An article on Tuesday about a new kind of free class that a group of online-learning ventures plans to offer this fall, known as a mechanical MOOC (for "massive open online course"), misstated the surname of a co-founder of OpenStudy, which will organize study groups for the course.
The latest symptom of this fever is the news that VC Index Ventures plans to offer up $50,000 to find the next hot little number.
Toshio Miyagawa, the chief executive of Hakuhodo, said the venture planned to sell shares to the public.
Freedom Forum, an annual convention for young libertarians, has tripled in size since its launch in 2011; a similar venture planned for July a "Freedom Week" of debate and lectures has ten applicants for every place.
Correction: October 6 , 2001 Saturday An article in Business Day on Tuesday about a business jet venture planned by the UAL Corporation misstated the cost of a time share offered by Executive Jets Inc., the market leader.
An article in Business Day on Tuesday about a business jet venture planned by the UAL Corporation misstated the cost of a time share offered by Executive Jets Inc., the market leader.
But Al-Mubarak was at pains to emphasise that the purchase was not a corporate or state-sponsored venture planned by the Abu Dhabi government or those investment companies straining to spend the oil miracle prudently.
Adblock Plus, which teamed up with the advertising-technology company ComboTag to create its new platform, also attracted criticism last week after Adblock Plus announced that, as was reported by The Wall Street Journal, the new venture planned to use ad platforms operated by Google and AppNexus, a major automated online ad tech firm.
The joint venture planned between Cisco Systems csco and Cap Gemini SA, Europe's largest computer services company, gives Cisco a quick and relatively inexpensive way to boost its sales presence on the continent.
Sotheby's joint venture plans to hold an auction in China this year, a spokesman said.
The venture plans to buy 15 to 20 midprice hotels and turn them into more-upscale properties, the companies said.
