IMI Mobile Raises $13 Million In Funding From Sequoia Capital
2009-11-13 13:40:00 The funding is surely coming easy for mobile VAS providers, it seems as One97 just few days ago announced their plans to go public and now IMI mobile, another VAS provider announced their funding updates. IMI mobile has raised funds to the tune of $13 million from Sequoia Capital and existing investors First Mark Capital. IMI mobile is looking at major global acquisitions through the latest infusion of funds and as such been focusing on overseas market for quite some time. The company recently tied up with MTN to provide its proprietary service delivery network to African telco. According to Vishwanath Alluri, IMI mobile, “The VC funding will be used to make acquisitions in Europe and the US. We are targeting to close one buyout by calendar 2010. The new financing will enable us to develop our cloud infrastructure for Tier 1 telecom operators and allow us to expand our customer base .” IMI mobile provides VAS products to cater general audiences through song downloa...
By: WATblog
Apalya Raises $3 Million In Funding From IDG & Qualcomm Ventures &ndash
2009-10-14 16:01:00 About a year ago Apalya Technologies was in the news for raising a seed investment of 2 crores from Mumbai Angels. A year later they are in the news again and this time its for raising 3 million $ in A series funding from IDG Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures. Apalya is into mobile TV services and is a technology player that aggregates premium entertainment content from many different content providers, and then optimize the same to be suitable for mobile viewing. This seems like a good deal for Apalya as its investors bring functional experties as well IDG from the media end and Qualcomm from the mobile technology end. Mobile Tv is a bandwidth heavy service and this investment comes at a time when 3G auction is soon to happen in India. It seems like Apalya has taken this funding to be geared for a full fledged roll out along with the 3G services in India. Apalya currently has a team of 50 in Hyderabad, and boasts of tieups with almost all telecom operators. Its mobile tv service is a...
By: WATblog
Low public funding requires high system-generated revenue; thus, big fare h
2009-10-13 13:00:00 In a comment on yesterday's post about the 2010 CTA budget, Ed rightly pointed out that it's "very very significant" that the CTA's recovery ratio -- fare generated revenue -- for 2010 is almost 71%. By law the minimum recovery ratio is 50%, but "the significant reduction in public funding forces a recovery ratio for the CTA that far exceeds the requirement," notes the CTA's detailed budget recommendation.The budget document goes on to say:The recovery ratios in other regions throughout the country are far lower depending on the level of public tax support for transit in those regions. The Chicago region is one of the few in the country with a legislatively mandated recovery ratio of at least 50%. CTA,...
House And Senate Both Cut Off ACORN Funding Nuts From HUD
2009-09-17 22:00:00 The House has now joined the Senate in voting to cut off Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). The resolution was attached to a student loan bill and passed by...
By: Diggers Realm
Senate Just Says “NO!” To ANY Further Federal ACORN Funding — 83-7
2009-09-15 06:32:00 Who Says There Is No Longer “Bipartisanship” In Washington? Senate Gives Relieving PROOF There Is A “Right Vs. Left” And An Even Stronger “Right Vs. WRONG” With Nearly Unanimous Vote… First off, let’s take note of the seven traitorous SCUMBAGS who... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Keep abortion funding out of healthcare
2009-09-11 00:17:00 A new poll shows that even most American women don't want abortion funded through a government health care program....
Connecticut Public Funding Law Held Unconstitutional Because it Discriminat
2009-08-28 22:52:00 [From Ballot Access News] August 27th, 2009 On August 27, U.S. District Court Judge Stefan Underhill, a Clinton appointee, held that Connecticut’s public funding law for candidates is so discriminatory in favor of the two major parties, and against all other parties and candidates, that it is unconstitutional in its entirety. The opinion is 138 pages long. ...
Almost all HIV/AIDS funding restored for Illinois
2009-08-10 20:40:00 HIV/AIDS funding in Illinois will remain nearly fully funded thanks to Governor Pat Quinn, unlike California Governor Schwarzenegger who eliminated $85 Million in HIV/AIDS funding.The State Budget this year was a tough one as it wasn't passed until almost 2 weeks into the new fiscal year. Originally the budget was only funding HIV/AIDS agencies, and other social services, at 50% of the prior levels, causing panic in the community on trying to figure out where the rest of many organizations budgets would come from. Quinn who is utilizing $3.4B that is in an "unallocated discretionary fund," will be assigning about $40 million to the IL Dept of Public Health. Of that, $17 million is earmarked for HIV/AIDS programming. With what...
