News Archive
08 August 2008
BusinessWire
By BusinessWire
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), one of the world's leading vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") product manufacturers, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Second Quarter 2008 Financial and Operating Highlights -- Total PV..
05 August 2008
www.techradar.com
By Adam Hartley
7digital has launched a new range of download services in order to help ISPs (Internet Service Providers) offer their customers legal musicdownloads, following the BPI's recent crackdown on piracy. 'Following the continuing efforts by the UK Government, BPI and ISPs to combat illegal file sharing, 7digital, the leading digital media delivery compan..
05 August 2008
New Media Age
By Danielle Long
Online ad marketplace AdJug has expanded into India in a bid to capitalise on the country's growing online ad market. AdJug is set to open an office facility in Bangalore and will create a launch team of up to 15 people to build an India-focused model to deploy local currency systems for local brands. The marketplace, which enables advertisers and..
05 August 2008
CITY A.M.
By Julie Meyer, CEO of Ariadne Capital
You might think that the credit crunch is going to shift power back to the banks as they call in loans and overdrafts, and reset terms and conditions. To a certain extent that is true. But what is also true is that the non-bank lenders, such as Zopa, the social lending marketplace, and Wonga, the recently launched “cash on demand” onlin..
31 July 2008
Venture Beat Chris Morrison
By Chris Morrison
Some plastics, like high grade steel or aluminum, are just too good to toss in the dump. But for years that has happened to them anyway, for lack of good recycling technology. MBA Polymers was started to separate out worthwhile plastics from waste streams to break down and re-form into new, high-quality plastics. The company just took funding to b..
31 July 2008
The Guardian Matt Scott
By Matt Scott
The International Olympic Committee yesterday agreed a deal with Betfair to exchange information about irregular betting patterns on Olympic sport. Coming into effect in time for next month's Games in Beijing, the agreement means the IOC will for the first time be able to request the identities of account holders who bet suspiciously. As Betfai..
31 July 2008
Venture Beat
Some plastics, like high grade steel or aluminum, are just too good to toss in the dump. But for years that has happened to them anyway, for lack of good recycling technology.
MBA Polymers was started to separate out worthwhile plastics from waste streams to break down and re-form into new, high-quality plastics. The company just took funding to bu..
23 July 2008
The Guardian
By The Guardian
If successful entrepreneurship is about identifying an unhappy customer base and disrupting the business model, Wonga is right on the money.It's a site that offers small, short-term loans, easily and over the web. Banks, schmanks! Chief executive Errol Damelin, founded the site in 2006, launching in beta late last summer. The site launched fully ..
23 July 2008
CNET News Elsa Wenzel
By Elsa Wenzel
GreenRoad Technologies announced it has received $3 million in series C funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, Virgin Green Fund, Benchmark Capital, and Balderton Capital on Monday. The company’s main product, the GreenRoad Safety Centre, might be called a digital backseat driver. It features on-board sensors tracking some 120 moves made by ..
21 July 2008
newmediaage.co.uk
By New Media Age
Online ad exchange AdJug has signed deals with classified ad websites The Sun Local and Oodle. The latest deals will see AdJug serve banner ads from its network to The Sun Local and Oodle sites. The ads will be targeted to key classified categories such as pets, cars, property and items for sale, as well as run-of-site. Oodle provides classified..
17 July 2008
Digital-lifestyles
By Simon Perry
We all know how popular virtual worlds are, with the best known examples being Second Life and World of Warcraft. These worlds are all very well, but they’re set in a fictional world. Not a bad thing for many people, but some players will hanker for more reality. This is where Twinity comes in. Twinity plan to accurately model cities from aro..
15 July 2008
Siliconrepublic.com
By John Kennedy
Football fans will be able to create their commemorative UEFA Euro 2008 album thanks to a technology developed by Dublin software company NewBay and deployed with Swisscom. Euro 2008 Album, which is localised in four languages, allows Swisscom subscribers to instantly upload multiple photographs taken at Euro 2008 championship matches to a personal..
07 July 2008
MoneyMarketing.co.uk Tanya Powley
By Owen Gibson
Online lending exchange Zopa now has over 200,000 members and has achieved £23m in lending over the last three years. Since its launch, Zopa lenders have received an average return of 7.3 per cent and over the last three months a return of 8.9 per cent. Zopa says its default rate has remained extremely low at 0.02 per cent. Co-founder and U..
01 July 2008
TMCnet
By Calvin Azuri
Rebtel, a global communications company, has beaten 15 other companies in a report that compares international calling rates. The report has been compiled by Technology Appraisals Limited, which is an independent market research and publishing company based in London. The research conducted by Technology Appraisals also lists at least 30 new compan..
27 June 2008
newmediaage.co.uk
By New Media Age
Online ad marketplace AdJug has begun offering its publishers' global ad inventory. The marketplace has agreed a deal with ad technology company Rubicon Project which gives it access to the UK inventory of its network of US publishers. UK visitors to US-based sites will now be served country-specific ads by AdJug following the deal. Michael ..
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