Archive for the ‘New Economy’ Category

Measuring The Electronic Economy

The U.S. Census Bureau’s new Internet site is devoted exclusively to “Measuring the Electronic Economy.” It features recent and upcoming releases, information on methods, classification systems, and background papers.

E-learning companies look smart even in a down market

Investors have given the e-commerce sector failing grades, but the online-learning niche may be headed for another straight-A semester.

BIGCHALK Secures $43.3 Million in Funding to Fuel Company Growth

NEW YORK, NY – bigchalk.com, inc. (www.bigchalk.com), the trusted K-12 online education network, today announced that it has closed $43.3 million in Series B financing. New investors for this round are SOFTBANK Ventures, Inc.; Bell & Howell Information and Learning, a founder of bigchalk; Investment Group of Santa Barbara; and William E. Oberndorf, the Chairman […]

U. of Phoenix Tries Television Advertising to Lure Online Students

HE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX has spent more than a million dollars in recent months on a national television advertising campaign to try to lure students to its online classrooms.

New Economy: Internet in Vietnam Seen as Gateway to Other Business

HANOI, Vietnam — Hand Be Street flirts with chaos, as dozens of moped riders dodge and weave among bicyclists and pedestrians.

Pearson urged to “Show me the money!”

LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) – The world’s top education publisher, Pearson Plc, is expected to report a slide in profits on Monday, raising pressure on its Texas-born boss to show that her vision of the “wired classroom” will actually make money.

The age of overwork

The author of “White-Collar Sweatshop” says that toiling in the new economy is no way to live.

Tomorrows Entrepreneurs

Another in a series of Microsoft essays on technology and society highlights several entrepreneurs under 18 years old who are starting their own businesses on the Internet.

eCollege(SM) Executives Purchase Company Shares

DENVER, Colorado — eCollege(SM) (Nasdaq: ECLG – news) today announced that it is filing Form 4s with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing that three members of its executive committee, Oakleigh Thorne, chairman and CEO; Charles Schneider, president and chief operating officer; and Douglas Kelsall, executive vice president and chief financial officer, purchased 66,500 shares […]

HighWired acquires e-learning company in Natick

Although the company laid off roughly half of its workforce in December, HighWired in Watertown has acquired another e-learning company and absorbed nine of its employees.