Quikr In News - Series B Funding Round & Appointment Of New CEO
2009-07-31 14:19:00 In an economic slowdown companies have open their arms and investing in one another to expand their businesses. Recently, Quikr Mauritius (holding company of Quikr India) has completed the second round of Rs. 200 million ($4.13 million) funding from a new investor Omidyar Network and returning investor Matrix Partners India. Deal Details - Deal Value (US$ Million) 4.13 Deal Type Venture Finance Deal Status Completed: 2009-07-30 Deal Participants Target (Company) Quikr Mauritius Holding Private, Ltd. Quikr is the leading classified engine addressing the needs of local communities in 18 Indian cities. Quikr was started in 2005 as kijiji.com and Rebranded as Quikr.com in 2008. Its original promoter ebay Inc. will continue to be as an investor. Omidyar Network has invested in Quikr as they are impressed by the tremendous growth of Quikr. Matt Halprin has an opinion that Qui...
By: WATblog
Funding Updates: Sequoia Invests Rs.40 Crore In Just Dial, Itzcash Gets Rs.
2009-07-24 13:50:00 The private equity deals seems to have taken off looking at current positive economic indicators and even Local search space seems to be attracting lot of VC action. In a follow up Sequoia capital has invested Rs.40 Crores in Just Dial, online and offline based Local search company. VCCircle reports that the investment would be through secondary means and constitutes less than 10 per cent stake valuing the company in upwards of Rs. 400+ crores. Just Dial earlier acquired funding from SAIF Partners in 2006 and hedge fund Tiger Global in 2007. Sequoia Capital recently invested in Cyber cafe advertising company–Ideacts. In December last fiscal, Yahoo had acquired a 30% stake in telephone-directory search service Call Ezee. Just Dial had revenues of Rs 91 crore in FY09, and expects to reach Rs 130 crore this year. Just Dial currently serves to more than 25 million unique users and over 200 million searches in a year. The other competitors in online local search market includes Asklai...
By: WATblog
Green Party Forum on Single-Payer Health Care Funding Friday in Durham, NC
2009-07-20 06:00:00 The Green Party will present a public forum on the need for a Single-Payer health care funding system on Friday, July 24 from 3:30-4:30 pm as part of their 2009 Annual National Meeting in Durham, North Carolina.
Green Party Forum on Single-Payer Health Care Funding Friday in Durham, NC
2009-07-20 06:00:00 The Green Party will present a public forum on the need for a Single-Payer health care funding system on Friday, July 24 from 3:30-4:30 pm as part of their 2009 Annual National Meeting in Durham, North Carolina.
Ohio Budget Cuts Mental Health Funding
2009-07-15 17:37:00 July 1st was a very important day at the state house in Columbus. It was the day that a balanced state budget had to be passed. As usual, politics got in the way of that and they subsequently passed a 7-day budget as negotiations continued. During week one, the impasse continued, and a second 7-day state budget passed. Negotiations continued....Since I have been in Boston for the past few days, I've been curious to see what was going to happen to the state budget. When I checked the Columbus Dispatch website yesterday, I was surprised that an agreement was reached. In reading the quotes from the politicians, it was a budget that "no one" was happy with." Then, why did you pass it? That confuses me.The big winner was not the citizens of Ohio, but the racetracks of Ohio. Yes, the racetracks - and probably the Governor (when is he up for re-election again?) According to the article "Budget Plan, Keeping Score," "The state's seven horse tracks will get up to 2,500 video lottery termin...
By: Doctor Anonymous
Rudrajeet Desai - Ideacts CEO On Statistics, Funding, Tie Ups & More..
2009-06-24 12:22:00 Ideacts, a cyber cafe advertising company in India is showing impressive growth at least that’s the idea one can get looking at their stats.They recently tied-up another major funding deal with Sequoia Capital,second deal in a year’s time. We caught up with Rudrajeet Desai, Co-Founder & CEO, Ideacts Innovations Pvt. Ltd. to find out more about their plans. Although the management seemed to be very tight-lipped about their future plans they did convey that they are not looking at raising capital in the near future and are in process of finalizing couple of large business tie-ups. Interview with Rudrajeet Desai,Co-Founder & CEO, Ideacts : Q.1 Could you share advertiser and reach statistics? We have a reach over 3700 Cafes, 150+ advertisers, 22,000 Live Terminals, 6.3 million User Sessions a month. Q.2 How do you count CTR’s in your business because the desktop ads remain static through the day? What are the kind of deals you offer? We have all kinds of regular Inte...
