May 31
International experts bring a global perspective to local challenges
Kingston and Picton: The Creative Rural Economy From Theory to Practice conference is unique. The multi-location conference offers participants an opportunity to experience sessions in a university setting as well as in the heart of creative rural Ontario Prince Edward County. It starts June 14th.
The first full day session in Grant Hall at Queen’s University focuses on the theory behind the creative rural economy. It examines regional economic development, challenges and solutions for creative economy businesses, and practical tools for community action. F
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May 30
Lockheed Martin, the largest defence contractor in the US, revealed this weekend that it fell victim to a successful cyber attack.
The company, which is also the US government’s top IT supplier, said that no personal data was stolen thanks to swift action taken when the attack was detected on 21 May. “The information security team detected the attack almost immediately, and took aggressive actions to protect all systems and data,” Lockheed said in a statement.
Unconfirmed reports have linked the breach to a separate cyber attack on security provider RSA Security in March, in which web security certificates were stolen by hackers.
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May 28
Insolvency rates among the UK’s small businesses have improved dramatically, new research revealed.
According to Experian’s latest Insolvency Index report, 0.1% of the entire active business community, which totals 1,808 businesses, became insolvent in April 2011. This was a slight decrease compared to the same period in 2010 when 1,818 businesses failed.
However, it has been highlighted that small businesses in Wales saw the majority of these positive results. Failures fell at a faster rate where small businesses with 3 – 5 employees saw 17% fewer closures. Busin
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May 27
PROVIDENCE – In a surprising twist, Steward Health Care System emerged as the buyer of the financially troubled Landmark Medical Center, after Superior Court Judge Michael A. Silverstein ruled that none of the other potential bidders were qualified.
The purchase price, according to special master Jonathan N. Savage, is between $62 and $65 million.
Steward, the Boston-based hospital division of Cerberus Capital Management, formerly know as the Caritas Christi Health Care System, previously had been engaged in negotiations to purchase Landmark and its affiliate, the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island. B
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May 22
Shares in business-focused social networking site LinkedIn more than doubled on their first day of trading yesterday.
The price for a share in the US-headquartered company began at $45 and rose to $94 before the end of trading. This put the value of the company at $8.5 billion (£5.3 billion), 35 times its revenues last year, making it the largest IPO for a US Internet company since Google went public in 2004.
LinkedIn, which allows users to list their professional achievements, court job offers and make business contacts, is particularly popular in the IT industry.
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May 21
This past month, I’ve been asked to critique several online store websites (. These days, I rarely have time to take a look at random reader’s websites simply because I’m swamped with other things and taking care of little people aged 3 and below. Also, since I run an ecommerce course, I reserve most of my non-family time for my students.
But I felt compelled to respond to these review requests because all of them had the same or similar mistakes.
And when 4 consecutive websites have the same problem, I feel compelled to write about it. Here
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