One of the largest diamonds… found!

Sep 22 2008

This could very well be one of the largest diamond in the world. This was a statement issued by Gem Diamonds Ltd., the company that unearthed this wonder stone in the southern African nation of Lesotho. Belgian experts gave this diamond a D-grade for color, which is the highest possible graded color you can get. They believe there is a chance -- a very good chance -- of getting a 100-carat plus" round stone with the highest color and clarity rankings. This find reminded me of Leonardo de Carpio's 2006 movie "Blood Diamond". The plot being "A fisherman, ...

A million-dollar girl in cyberspace

Nov 04 2007

Posted by Jay as Business Features, Business News, Featured Articles

The Internet is indeed a gold mine and we, Netizens, just have to know how to grab those gemstones to become millionaires, even billionaires! Indeed, sky’s the limit in cyberspace.

Ashley Qualls barefoot at her desk at the office-basement of her new 4-bedroom home. Take the case of Ashley Qualls, a 17-year-old Internet user who’s now the big boss of a million-dollar business in the US. Using her wits and imagination – and of course her computer – Ashley began making background designs in 2004 for the online social networking website MySpace and turned her hobby into a multi-million dollar enterprise! Ashley is ...

Facebook: It’s smiling like a billion-dollar baby

Oct 25 2007

Posted by Jay as Business News, Featured Articles, Lifestyle Features

An Internet baby is rocking the world! Launched globally only on Sept. 11, 2006, Facebook is zooming to the top of the social networking world, leaving MySpace, Friendster and the other oldies gasping for breath.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg As a testament of its growing popularity, Microsoft Corp. beat out rival Google Inc. yesterday (Oct. 24) in a battle to invest in Facebook, agreeing to pay $240 million for a roughly 1.6 percent stake in the Web phenomenon and expand a deal to sell advertising. Microsoft and Facebook said the $240 million investment valued Facebook at $15 billion, which analysts said was ...

52 million pounds funding for business-focused universities

Jun 04 2006

Posted by Gordon as Business Concepts, Business Enhancements, Business News, General Management, UK Companies

This piece of news will be welcomed by students all over the country. The DTI has recently awarded ï¿½52 million to a number of universities under the third round of the Higher Education Innovation Fund or HEIF. The goal of the awards is to aid in building closer ties between business and institutions that offer higher education. One of the projects that will share in the 52 million pounds funding handout are initiatives whose goal is to boost the number of entrepreneurs, establish a UK creative industry in China and to target the early signs of disease. The DTI has awarded ...

Small businesses to be hit hardest by new compulsory pension

Jun 03 2006

Posted by Gordon as Business Concepts, Business Enhancements, Business News, General Management, UK Companies

Small businesses seem to be taking a lot of unnecessary hits of late, and they are already feeling the effects of this “injustice.” It seems the government is not yet content with just hitting businesses with an endless list of legislation and then tying them up with red tape. Now it looks like small business employers will be forced to make contributions to a new National Pensions Savings Scheme or NPSS. An employee can decide not to participate in the NPSS but with the sheer apathy of most employees it is believed that most will choose to remain ...

Blair cabinet re-shuffle hit by interest group

Jun 01 2006

Posted by Gordon as Business Enhancements, Business News, General Management, UK Companies

The recent decision of Prime Minister Tony Blair to reshuffle his cabinet has been hit by an interest group, saying that the move has once again ignored the welfare of small businesses. The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has maintained that the decision has been detrimental for businessmen and business owners who own small businesses. They particularly cite the reshuffling of the Department of Trade and Industry but overlooking the fact that the position for Small Firms Minister has remained vacant. FPB Chief Executive Nick Goulding said that he thinks what has happened is another case illustrating the ...

Make small business tax less taxing says pressure group

May 30 2006

Posted by Gordon as Business Concepts, Business Enhancements, Business News, General Management, UK Companies

A pressure group is strongly urging the government to finally remove the big headache posed by confusing and time consuming tax returns. According to the Forum of Private Business (FPB), through its Chief Executive Nick Goulding, “It’s time to make tax returns less taxing. Our research shows that small business is left spending valuable time completing forms that they find confusing and over-complicated.” Goulding asserts that it is clear that not enough effort is being done in order to give assistance to small businesses in trying to understand what their role and responsibilities are when it comes to filing ...

Business confidence rises for second half of 2006

May 29 2006

Posted by Gordon as Business News, General Management, UK Companies

According to the accountants and business advisers at BDO Stoy Hayward, UK economic growth is expected to grow stronger in the second half of 2006. The report, which was included in the most recent BDO Business Trends report, shows that a there is an increase in business confidence both in the short-term and the long-term. There is an expected growth of 3.4 per cent for the third quarter of 2006. This is compared to the 2.4 per cent posted in the last quarter of 2005. These positive numbers are likely to give tremendous benefit to the UK economy especially later this ...

UK behind in data protection

Apr 16 2006

Posted by Gordon as Business News, E-Commerce

According to a survey conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry among 1,000 respondents, UK companies are falling short in terms of protecting data. The DTI has thus expressed concern about this, in light of the increasing level of e-commerce activities and business conducted online. The risk of client data and proprietary company information being stolen continues to be very high. According to the study, most large companies take an active role in securing data and customer information that it has. However, most smaller companies do not have such a proactive stance on network and data protection. The most vulnerable, ...

Gambling is likely a major UK economy booster

Apr 15 2006

Posted by Gordon as Business News

According to the Betting Research Unit of the Nottingham Trent University, the UK economy has much to gain if government relaxed its laws regarding betting and gaming. In particular, it was suggested that the taxes on betting and gaming were to be abolished. The research indicated that the recently implemented policies to deregulate the gambling industry are likely to result in significant gains to the economy. With a spate of companies with casino development projects in the pipeline, we we are likely to see some improvements contributed to the country's economy. However, morality advocates are expressing concern on the possible ...

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