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Audacious Space Initiative Aims To Turn Sci-Fi Into Reality

Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: SETI Institute, Nasa, Video, Enterprise, U.S. Military, Space Exploration, 100 Year Starship, Space, Astronauts, Mae Jemison, Darpa, Sci-Fi, Star Trek, Science News

By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 05/21/2012 05:34 PM EDT on InnovationNewsDaily Star Trek's bold vision of the stars...

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Great People No. 3: Helping Others Through Affordable Housing With Ed Norton and Abby Sigal

Robert LoCascio | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Abby Sigal, Ed Norton, Giving, Affordable Housing, James Rouse, Enterprise, Ed Norton Affordable Housing, Homelessness, Ed Norton Enterprise, Housing Crisis, Good News News

I caught up with Ed and one of his best college friends, Abby Sigal, over coffee to discuss something near and dear to both of their hearts and minds: affordable housing.

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Engineer Wants Us To Build Real-Life Starship Enterprise

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Video, Uss Starship Enterprise, Starship Enterprise, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Enterprise, Real Starship Enterprise, Topicstarshipenterprise, Topicspacex, Topicspace, Real Life Uss Enterprise, Build the Enterprise, Technology News

A systems and electrical engineer who goes by BTE-Dan says we should build the USS Starship Enterprise and claims we can do it -- today. Nancy Atki...

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Reading the Pictures -- Space Shuttle in the Skies of Manhattan: The Healing

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Challenger, America, Space Shuttle, Enterprise, Space Shuttle New York, Shuttle Flyover, Nyc Shuttle, Culture News

When the injury is deep, healing doesn't happen in a scene or a moment, but in oh-so-many moments over quite some time... like these.

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The Best TWEETS From The Space Shuttle Over NYC

Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Enterprise, Nasa, Ny News, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle New York, Space Shuttle Enterprise, Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum, New York News, New York News

The weather was beautiful Friday morning as New Yorkers scurried to the roofs of their office and apartment buildings to catch a glimpse of the Enter...

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Send Us Your Pictures Of The Space Shuttle!

Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Nasa, Space Shuttle Statue of Liberty, Space Shuttle Photos, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Enterprise, Space Shuttle Enterprise Photos, Slideexpand, Shuttle Photos, Shuttle, Enterprise, Shuttle Enterprise, Enterprise Shuttle Photos, Space Shuttle Landing at Jfk, Enterprise Shuttle, Intrepid, Slidepollajax, Science News

UPDATE: 11:48 a.m. -- The Enterprise space shuttle has landed at JFK, but keep submitting your photos and checking back for more pictures. UPDATE: ...

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Space Shuttle's Big Trip Postponed

AP | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Enterprise, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, Space, Space Shuttle, Weather, Intrepid, Enterprise Space Shuttle, New York, Video, Science News

NEW YORK -- The space shuttle Enterprise's scheduled arrival in New York City has been pushed back because of possible bad weather. NASA says Monday'...

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LOOK: Shuttle's Crazy Cockpit On Display As Retired Spacecrafts Head To New Homes

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Nasa, Spacecraft, Enterprise, Video, Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, Hubble Telescope, National Air and Space Museum, Space Shuttle, Space, Discovery, Smithsonian, Airplanes, Slidewide, Challenger, Intrepid, Science News

By: Mike Wall Published: 04/03/2012 11:35 AM EDT on SPACE.com A retired NASA space shuttle and an early prototype for the winged spacecraft will...

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Auto Industry Market Leaders Validate Car Sharing

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Gm, Car Sharing, City CarShare, Ford, Zipcar, Anti-Consumerist, Carsharing, Enterprise, San Francisco News

As green pundits bemoan our consumer society, the culture is quietly morphing to slow the amount we buy.

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Rupert's Sky May Be Falling -- But in the Real World SMEs Are Still Hacked Off

Kieron Hayes | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Small Business, Enterprise, Phone Hacking, Sme, Rebekah Brookes, Murdoch, Andy Coulson, News International, Business News

While the nation's attention is focused on big business shenanigans there're a whole load of firms out there struggling to cope in a challenging marketplace.

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Venture Capitalists Aren't Investing In Black Entrepreneurs

Mike Green | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Investments, Black Innovation, Financing, Angel Investing, Equity, Black America, Angel Investors, Economy, Early Stage Companies, Ecosystems, Funding, Innovation Economy, Innovation, Entrepreneurs, Venture Capital, Angels, Invest, Investors, Entrepreneurial, Investing, Enterprise, High-Growth Companies, Unemployment, Angel Capital, Private, Venture, Venture Capital Investors, Startups, Innovative, Entrepreneurship, STEM Education, Small Business, Small Business America, Business News

Investing in high-growth companies creates jobs while generating more wealth for investors. The formula has worked for the private venture capital investment community. Unfortunately, no such active community exists in black America.

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Brotherhood of Entrepreneuers

Nelson Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cuban Revolution, Small Business Owners, Fidel Castro, Cairo, Egypt, Enterprise, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, Business News

Before the protests erupted, one Egyptian man made enough money to support his wife and two daughters, selling table cloths and other fabric items in a marketplace near Tahrir square.

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Raunchy Video: Political Correctness At Its Peak

Robert Weller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homophobia, Lesbians, Video, Enterprise, Capt. Owen Honor, Gays, Media News

I may be going too far, but to me the stripping of Capt. Owen Honorss of his command is about as anal as it can get. The only reason I say may is beca...