By: WATblog
Summer Canceled Due to Lack Of Federal Funding.
2009-06-19 22:06:00 In an effort to balance the national budget, the federal government decided to cut Chicago's season back to just Winter and Fall.One high ranking official who chose to remain anonymous said " I don't live there anymore, so who cares."What was once known as Summer and Spring are being combined and will now be known as Schmutz.On a more serious note. We have been getting lots of calls and e-mails about races and if they are going to be canceled. I spoke to several race directors in the area, and things are supposed to, supposed to clear up. Their advice is check your events web site or call their info. line for updates.Click here for the forecast....
Massachusetts Senate Passes Amendment To Restore AIDS Funding
2009-05-26 05:51:00 The state Senate on May 19 passed a budget amendment to restore some funding to the Department of Public Health’s (DPH) AIDS budget that had been cut in the Senate Ways and Means Committee’s original proposal for Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10). State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-Boston) filed the amendment, which brings the state’s AIDS budget up to $35.3 million. Ways and Means had originally funded DPH’s AIDS budget at $34.4 million. Read full Story here.
Funding Updates - OLX & Ideacts Secure Funding
2009-05-14 06:18:00 Indian arms of Venture Capitalist companies are on an investing spree, OLX received a funding of $5 million from Nexus India Capital , On the other hand Sequoia , Silicon Valley got a minor stake in Ideacts for an undisclosed amount. More on OLX Funding OLX another $5 million from Nexus India Capital to expand its global operations in 87 countries and 37 languages. OLX total funding till date has raised to 28.5 million including 5 million from Nexus India , 13.5 million from General Catalyst Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Founders Fund and DN Capital and 10 million from Series A funding. OLX has a very large user base across the world and trying to increase its global presence. It has more than 50 million unique monthly visits and more than 400 million page views per month. It attracts more than 2 million ads per month. As the funding is from an Indian VC firm we expect increased focus on India in the coming days to come. More on IdeActs Funding Sequoia Capital India and S...
By: WATblog
Funding For Automotive Fuel Cells Cut
2009-05-13 15:58:00 From Slashdot: The US will stop funding research on automotive fuel cells and redirect the work towards stationary plants, because of slow progress on the research. Developing those cells and coming up with a way to transport the hydrogen is a big challenge, Energy Secretary Steven
Stimulus Grants - What Funding is Availible and For What?
2009-04-16 00:05:00 I came across this breakdown of the Federal Stimulus (Link) and it got me wondering...what's out there for us? I'm in a group applying for an NIH Challenge Grant (Link) but I was wondering what else I should be applying for. It's rare that government funding agencies have: 1. A lot of Mo
Science Funding Has Increased This Year, Is it Enough?
2009-03-10 04:24:00 With the stimulus package in place, NSF has 50% more money for grants. http://blogs.physicstoday.org/n-ewspicks/2009/02/nsf-aiming-to--spend-2-billion.html The question is, is it enough? Although a 50% increase is sizable, it only amounts to a couple of billion. That's out of a 500 Billion plu
Science Funding Has Increased This Year, But Is It Enough?
2009-03-10 04:24:00 With the stimulus package in place, NSF has 50% more money for grants. http://blogs.physicstoday.org/n-ewspicks/2009/02/nsf-aiming-to--spend-2-billion.html The question is, is it enough? Although a 50% increase is sizable, it only amounts to a couple of billion. That's out of a 500 Bil
The Future of Venture Capital Funding in High Tech
2009-03-03 01:44:00 Like almost every aspect of the current economy, Venture Capital Fundings of High Tech and Software startups are way down.There is pressure on virtually every segment of our economy, and the worldwide financial system is in by far the greatest disarray of our lifetime. The preferred exit strategy for Venture Capitalists, the IPO, pretty much shut down quite a while back. Financial returns at Venture funds have taken a hit like everything else financial, and VCs are definitely not in good position to attract new capital in the near term--given the current frantic flight to quality by investors. Things look dire in the VC business. There are even suggestions by many people, including some prominent VCs, that the long running and revered Venture Capital business model is "broken", and that it will cease to exist as we now know it.So what really is going to happen? Is the end of the world near? (well?maybe, based on the news headlines every day). Will a software or technology entreprene...
