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Newsroom: Global News Archive 2004
June
6-12
Ex-scholars
say cutting bond time will encourage entrepreneurship
Channel News Asia - Singapore
SINGAPORE: Reduce the length of the bond or get rid of it
completely, suggest two former government ... <MORE>
Ensure That Students Get Jobs After Graduating...
AllAfrica.com - Africa
... Dr Zambezi said the Technical Education Vocational and
Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) institutions,
especially public ones, should change their... <MORE>
POLY
scheme to help students set up shop
Straits Times - Singapore
... weeks. The programme to encourage entrepreneurship will be
offered to, at most, 20 final-year students doing business
administration... <MORE>
Wanted: Female entrepreneurs called to start-up UK business
Freelance UK - Tring,UK
... Under the group's, 'Global Entrepreneurship Monitor' (GEM),
6,000 working adults were polled about the barriers to business and
indicated that a woman's... <MORE>
Budding
entrepreneurs must not be afraid of risk culture
The Scotsman - Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
... the routine. Formal economics and management books seem to have
a blind spot about the animal spirit of entrepreneurship. Most
academic... <MORE>
Awais
attends major entrepreneurship event in Silicon Valley
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
Federal Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari
Monday told a group of Pakistani entrepreneurs and businessmen in
the US that his ministry was striving to provide... <MORE>
Nkate
Emphasizes Role of Trade Fairs
AllAfrica.com
... This he said is done mainly through continued emphasis on
effective delivery of entrepreneurship training and support, through
various programmes such as CEDA ... <MORE>
Japanese
business guru gives tips on entrepreneurship & China
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
... world stage. New Zealand - also a small nation - needed to teach
its young people entrepreneurship and how to become global ... <MORE>
India
assists Viet Nam's small and medium-sized enterprises
Viet Nam News Agency - Hanoi,Vietnam
Initial steps towards the establishment of an entrepreneurship
development centre (EDC) in Viet Nam, within an Indian assistance...
<MORE>
SBA
Deputy Administrator Participates in Women's Entrepreneurship
Conference in Istanbul
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington, DC
More than 80 nations are sending delegations to discuss issues
important to small businesses, with a major focus on women's
entrepreneurship. ... <MORE>
June
13-19
Business
World > S Asian companies raise $1.08 bn venture capital...
New Kerala - Ernakulam, Kerala, India
South Asian-run companies in the US collected 1.08 billion dollar in
venture capital last year, an increase of 5.3 percent over 2002,
according to the third... <MORE>
[World
Economic Forum] Asia to Greet Golden Period
Korea Times - Seoul,South Korea
The 21st century will be a golden period for Asia, Deputy Prime
Minister and Finance-Economy Minister Lee Hun-jae said on Monday...
<MORE>
Afghanistan's
First Venture Capital Fund Seeks $50 Million
Bloomberg - USA
June 14 (Bloomberg) -- Afghanistan may soon have its first venture
capital fund as a former McKinsey & Co. manager tries to
raise... <MORE>
June
20 - June 26
Young
talent must be nurtured
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... Organisations such as Strathclyde University’s Hunter Centre
for Entrepreneurship provide a platform to educate people who want
to study issues they would... <MORE>
Irish
venture capital on the upswing
ElectricNews.net - Dublin,Ireland
The representative body of the venture capital (VC) industry in the
Republic and Northern Ireland reported that investment by Irish VC
companies recovered in... <MORE>
Venture
capital is available for IT: Ishrat
Daily Times - Pakistan
... Husain, governor State Bank Thursday said only a few local IT
companies have come up with new inspirational ideas to be
facilitated through venture capital... <MORE>
Swiss foundation rewards young entrepreneurs
swissinfo - Switzerland
Three entrepreneurs found themselves SFr100,000 ($80,000) richer
last week when they became the latest recipients of a Swiss
foundation’s annual prize for innovation... <MORE>
Pakistani group hopes to promote Pak-US trade
Daily Times - Pakistan
... Members of the new body met last week ... of American companies
which have business interests in ... PepsiCo, and Sweetwater
International - spearheaded its formation... <MORE>
June
27 - July 3
Ahern
calls for entrepreneurship makeover
Business Europe - London,England,UK
He said putting a positive spin on the idea of running a business
would help the 25-member bloc achieve its economic targets set out
under the Lisbon agenda... <MORE>
Inspire
Nation staff to fly out for US fact-finding tour
ic CheshireOnline - UK
... Nation, based in Wavertree Technology Park, runs study tours to
different parts of the world looking at innovation policy,
entrepreneurship and customer... <MORE>
EU
'must encourage new business'
Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland
Trade and Commerce Minister Michael Ahern said prevailing attitudes
to entrepreneurship and the current balance of risks and rewards
appeared to make many... <MORE>
Woman
entrepreneurs in Pakistan face bigger obstacles
New Kerala - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
... The theme of the three-day conference was "Globalisation
and the Impact on Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development in
the Developing World"... <MORE>
Education: engine for growth in S. America
Washington Times - Washington,DC
... 24 (UPI) -- Entrepreneurship can be taught and will prove
instrumental in helping Latin America spur economic growth, experts
said at a forum Thursday. ... <MORE>
Senate
passes venture capital bill
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... parent. The government introduced a new regime in 2002 to
encourage foreign investment and develop the venture capital market.
Tax ... <MORE>
JB focuses on SME growth thru ’ women entrepreneurship
The Daily Star - Bangladesh
"We have launched a special financing programme for women
entrepreneurship development," he said in an interview with The
Daily Star... <MORE>
UGC to open entrepreneurship cells in 25 campuses
New Kerala - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
... culture among students, particularly those doing general
degrees, University Grants Commission today proposed to start
entrepreneurship cells in 25 University... <MORE>
Pakistani group hopes to promote Pak-US trade
The Daily Times - Pakistan
Trade links between Pakistan and the United States are expected to
receive a boost, according to the US-Pakistan Business Council...
<MORE>
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