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...surprisingly, the scheme has accounted for more than half of all new companies founded thus far this year. "The auto-entrepreneur plan has been an impressive success, beyond what we'd been counting on," says Hervé Novelli, secretary of state for small- and medium-size businesses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In France, a Government-Led Revolution in Entrepreneurship | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

...France who would love to try their hand at running a business and selling a service they can provide but haven't even tried because the process and costs of doing that have been so deterring," says Aurore Longuet, a spokeswoman for the Economy Ministry's small- and medium-size business secretariat. "What we're saying to them now is, 'Give it a try - it's easy now, and you're not facing the same costs. You have nothing to lose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In France, a Government-Led Revolution in Entrepreneurship | 7/24/2009 | See Source »

...some more than 50 kilometers away, with only one school bus to provide transportation over these long distances. Most of the villages where students live did not have electricity until a few years ago, and most children are the first in their families to attend school. As an English medium school (all subjects are taught in English), it struggles to find teachers that can teach in English, because most qualified instructors live in Bhuj, the nearest urban center, which is 40 kilometers away. Even if teachers are willing to travel the distance, the pay is meager, forcing them to hold...

Author: By Ravi N. Mulani | Title: Time for School | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

...news is a poor vehicle for catharsis; it thrives on maintaining tension, not relieving it. And a memorial is a poor medium for objective assessment, which we needed after Jackson's death, and will need if and when there is more news in its aftermath. But in a perfect world, it would provide the media with an end point, a reason to pause and move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Jackson: Goodbye, or See You Soon? | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...past 18 months. In December 2007, the Chinese oil giant Sinopec Group signed a $70 billion deal to begin drilling in Iran's Yadavaran field, which has estimated reserves of about 17 billion bbl. In January of this year, China's biggest energy producer, CNPC, agreed to develop a medium-size oil field called North Azadegan - a deal worth about $2 billion. And last month, while demonstrators were fighting pitched battles with paramilitaries on Tehran's streets, Iranian oil officials flew to Beijing to negotiate a $5 billion deal with CNPC for the newest phase of Iran's huge South...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Iran Might Beat Future Sanctions: The China Card | 7/16/2009 | See Source »

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