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Could the French fondness for a single job for life be giving away to a new spirit of entrepreneurialism? The number of new private businesses launched in France is soaring. June saw an all-time record, and figures in July were only slightly off that pace. French officials estimate that by the end of 2009 France will be about half a million new firms better off. In 2008 just 328,000 small companies were created, and in 2007 the figure...
...started, I used Google's number-finder tool to unearth an available number in my area code that ended in T-I-M-E (8463). Even with that mnemonic, I've been having trouble remembering this universal number I'm supposed to be giving out. Google says it plans to offer number portability at some point, so I could pay $10 to make, say, my cell number my universal number...
Next, I set up my account on a personal Voice Web page, where I linked my home, work and cell numbers to my new T-I-M-E number, causing all those phones to ring simultaneously when anyone calls. Now when my phones ring, I pick up whichever is most convenient. If need be, I can press * to make all my phones ring again and hand the call from my cell to my land line or vice versa...
...Brown—We guess we should have seen this coming, as being smart (Chicago), liberal arts focused (Amherst), and smoking up (Colorado) are apparently all the ingredients you need to be a world-class douche. But seriously, Brown in the number one slot? Would most people even put them in the top 25? Do Seth Cohen and Serena Van Der Woodsen's fictional college dreams play a big role in the ranking process? Emma Watson is going to Brown; it can't be that...
...state in India's federation. YSR had effectively quelled its political momentum during his five years in office. Any fractiousness in Andhra Pradesh may be bad news for the Congress party in the state and at the central government - it alone contributes 42 of Congress' federal lawmakers, the largest number from any single state...