- Some ways to find business leads using Twitter. Among them: Using the advanced search function and setting up RSS to monitor other conversations. [DuctTapeMarketing.com]
- The state of black entrepreneurship in the U.S. is bleak, researchers say. [Entrepreneur.com]
- We mentioned this week how the bottled water industry is getting some flack for being environmentally hazardous. [...]

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Amazon.com, an early leader in cloud computing, is weighing in on the so-called "Cloud Manifesto," an effort to establish principles for making cloud services work together. Microsoft has already criticized the document and raised questions about the fact that it is being drafted in secret. Amazon says it just heard about the effort and will [...]

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Rob Monster made quite a stir when he entered the Seattle venture capital scene. But nearly two years after establishing Bellevue’s Monster Venture Partners, the founder and former CEO of Global Market Insite is pulling the plug. It is not for lack of trying. During his short tenure in the venture game, Monster backed more [...]

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If you have no space to see someone at short notice about something that matters, you have allowed the mundane to overwhelm you, writes Luke Johnson, more  and How to get buyers and sellers talking  The mergers and acquisitions field needs a boost, as sellers show reluctance to lower price expectations and buyers have little ammunition, [...]

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Would heavier regulation of the credit card industry be a bad or good thing for small businesses?
A new 34-page report by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council argues that government regulation of the credit card industry ultimately hurts small businesses, by making it harder for card issuers to stay competitive and offer the most flexible [...]

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Paul Allen’s Charter Communications filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, the latest blow to the Microsoft co-founder’s diverse portfolio of real estate, sports team and technology company holdings. In a press release, the fourth largest cable company said that the financial restructuring would reduce its debt load by about $8 billion.
At the end of last [...]

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A Dell Smartphone Would Face Big Hurdles  , more 

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, more  and With Sun, IBM Aims for Cloud Computing Heights  , more  and IBM Cuts Jobs as It Seeks Stimulus Money  , more 
Water Mismanagement Plagues the World’s Poor  , more 

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Climate Change: Hot Debate over Green Concrete  , more 

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