BadgeStack Gives Organizations Power to Grant Mozilla Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI) Compliant Digital Badges
Today, LearningTimes, LLC announced that its new BadgeStack badge-based learning system is now Mozilla Open Badge Infrastructure (OBI) compliant. BadgeStack is the first and only standards-based system designed specifically for badge-empowered, formal

Tufts University awards grants to 10 Somerville organizations
The Tufts Neighborhood Service Fund (TNSF) committee recently awarded grants to 10 organizations in Somerville. TNSF collects donations from university employees throughout the year and then awards grants to community-based, charitable organizations that

Business Weekly s top 10 slideshows of 2011
Among the most-viewed features on the Business Weekly s website during 2011 has been our slideshows of photographs from news and events around Albuquerque and New Mexico. We ve compiled a list of the year s top 10, based on total page views by

Why Crowdfunding is Bad for Business (Opinion)
Homeowners use peer lending sites such as Prosper.com to pay for a new deck, and artists use Kickstarter to pay for their next project. But so far, it’s been difficult for business owners to use peer lending or crowdsourcing, as it’s variously

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RIM’s co-CEOs named as 2011’s business newsmakers for BlackBerry woes
MONTREAL – A long, slow slide into notoriety made 2011 a sorely trying year for Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, the two men at the top of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. Their company once the most valuable in Canada has fallen

Business Etiquette and Corporate Style Tips
A: If you re in a creative field (author, artist) or physically challenging job (personal trainer, professional athlete, mountain climber, etc.), a picture of you in action fits the bill. If you want to work in a more traditional field (such

Addressing the Five Critical Small Businesses Dangers Can Prevent Business Failure
SOUTHBURY, CT Research sponsored by AdviCoach cites a short but compelling list of dangers that typically cause business failure and that are prevalent across the board, in all businesses — independent of industry or sector. According to

Symmetry Medical Closes Acquisition of Surgical Instruments Business of Codman & Shurtleff
WARSAW, Ind., Dec. 29, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Symmetry Medical Inc. (NYSE:SMA), a leading global source of innovative medical device solutions, including surgical instruments, orthopedic implants, and sterilization cases and trays, announced

World’s Worst Airports For Business Travelers
Lets Fly Cheaper announces its end of 2011 Worst Airports for Business Travelers. The list is based on number of delayed flights during the past 30 days. Our worst airports list is intended as a planning tool for business travelers. Flight delays

Business ‘must address failings’
Executive pay and the lack of women on company boards need to be tackled next year to put right some of the UK’s “key failings”, a business leader has said. Simon Walker, director general of the Institute of Directors, said top pay at some of

Egypt Vows to End Crackdown on Nonprofits
WASHINGTON Egypt s military rulers privately signaled a retreat on Friday in a crackdown on organizations that promote democracy and human rights, senior American officials said, even as the authorities in Cairo tried to discredit the

‘Stagnant’ cultural institutions could suffer in 2012: Heritage Minister James Moore
“But I think those organizations that have been stagnant in the way in which they’ve built themselves are organizations that are not going to have a very happy future.” Even before the election of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s first minority