R&D Funding Request - Mobile Robots for Inspecting Power Transmission L
2009-02-20 07:01:00 Hi, I am Koh Seng Yau, a final year student studying mechanical engineering at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) in Malaysia. I am currently carrying out my Final Year Project (FYP2). This project is on the Development of Mobile Robot for Inspection on Power Transmission Lines.
Abstinence-Only Funding Gets Slapped
2009-02-19 22:18:00 Governor Crist finally said he’ll review abstinence-only funding. “The weight of the evidence cannot be ignored, and it is time to answer tough questions about why we continue to waste millions of dollars a year on a policy that has failed to keep teens healthy and safe,” said Adrienne Kimmell, Healthy Teens Campaign member and executive director of the Florida Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates. “We encourage Governor Crist to take the next step and join the 25 governors who no longer accept federal abstinence-only funding.” Right now, Florida receives nearly $13 million for these failing programs. Failing. Between 1991 and 2004 there have been - more than 345,000 teen births in Florida , costing taxpayers a total of $8.1 billion. 23,804 births to teen mothers in 2004 alone. $489,158,000 in taxpayer cost for these births. “Abstinence-only programs waste taxpayer dollars in the short-term and long-term,” added Kimmell. “These programs have failed to b...
ABTFO: Lots of Funding for High-speed Rail in the US
2009-02-17 22:17:00 Somehow, long about the time the late Henry Ford was about to redraw the future of the world with his horseless carriages and assembly lines, Ford company patsies were dispatched to decimatd the American rail system. Up until then, the American rail system had been the envy of the world. I'm not making this up. Ford's minions systematically attacked anything to do with trains and railways?to force his competition out of the arena, ensuring the dominance of the solo-powered vehicle. Ford succeeded, and the world moved gleeful toward its doom.Now, President Obama makes peace by righting some of the wrongs of the past, bill by bill. Tucked into the Stimulus Package is a chunk o' money for high-speed rail--$8 billion now, and perhaps another $1 billion a year for the next five years included in the 2010 budget, to be outlined next week.Now that rail has lots of money to spend, you'd think that would make our railway future look bright. In fact, the biggest first obstacle is the frei...
By: Tumerica
Rep. Pence: Eliminate Planned Parenthood?s Federal Funding
2009-01-25 14:11:00 -By Warner Todd Huston On January 22, Representative Mike Pence (R-Indiana) introduced H.R.614, an amendment to Title X of the Public Health Service Act that would eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood, the controversial organization that operates abortion mills across the country. Barack Obama should be well known for his constant votes supporting the most outrageous form ...
By: Publius Forum
Christian care home loses funding over homosexuality stance
2009-01-18 23:29:00 .christiantoday.com Maria Mackay: Friday, January 9, 2009, reports,'Brighton & Hove City Council has pulled thousands of pounds worth of funding from a Christian care home because of its religious beliefs on homosexuality.The council withdrew 13,000 of funding when the care home refused the council?s request to ask the elderly Christian residents about their sexual orientation every three months. The home also refused demands from the council that it use images of homosexuals in its promotional literature and show staff a Stonewall presentation on ?gay rights?.The home is run by Pilgrim Homes, a charity serving elderly Christians for more than 200 years. Its residents include former missionaries and a retired church minister.Phil Wainwright, director of human resources at Pilgrim Homes, said he was told by the council that the home must ask residents if they were lesbian, gay, bisexual, heterosexual or ?unsure?, even if they objected.But managers at the care home told the council ...
By: Christian Quoter
Some good news for 2009 if your are looking for funding
2008-12-24 12:15:00 Investing In Thick and ThinBy Fred WilsonA few weeks ago at Le Web, I participated on a panel made up of VC investors. There was a really good discussion about what next year holds for venture investing.The moderator Ouriel asked if we would be cutting back our investing in 2009 and I replied that we did not plan on doing thatI went on to explain that the venture business is very cyclical and that I've seen at least three and possibly four cycles in the 22 years I've been in the venture business. But I don't feel that its possible, or wise, or prudent to attempt to time these cyclesOur approach is to manage a modest amount of capital (in our case less than $300 million across two active funds) and deploy it at roughly $40 million per year, year in and year out no matter what part of the cycle we are inThat way we'll be putting out money at the top of the market but also at the bottom of the market and also on the way up and the way down. The valuations we pay will average themse...
