With Eye On Dubai, Abu Dhabi Presses Ahead With Ambitious Growth

The Media Line Staff Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates David Rosenberg – The world got its first look Thursday at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed National Museum when backers unveiled architectural renderings of the dramatic 345,000-square-foot structure comprised of five soaring pavilions that mimic the feathers of a falcon’s wing. The project radiates money and prestige, if [...]

U.S. Grants $434 Million To Fight Philippine Poverty

Jeehan Fernandez – AHN News Writer New York, NY, United States (AHN) – The U.S. government has granted $434 million to the Philippines for investments in roads, community development projects and improvements in the country’s tax collection efforts under a five-year economic compact that aims to fight poverty. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton [...]

Obama Calls For Responsible Aid Investments, Accountable Spending

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – U.S. President Barack Obama redefined the way the nation doles out aid money and called for transparent accountability of the receiving governments, saying, “Put simply, the United States is changing the way we do business.” Calling it “our new U.S. Global Development Policy [...]

Africa as a Potential Business Venue

Africa is now on on the middle of transforming from a continent that defines the word uncivilized to a perfect business haven for investors. Together with the UN Development Program, more and more business owner are investing in Africa. This is not just to create money but also as an opportunity to help the place. [...]

Corporate Venturing For Emerging Growth Companies

Corporate venturing provides an alternative to traditional methods of growing a company and is an alliance formed between two [or more] independent companies. Typically, a larger, more established company invests resources directly into a smaller company, and through the venture the two companies share the commercial risks and resultant rewards for mutual benefit.

Startup Companies, Raising Capital, and the Circular Logic Dilemma

How very new or startup companies can find corporate financing. This guide will provide the means to procure the investment capital your enterprise is seeking, and provides a way to solve the age-old paradox facing new businesses: how to convince the corporate funding decision makers to invest in your new business, although it has a short track record.