The tally on dot-com deaths
video: The sun has set for nearly 130 Internet companies since January, leading to about 8,000 layoffs, according to a new report.
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Hebrew University to establish two $25m. VC funds
JERUSALEM (November 8) – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is in the process of raising money for two venture capital funds totalling $50 million, Moshe Vigdor, the vice president and director-general of the university, told The Jerusalem Post yesterday. One $25m. fund will focus on projects started by faculty members, while the second will be […]
Stock Focus: Corporate Training
On-the-job training is a big business, and it is getting even bigger.
Learning Tree International Climbs the Ranks of Forbes Magazine’s ‘200 Best Small Companies’
Nov. 2, 2000–Learning Tree International (Nasdaq:LTRE – news), a global leader in IT education and training, announced that it has been named one of Forbes Magazine’s “200 Best Small Companies” as featured in the October 30, 2000 issue.
A Flamboyant Online Bookseller Goes Out of Business
Bigwords.com, an online bookseller that promoted itself on college campuses with attention-grabbing marketing stunts, has made an uncharacteristically quiet exit from the student-retailing business.
Cisco Systems Chairman Morgridge & Governor Thompson to Address Wisconsin Economic Summit
MADISON – John P. Morgridge, Chairman of the Board of Cisco Systems and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be a keynote speaker at the Wisconsin Economic Summit, scheduled for the Midwest Express Center in Milwaukee November 29-December 1.
MBA Students Ditch Dot-coms: Return to School as Start-ups Lose Luster
A year ago, MBA students from such prestigious schools as the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern and Carnegie Mellon left the classroom to join what they thought were promising start-ups. But a lot can change in a year.
UC Berkeley Professors Measure Exploding World Production of New Information
University of California Berkeley – Two University of California, Berkeley, professors have just finished analyzing all new data produced worldwide last year – on the Internet, in scholarly journals, even in junk mail – and report not just staggering totals, but a “revolution” in information production and accessibility.
James Heckman of the University of Chicago Receives 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
James Heckman, the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and in the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, has received the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was cited for his work in the field of microeconomics and received the award with Daniel McFadden of the University of California, […]
College Getting More Expensive
(AP) The price of a college degree continues to rise faster than inflation, with tuition and fees at public four-year colleges up an average 4.4 percent this fall, even more at private schools, a new survey has found.
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