Lawmakers blast online teacher evaluations in KansasNews from Kansas City Star:
By BRENT D. WISTROM
The Star’s Topeka correspondent
By BRENT D. WISTROM
TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback is proposing that evaluations of Kansas teachers be posted online for the public to see. Are they highly effective, effective, progressing or ineffective?
The proposal, which is part of the Kansas governor’s plan to overhaul school financing, is only now coming to light. But if its first hearing Thursday was any indication, the idea will be a tough sell.A governor’s representative defended the plan, saying it [...] Continue Reading…

Online business matters

Posted on 26 Jan 2012 In: Online Business

Online business mattersNews from China Daily:

 
A sign saying “Taobao.com provides overseas purchase service” in Dalian, Liaoning province. Provided to China Daily

A woman surnamed Ling, 30, usually begins her day at noon. But on weekends, she wakes at about 9 am, has a quick breakfast and then prepares for her busiest day of the week.
She has an online shop selling CDs and other products related to Japanese pop stars at Taobao.com, China’s biggest online shopping website.
It’s on weekends that she has to pack and send all the items received from [...] Continue Reading…

Online Gambling for Money?

Posted on 26 Jan 2012 In: Make Money Online

Online Gambling for Money?News from KARK:Tens of millions of people gamble every day on the internet.For many, it’s exciting but it’s missing real money. Online gambling for money is not legal in the U.S. but the U.S. Justice Department recently left it up to the states to decide whether or not people can play a ‘real’ and not just a ‘virtual’ hand.If states legalize online gambling, and then if Zynga, and by association, Facebook, find a way to make it popular there will not only be a new way [...] Continue Reading…

Guest columnist: Protecting intellectual property doesn’t need PIPA, SOPANews from Lakenewsonline.com:
Advocates of a free and open Internet are celebrating a major victory.
Today was supposed to be the day the Senate was to hold a cloture vote on controversial legislation to curb online piracy, but last week’s massive Internet protests prompted lawmakers to rethink their plans.At least 75,000 websites, including online heavyweights such as Wikipedia, Reddit and MoveOn.org, went dark for 24 hours on Jan. 18 to call attention to the censorship threat posed by the Senate’s Protect IP Act [...] Continue Reading…

USD’s online business degree program among top in nationNews from Sioux Falls Argus Leader:
The Beacom School of Business at the University of South Dakota has one of the nation’s best online education degree programs for its graduate programs in business, according to U.S. News and World Report.
In “Top Online Education Programs 2012,” the University of South Dakota ranks among the top 100 institutions with business schools in the category of Faculty Credentials and Training for Graduate Programs – Business, and Student Services and Technology category of Graduate Programs – [...] Continue Reading…

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Online business primer available to Native AmericansNews from Las Vegas Business Press:Monday, January 23, 2012
BY LAURA CARROLLThe U.S. Small Business Administration is offering a free online course for Native American entrepreneurs.The class, Native American Small Business Primer: Strategies for Success, is self-paced and provides an overview of basic business principles. It also advertises programs and services available from the U.S. Small Business Administration.Topics discussed in the online course include planning and market research, legalities of starting a business and costs.
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How to Make Money on Facebook

Posted on 23 Jan 2012 In: Make Money Online

How to Make Money on FacebookNews from Inc.com:

Is your Facebook page a real snoozer? You won’t make much money that way! Even the smallest business can make money on Facebook. Here’s how.
By Marla Tabaka |  @MarlaTabaka   | 
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As a small-business owner, you probably don’t have the resources that a large corporation employs for online advertising campaigns, but social media consultant and author Brian Carter says that even solopreneurs with limited funds can gain the competitive edge in this vast cyber-arena.
“For years the Internet has provided us with the wildest opportunities that haven’t been very [...] Continue Reading…

Venture Capitalist tries to Matchmake Entertainment, Tech IndustriesNews from PCWorld:

By Christina DesMarais, PCWorld    Jan 22, 2012 9:03 AM

Internet openness can remain intact while allowing the entertainment industry to make more money — at least that’s what a venture capitalist who is setting out to make it a reality thinks.
Fred Wilson/Photo courtesy of his blogFred Wilson says he’s dreaming up a new framework for partnering the content and technology industries. The development comes as SOPA and PIPA have been put on hold, prompting a lot of discussion about where [...] Continue Reading…

SLU plans online tax seminars for business

Posted on 22 Jan 2012 In: Online Business

SLU plans online tax seminars for businessNews from KLFY:
HAMMOND, La. (AP) – The Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Southeastern Louisiana University and the National Association for the Self Employed are offering online seminars in preparation for the business tax season.
Each session is scheduled from noon-1 p.m. The schedule is:
Feb. 1: Top 5 Tax Questions for the Self Employed
Feb. 8: Preparing an Audit Proof Tax Return
March 15: Tips for Saving on Your Taxes
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