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Enterprise Is a State of Mind

Hisham Wyne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Enterprise, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, Entrepreneurship, Ayn Rand, Dubai, Business News

If there was one common narrative within the intermingling stories of success and failure narrated at the recent Celebration of Entrepreneurship 2010 ...

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Announcing Constellation Research Group

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Analysts, Gov 2.0, Silberberg Innovations, Analyst Firm, Frank Scavo, Oliver Marks, R Ray Wang, Sameer Patel, Alan W. Silberberg, Vinnie Mirchandani, Constellation Research Group, Maribel Lopez, Paul Papadimitriou, Phil Fersht, Enterprise, Business News

Effective 11/9/10, my advisory firm Silberberg Innovations, LLC is now a member of the Constellation Research Group. We will continue to deliver serv...

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A Bend in the Road is Not a Dead End Unless...

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Coach, President Obama, Congress, Colorado, Business, Gulf Oil Spill, Education, Enterprise, Unemployment, Military, Oil Industry, Salman Kahn, Boulder, Higher Education, Gulf of Mexico, Entrepreneur, Senate, Offshore Oil Drilling, Impact News

Federal unemployment benefits that once cut off at 26 weeks have now been extended up to 99 weeks in some states. This will give the long-term unemployed a longer lifeline to pull them through these rough economic times.

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Microsoft Launches Office 2010 in New York City

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Capossela, Vivian, Office Web, Nyc, Microsoft, Home, Microsoft Employees, Mt Rainier, Launch Party, Tennis, Product, Mt Rainier National Park, Business, New York City, Logo Microsoft, Pilot Program, California, Product Management Group, Microsoft Office, Enterprise, Martinis, Senior Vice President, Orange, Tennis News, Web Apps, Information Worker, Glass Houses, New-Microsoft-Office, Technology News

The highlight of the night was being able to speak with a handful of early Microsoft Office 2010 customers.

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Toyota Recall: Alamo, Enterprise, National Car Rental Companies Pull Toyotas

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alamo, Avis, Enterprise, Toyota, Pontiac Vibe, National Car Rental, Toyota Recall, Hertz, Cars, Recalled Toyotas, Business News

NEW YORK — Three car rental companies said Wednesday they are pulling thousands of Toyotas from their fleets over faulty gas pedals. The Pontia...

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car Sold Chevies Without Standard Air Bags

McClatchy | RICK MONTGOMERY and DAN MARGOLIES | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Enterprise, Cars Without Air Bags, Enterprise Cars Missing Air Bags, Business News

Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the nation's largest private buyer of new cars and seller of used ones, chose to "delete" a standard safety feature from thousa...

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Star Trek Firsts... 43 Years On

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fringe, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, James T. Kirk, Star Trek the Original Series, Jennifer Garner, Deep Space Nine, Captain Jean Luc Picard, Lost, Sydney Bristow, Enterprise, Milo Rambaldi, Star Wars, Voyager, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Dr. McCoy, Captain Christopher Pike, Spock, Star Trek, J.J. Abrams, Alias, John Hodgman, Barack Obama, Gene Roddenberry, Doctor Who, Batman, James Bond, United Nations, Starfleet, United Federation of Planets, San Francisco, World War II, Apple Store, Casino Royale, Batman Begins, Entertainment News

Some 43 years after it began, and seven years after the movie franchise seemed completely played out, Star Trek is making firsts again. And so far, it's the most popular movie of the year in America.

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A Mindless Meld of "Star Trek" and the New Unemployment Rate

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, DeForest Kelley, President Obama, William Shatner, Phasers, Jobs, Captain Sisko, Captain Janeway, Joblessness, Captain Archer, Star Trek, Loss of 539, Avery Brooks, Unemployment, Space-Time Continuum, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Mr. Spock, Trekkies, The Inner Light, Leonard Nimoy, Blogging, Captain Picard, Enterprise, Kate Mulgrew, Ricardo Montalban, Scott Bakula, The Wrath of Khan, Starfleet, Baby and Child Care, Barack Obama, Layoffs, Captain Crunch, Bones McCoy, Starship Enterprise, Captain Kirk, Patrick Stewart, Vulcan, Comedy News

The U.S. Labor Department announced Friday that 539,000 people lost their jobs last month -- a dreadful total, but not as high as the 600,000-plus axed in March. Here are three reasons why the unemployment increase got slightly less awful...

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How Social Media Today and its Online Communities Reinforce Blogging

Ari Herzog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Robin Carey, Jerry Bowles, Sales, Social Media Today, Bloggers, Venture Capital, Social Media Marketing, Online Community, Social Media, Enterprise, Governing, Marketing, Sustainability, Pr, Blogging, Business News

Disclosure: In late February, I was recruited by Robin Carey and Jerry Bowles, co-founders of Social Media Today and joined their team as a community ...

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City Sued For Charging Its Taxes On Suburban Car Rentals

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Enterprise Rent a Car, Enterprise Car Rental, Enterprise Chicago Lawsuit, Enterprise, Enterprise Car Rental Lawsuit, Chicago Rental Car Taxes, Chicago News

How would you like to rent a car in Waukegan or St. Charles, only to be slapped with the 8 percent "transaction tax" that applies to Chicago car renta...

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Davos: A Better Question Than 'How Long Will the Crisis Last?'

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Market, Social Justice, Jonathan Reckford, International, Economic Crisis, Gary Haugen, Davos, Poor, Business, Economic, World Economic Forum, Wef, Cnn, Enterprise, Gaza, Capitalism, Poverty, Economy Special Focus, Davos 2009, Business News

The question we should be asking is how this global economic crisis will change us -- all of us, in the way we think, decide things, and even do business.

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