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UK to levy additional tax on big tech companies beginning April 1st

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The UK's two percent tax on large, multinational tech companies goes into effect on April 1st. As much as big tech companies in the US may object, this is not an April Fools' Day joke. Unsurprisingly, the US government strongly objects.

Silk Road Mastermind Pleads Not Guilty

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Ross Ulbricht still denies that he is the notorious “Dread Pirate Roberts”. This was the avatar used by the kingpin who was responsible for forming the drug selling site, Silk Road. The Internet...

Invest In The Disruptors Of The Real Estate Industry

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Despite the prospect of rising interest rates, years of oversupply and falling prices, the real estate market has sprung to life in most of the country over the last year. Even in some of the areas...
    






Jeremiah Owyang: Profiting from a Collaborative Economy

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It’s being called the “Sharing Economy,” “Mesh Economy, ”  “Collaborative Consumption,” and now the “Collaborative Economy.” Whatever term prevails, it’s about a more efficient way of using valuable...
    






Five Of The Smartest Retail Moves In 2013

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Retailers reeled from all manner of missteps, blunders and outright fiasco’s this year – from Abercrombie & Fitch’s image battering no-large-sizes ethos to J.C. Penney’s sales hemorrhaging coupon...
    






The Year Ahead In Cyber Security: What You Need To Know

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2013 was a watershed year for cyber security and digital secret-keeping. Revelations about the way our data is treated once it leaves our browsers and mobile devices, the actions of hacker...
    






NYC Conference Aims To Unite Disparate Social Entrepreneurs

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In New York City, there’s a distinctly happening social entrepreneurial world with startups, established players, co-working locations, crowdfunding sites, even heavy-weight impact investors like J....
    






IBM to Offer Watson Developers Cloud, An Online Marketplace for Programmers

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IBM is to rent out its supercomputer Watson as a cloud application tool. This mega-computer won the game Jeopardy against several very smart human beings. Access to the cloud development platform...

Etsy reworks guidelines: sellers can now hire outside staff and manufacturers

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DNP Etsy reworks guidelines sellers can now hire outside staff and manufacturers

Etsy, the online marketplace for DIYers, just announced several changes to its seller policies, giving store owners significantly more control over how they run their businesses. Going forward, sellers will be able to hire as many employees as necessary, as well as use outside companies to deliver their products and outsource manufacturing to third parties (provided they receive Etsy's approval).

Most notably, these changes allow for a wider definition of "handmade" -- now, the idea for an item simply must originate with the seller. This means 3D-printed items can carry the prized handmade distinction, for instance. And this change isn't just about semantics; previously, Etsy customers could assume items that didn't look handmade were breaking the site's rules and consequently steer clear.

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Source: Etsy News Blog, Etsy's New Guidelines