Small Business
Zynga reports fewer players of its online games, shares drop
SAN FRANCISCO - Zynga Inc said on Wednesday the number of people playing its online games dropped dramatically in the first quarter, a development that overshadowed better-than-expected revenues and sent its stock tumbling in after-hours trade.
UK retools flagship credit scheme to help small firms
LONDON - Britain sought to inject new life into the country's stagnant economy on Wednesday by giving banks greater incentives to lend to small and medium-sized firms which complain they are starved of credit.
Web startup Aereo sets its sights on Boston TV market
- Aereo, the red hot Web startup that has raised the ire of U.S. broadcasters, is planning to expand to Boston starting May 15, the company said on Tuesday.
Small-business lender CIT's profit below estimates
- CIT Group Inc , a small-business lender operating under Federal Reserve supervision since emerging from bankruptcy, reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday due to rising expenses.
Burgeoning IT sector aims to reverse Palestinian economic rot
NABLUS, West Bank - Nestled in a basin in the northern West Bank, the city of Nablus was for millennia a Palestinian cultural and commercial hub, attracting traders to its souk in the heart of the old town.
HP aims to revolutionize computers with motion-control technology
SAN FRANCISCO - Computers controlled by a swipe of the hand - a staple of science fiction flicks like "Minority Report" - could soon hit the mass market as the result of a new deal between Hewlett-Packard Co and a San Francisco startup called Leap Motion.
iPhone supplier Japan Display turns to smaller smartphone makers
TOKYO - Japan Display Inc, one of two Japanese producers of Apple Inc iPhone screens, wants to boost sales by up to 60 percent by winning more business from smaller makers of phones and tablets to offset lackluster orders from its bigger clients.
ECB has no magic wand to revive lending to smaller firms: Coeure
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank alone cannot revive lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up the vast bulk of the euro zone economy, ECB policymaker Benoit Coeure said on Thursday, calling for more support from banks and governments.
Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz hires software veteran as adviser
SAN FRANCISCO - Venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has added software veteran Kenneth Coleman to its roster of advisers, bringing expertise in a hot area for start-ups to one of Silicon Valley's most aggressive venture firms.
Small Canadian wireless players hang up on industry group
TORONTO - The three companies that entered Canada's wireless market after a 2008 auction of airwaves have pulled out of the industry's main trade group, complaining that it is biased in favor of established competitors that dominate the sector.
The bazaar, the oldest newest idea for small businesses
There’s an old idea that Dave Eggers blogs about that’s taking hold in New York and it's one that other cities can and should appropriate. And it’s such an old concept that Brooklyn can’t even take credit for it. It’s the bazaar, as old as market capitalism itself.
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