
...Yagan: I started my first company while I was a senior on campus. When I started at Harvard I definitely did ultimately envision myself being an Internet entrepreneur, I just didn’t realize to what extent...
Zion and a local entrepreneur, Eric Yellin, who is blogging and phoning peace-minded Gazans, are among the very few people in Sderot - and in all of Israel, for that matter - who opposed the 22-day offensive into Gaza, which ended on Jan. 18 in the shakiest of cease-fires. Lately, Zion has rarely gone out. When she did leave home, she was often forced to dive into the bunker of her suburban house - Sderot was hammered by 203 rockets during the fighting. And if, despite the risks, she got to Sderot's flag-festooned marketplace, she was often cursed...
Facing financial difficulty, Merckle appealed to the government of his home state of Baden-Wüerttemberg in November for help and was rejected. Hearing news of Merckle's death, Baden-Wüerttemberg's conservative premier, Günther Oettinger, said the state had lost a great entrepreneur. "News of Adolf Merckle's death left me deeply shaken," he said...