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Entrepreneurs in Orbit: SpaceX & the Outer Orbit Economy
Renegade minds, fearless leaders, and those audacious enough to make their dreams come true tend to dislike rules and loathe barriers. For the average earthbound entrepreneur, few rules are more all-affecting than gravity and fewer barriers more constrictive than the planet’s atmosphere. If SpaceX – also known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., of Hawthorne, California – pulls off its commercial rocket test-launch, we may be one step closer to opening up the cosmos for business.
Zynga Nightmare Continues

There is little doubt that the proximate cause of Zynga's share price dive during Friday and Monday has been Facebook's star-crossed IPO. But bubbling under is a bigger problem - the continuing underperformance of "Draw Something", the hugely popular mobile game created by OMGPOP. Zynga spent more than $200M on acquiring
Bailian Tops List Of China's Biggest Chain Stores; Walmart, Yum! Make The Top 10
Bailian Group of Shanghai, whose domestically well-known businesses include the Shanghai Friendship Group and Lianhua Supermarket, led a list of top chain stores in China published by the China Chain Store and Franchise Association earlier this month.
Ports Design Failed To Report Interest-Free Advances; Chairman Quits, HK Trade Resumes
Ports Design, the international apparel retailer led by one of the country’s most successful home-grown fashion industry entrepreneurs, said late yesterday that its chairman resigned following the company’s failure to report a number of interest-free advances to related parties that should have been disclosed. (See announcement here.)
Fracking Is Misunderstood, It's The Key To Energy Self-Sufficiency
At a time when jobs are so important to the health of our economy, fracking offers the potential for major job creation.