UK – As of April 2011 shoppers at the leading supermarket Tesco will be able to use their reward points to pay for an on-line degree or MBA programme. Tesco has teamed up with leading UK provider of on-line education, RDI ltd, and devised a new scheme which offers students a range of potential courses, [...]
Car insurance pricing may experience significant changes as the European Court of Justice is considering imposing a ban on insurance companies from using gender as a basis for risk assessments. According to accident statistics men, particularly younger men, are more likely than women to claim on their insurance policies for incidents that result from drink-driving [...]
USA – A report released today by an internet crime partnership in the US has revealed internet fraud dropped by 10 per cent in 2010, most likely due to the recession. Created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and America’s National White Collar Crime Center, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) showed how public complaints [...]
GHANA – Mobile Web Ghana (MWG) is organising a four week training course in mobile technology and business to teach 20 local young entrepreneurs how to build phone applications useful to their community. MWG, a group comprised of Ghanaian mobile entrepreneurs, hopes the course will provide young people with discussion forums and networking events with [...]
PEARISBURG, Virginia- Educational institutions across Giles County, Virginia have come under fire for displaying the ten commandments within some high schools and elementary schools. Several schools decided to display the religious code, along with the first page of the American constitution, after the Columbine shootings, which shocked the nation ten years ago. Since then the [...]
