FEATURE
Texas vs California: Who's Messing with Whose Jobs?
February 13, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
It's easy to ridicule Texas' attempt to steal jobs. But California would do well to upgrade its own strategy, especially concerning small manufacturers, tax incentives and industrial exports. The governors have been holding a little tet-a-tet over recent raiding of each others' businesses
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Major Universities Seeing Surge of Interest in Free Online Classes
February 14, 2013 | Pittsburgh Post Gazette
In a makeshift production studio at the University of Pittsburgh, adjunct professor Larry Foulke is speaking passionately into a camera, preparing his online course, "A Look at Nuclear Science and Technology," for the masses. So animated is his delivery in front of a video crew recording his lecture, it's as if he is speaking face-to-face to his class.
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Google Grows into a Venture Capital Power
February 14, 2013 | New York Post
Google is close to becoming the top dog in yet another business sector: venture capital. The search giant’s 4-year-old financing arm, Google Ventures, has quietly become the country’s No. 3 most active venture-capital firm, according to a recent report. Google Ventures, which has $300 million a year to invest, participated in 71 funding rounds in 2012, according to data from CB Insights.
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