On January 23, the Attali Committee, a French high-level group led by prominent economist and political advisor Jacques Attali, published its report on how to boost economic competitiveness in France. The report, which seeks to liberate the French economy from excessive regulation and administrative burdens, contains a lot of sensible [...]
It's been called a "virtual privacy time bomb" by a prominent Congressman, something that an FTC commissioner believes should "really trouble all of us" and to which one policy group believes we should have a legal right to examine, correct, and/or delete. What is it? Answer: Online behavioral marketing data. [...]
According to the Guardian, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling told MPs today that “[a]round 80,000 [UK] business owners and investors will benefit from a new capital gains tax ‘entrepreneurs' relief.’ They will pay just 10% on capital gains up to the first £1m, instead of the 18% originally [...]
In USA Today, Connecticut’s Attorney General Richard Blumenthal points out that “[i]n [their] milestone agreement with MySpace, the nation's attorneys general have marked a profoundly significant step toward social networking safety. The agreement includes more than 70 detailed specific changes to help purge predators, expunge inappropriate content such as pornography [...]
The New York Times this week has an interesting article on entrepreneurship in Ireland. According to the NYT, entrepreneurs in Ireland – such as our friend Brian Dean from Ceatec – “rank just below rock stars in popularity.” It is very encouraging to see that European countries are starting to [...]