Funding - How to Weather a Financial Crisis
2008-12-22 07:00:00 There is no magic silver bullet to prevent hardships during a financial crisis. But there are a few steps your fire department can take to ensure you have a better chance of surviving turbulent financial times. This article will help fire departments develop a survival plan.First, have the right mindset about savingI speak to fire departments daily that think they should spend every penny of their income since they are "not for profit". It is entirely appropriate for a "not for profit" to invest in a "rainy day fund" each year. This will be savings that is increased during the good times so that it can be drawn down during the hard times. Then, the cycle continues as good times return by investing in the rainy day fund to draw down during the next hard times. This is prudent financial management.It is important to treat this investment as an investment in your longevity. You will substantially improve your chances at surviving a economically difficult time by having a financi...
By: definition bonds
Follow up on funding and that runway
2008-11-20 13:03:00 Runway Thinking: A Practical Guide to Startup Survivalby Phil MorleTimes like this, when funding is scarce and confidence is low, do bring one benefit. They force us to focus.This year at Pollenizer we have had the privilege to work with 18 different startups (so far) and ?focus? has shone through as a single theme. Startup founders do understand the need for surgical focus, but doing it is hard.The runway - a thinking tool for doing focusTo tackle this, I now begin my time at a new company defining the current end to the runway and what can be achieved as we race towards the end. I begin with this slide.uploaded with plasq?s Skitch! I have overlayed a diagram describing the stages of a real take off so ignore all the ?V? stuff ?We can over-use the phrase ?runway? when we plan our strategies, but I have found it an incredibly useful tool for planning because it is difficult to ignore some common, important milestones for the business.We need to work through it from right to left bec...
Video text messaging company gets $5 million in funding
2008-11-07 23:23:00 Mogreet , a mobile video messaging company, announced yesterday they have received $5 million in Series B venture capital financing. Investors included Ascend Ventures, Black Diamond Ventures, and Spyglass Ventures as well as DFJ Frontier which had already invested in the company before. The company will also see new members joining their management. read more in hotstocked.com
Funding the future: Electric cars to wind power
2008-11-06 06:00:00 "Our hope is that the new administration decides to fund 'the future'," says Sean Broderick (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/ccount/click.php?id=2542). In Money and Markets (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/ccount/click.php?id=2542) he looks to some favored exchange traded funds offering long-term investors exposure to alternative energy, wind power, electric cars and the rebuilding of our nation's infrastructure."We need an efficient power grid that can carry renewable energy — solar from the Mojave Desert and wind from the Great Plains — to the population centers of the U.S. Too bad our power grid is 100 years old and falling apart at the seams. And demand is growing every year."In addition, we need more railroads for an energy independent America — building those lines is a good bottom-up way to boost the economy. And, we need an electric car program. "I'm talking about developing mass-market battery-powered cars (hybrid or plug-in) that achieve a...
Arginetix, Inc. gets $2.3 million in initial funding round
2008-10-27 15:49:00 Arginetix, Inc. announced on October 23, 2008, the company has received $2.3 million in initial financing. The financing mainly came from Quaker BioVentures and MedImmune Ventures followed by investments from Red Abbey Venture Partners, Maryland Health Care Product Development Corporation and Acidophil LLC. "We are thrilled by the high quality of investors participating in this financing. read more in hotstocked.com
Catholic Bishops to stop funding ACORN
2008-10-21 07:54:00 If you steal a million bucks, and don’t tell anyone, is it a crime? Well, maybe, say the Catholic bishops, especially if it might be some of our antipoverty money. It seems that the Catholic Bishop’s “poverty” charity, the “Catholic Campaign for Human Development”, has been giving a million bucks or so each year to ACORN. No big ...
