Upward Bound students star gaze at first event (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter) MANITOWOC The Upward Bound program at the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc kicked off the academic year with the Nov. 2 By Invitation Only Learning Event....more...Startup's capital source is mom (Louisville Courier-Journal) There are a few hurdles between Landy Ung and her dream of growing her New York City startup into a household name....more... Clemmons Obituaries (Winston-Salem Journal) BOWLES MOCKSVILLE - Theo Camilla Seaford Bowles, 92, of Allen Farm Lane, Mocksville, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007, at Forsyth Medical Center. A funeral for Mrs. Bowles was held Sunday, Nov. 18, at Fork Baptist Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Davie Funeral Service served the family of Mrs. Bowles. BREWER CLEMMONS - Mrs. Faye Bennett Brewer passed away Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007, after ......more... A master's takes money (Honolulu Advertiser) $27,200 was the average cumulative amount borrowed for master's degree students graduating in 2003-04....more... Idiot box no more (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) Where life is tangled in knots and snarls in the marooned mountainous areas in Mindanao, 12-year-old Mel Velyn Escobar of Midsayap, a town in North Cotabato, finds hope in Knowledge Channel to pursue her education....more... October glimpses (USA Today) U.S. troops who have died while serving in Iraq and Kuwaitin October....more... Tech startup life still lean years after dot-com slide (Daily Local News) NEW YORK (AP) ? There are a few hurdles between Landy Ung and her dream of growing her startup into a household name. One is the fact that her only outside funding comes from her mom?s fried chicken restaurant, another is that her only full-time programmer is her boyfriend, who......more... The West Lothian Question: Labour MPs want answers (The Scotsman) GORDON Brown is facing demands from his Scottish MPs to take action over the so-called "West Lothian Question", with some calling for the resurrection of English regional assemblies as the solution, The Scotsman can reveal....more... Modern-Day Tech Startups: Treading Carefully (E-Commerce Times) There are a few hurdles between Landy Ung and her dream of growing her startup into a household name. One is the fact that her only outside funding comes from her mom's fried chicken restaurant, another is that her only full-time programmer is her boyfriend, who has a day job. She and her boyfriend, Wan Hsi Yuan, 27, run the business, 8coupons.com, from their 500-square-foot studio apartment....more... |