Advocates Want Funding Restored For Community AIDS Programs
2008-10-12 21:30:00 A coalition of AIDS advocacy groups are calling on Canada's next federal government to restore funding they say the Conservatives diverted from support programs for people living with AIDS and HIV.In 2004-2005, an all-party agreement promised to increase federal AIDS funding from $42.2 million to $84.4 million a year by 2009. The funding was to go toward research, community support for those living with HIV and AIDS and programs for people most at risk for HIV infection. Full Story Here
Advocates Want Funding Restored For Community AIDS Programs
2008-10-12 21:30:00 A coalition of AIDS advocacy groups are calling on Canada's next federal government to restore funding they say the Conservatives diverted from support programs for people living with AIDS and HIV.In 2004-2005, an all-party agreement promised to increase federal AIDS funding from $42.2 million to $84.4 million a year by 2009. The funding was to go toward research, community support for those living with HIV and AIDS and programs for people most at risk for HIV infection. Full Story Here
Nonprofit Provides Funding for Early Intensive Autism Treatment
2008-10-06 21:26:00 Today?s Hope is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide families of children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders with access to early intervention services, specifically early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI). According to the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT), EIBI for children who have autism consists of 20-40 hours per week of individualized ...
Congress approves Metro long-term federal funding
2008-10-02 15:05:00 The U.S. Senate approved a bill late Wednesday that authorizes up to $1.5 billion over a ten year period to maintain basic maintenance of the Metro subway and bus system. The U.S. House had earlier approved the bill that includes the Metro funding, wrapped in an omnibus rail safety package. President Bush is expected to formally sign the measure.Federal funding for Metro will be contingent on the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia each dedicating $50 million per year for Metro. D.C. and Maryland have no problems providing such funds but the authorization for Virginia support has become wrapped up in the state's ongoing transportation dispute. The Washington Post notes though that Virginia is required by state law to match federal transport money.Continued funding for Metro is an obvious essential for the effective daily transport of the local federal workforce so there was a legitimate interest in federal funding of the system. The efforts of local congressmen especially t...
By: DCABloob
LIC Housing to enter Venture funding
2008-07-22 08:02:00 LIC Housing Finance, the mortgage arm of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), is set to foray into the venture capital arena and intends to start a Rs 500 crore real estate fund by the end of this financial year. LIC Housing Finance is reportedly scouting for a banking partner for raising capital and will soon ...
Venezuela Hugo Chavez Funding Hezbollah
2008-07-07 20:23:00 SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia | The Bush administration is accusing the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of providing cash and refuge to the militant Islamist group Hezbollah of southern Lebanon.An investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) names Venezuelan diplomat Ghazi Nasr al Din and Venezuelan-Arab businessman Fawzi Kanan as key links between the two."It is extremely troubling to see the government of Venezuela employing and providing safe harbor for Hezbollah facilitators and fundraisers," said Adam Szubin, political affairs director of OFAC.Mr. al Din has served as charge d'affaires at the Venezuelan Embassy in Syria and as director of political affairs at the embassy in Lebanon.The Treasury Department made the accusations in a June 18 statement, which summarized an investigation of Venezuelan-registered businesses that are thought to be laundering money for Hezbollah.The department also froze assets of Mr. al Din and Mr. Kan...
Medicare fees to doctors to fall starting Tuesday
2008-06-30 13:45:00 WASHINGTON (AP) - One unpleasant task lawmakers will have over the July 4 recess is explaining to seniors why they didn’t stop a 10 percent fee cut, going into effect Tuesday, for doctors who treat Medicare patients. Physicians have been running ads hinting that patients may find doctors less willing to treat them. In a particularly vitriolic ...
By: TexasFred's
MagLev Train Received Funding To Travel From Disneyland To Las Vegas
2008-06-30 06:56:00 MagLev train received funding to travel from Disneyland to Las Vegas. The magnetic levitating train will travel in speeds from 180 mph average to 310 mph. The news that President Bush signed a transportation bill worth $45 million to continue America’s fastest train initiative happened earlier this month. This will help shuttle more visitors to ... Tags: Las Vegas News, maglev, americas fastest train, american magline group, las vegas visitors, las vegas economy (Comments)
NFB Funding Cuts: And then there was one...
2008-06-10 02:18:00 Despite statements made to the contrary at the time, the $2.5 million that the Conservative government cut from the National Film Board of Canada's budget in March is resulting in more jobs being lost, including in programming. The NFB, Canada's sole publicly-funded film agency, has announced it will be eliminating 22 positions, including two of its three remaining staff directors. Paul Cowan and Beverly Shaffer, two of Canada's most renowned documentary film directors, with a combined 46 NFB films to their names, will now be joining the ranks of Canada's private filmmakers (including other NFB alumni who have seen their jobs disappear during previous rounds of Liberal and Tory backed cuts). The sole director remaining on staff will be Alanis Obomsawin. Bredan Kelly has more in a good article from today's Montreal Gazette.
Deal with Policy Inadequacies rather than funding failure.
2008-06-07 21:29:00 Andre Bigras of the Drug Prevention Network of Canada writes critiquing Vancouver's supervised drug injection facility Insite, suggesting it to be a waste of money. Peer review analysis shows it not only saves lives of drug consumers, but significantly it has a major health benefit to otherwise innocent victims in both reducing HepC, HIV and other social liabilities due to acquisitive crimes. His misunderstanding of the goals and aspirations of needle 'services' is as misguided as his understanding of New Zealand's "supposed' consideration to introduce forced treatment. NZ legislated in 1966 to do this but like most other educated and informed countries has moved away from it due to ineffectual outcomes. He may have been referring to a recent parliamentary hearing where a former policeman, now public speaker and pseudo-educator self-interestedly called for renewing such interventions but they were roundly dismissed. Likewise, Mr Bigras misrepresents the science behind both Engl...
UAE Developers hit with Bank Funding Cap
2008-06-05 17:45:00 It would appear that the UAE is beginning to face similar problems to much of the rest of the world as far as lack of available finance goes, but for different reasons. (...)
Pre-Settlement Funding Nothing To Do With Structured Settlements! DealFlow
2008-06-05 17:17:00 The "structured settlement illiterati" at Deal Flow Media served up more digital diarrhea with a story about pre-settlement funding on the company's online Structured Settlements Wire. It SHOULD be obvious to readers that Pre-Settlement Funding HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH structured settlements. Pre-Settlement Funding is a form of cash advance available to tort victims with choking bills, whose cases are still pending, where specialty finance companies (like Law Cash, Magnolia Funding provide non recourse funding to tort victims. If the plaintiffs win or settle their case the finance company has a lien on the proceeds. Non recourse essentially means that if you lose your case you owe the finance company nothing. Due to the risk involved for the finance company a large effective rate of interest (as high as 2.5% per month) is charged. Thus modest amounts advanced can grow to substantial amounts if there is a long period of time between the advance and the time the...
Africalia Funding for cultural projects in Africa
2008-06-01 11:15:00 Comments are now closed for this post. Please read the article carefully and apply to the organisers as detailed below, NOT to Sociolingo. Africalia Funding Region Western Europe Deadline Date 120 days (4 months) before starting the project Africalia, an initiative of the Belgian Development Co-operation, is calling for proposals. Launched in 2000, Africalia aims to promote sustainable human development ...
Local San Francisco Massage Chair Company Get Funding
2008-05-30 09:47:00 Dubbed as the potential ?Starbucks of chair massage?. Zubio located in downtown San Francisco inside of a shopping mall.
By: Think Diagonal
World Bank approves $1.2 bln funding for food crisis - Reuters South Africa
2008-05-30 09:17:00 stv.tvWorld Bank approves $1.2 bln funding for food crisisReuters South Africa, South Africa - 1 hour agoBy Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Thursday announced $1.2 billion in loans and grant financing to expand ...Africa: World Bank Launches $1.2 Billion Fast-Track Facility for ... AllAfrica.comWorld Bank Forms $1.2 Billion Credit Line to Combat Food Crisis BloombergWorld Bank pledges $1.2 billion to battle food crisis CNN Internationalguardian.co.uk&nbs-p;- Wall Street Journalall 421 news articles
Skyfire gets funding Opera and iPhone get some competition
2008-05-28 22:58:00 All of you might know about Opera Mobile and Opera Mini which is one the most popular mobile browsers. Apple iPhone with its Safari browser is the best mobile browser I have ever come accross We have covered a lot about mobile browsers in the past even about Skyfire The cool thing about SkyFire is that it ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Skyfire gets funding Opera and iPhone get some competition", url: "http://www.fonearena.com/blog/-2008/05/29/skyfire-gets-funding--opera-and-iphone-get-some-comp-etition.html" }); |
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