Archive for February, 2009

Open Source Solution Provider MPower is Now Called "Orange Leap" - TMC Net

Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Open Source Solution Provider MPower is Now Called "Orange Leap"
TMC Net, CT
By Anuradha Shukla MPower, a provider of software for nonprofit constituent management and fundraising, reportedly has been rebranded as “Orange Leap.” The company decided to change its name, logo and tagline to better describe its mission: delivering

Source:Open Source Solution Provider MPower is Now Called "Orange Leap" - TMC Net

The Obama Health Care Budget: Hopeful Savings and Costly Change - Heritage.org

Saturday, February 28th, 2009
The Obama Health Care Budget: Hopeful Savings and Costly Change
Heritage.org, DC
The President's $634 billion "down payment" on health care reform in his proposed budget depends on raising taxes and saving money largely through administrative payment changes in existing entitlement programs. That is not exactly fundamental reform.
Video: Obama budget sees soaring deficit france24english
Asia hails Obama’s speech but is sceptical on specifics The Malaysian Insider
google news commentComment by Frances Beinecke President, Natural Resources Defense Council
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Source:The Obama Health Care Budget: Hopeful Savings and Costly Change - Heritage.org

Tracking Bay Area venture capitalists, startups - San Francisco Chronicle

Friday, February 27th, 2009
Tracking Bay Area venture capitalists, startups
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
Each week The Chronicle tracks the latest investments, fundraising, mergers and IPOs involving Bay Area venture capitalists and startups. Some highlights for the week beginning Feb. 23: Coghead in Redwood City, whose software let companies build

Source:Tracking Bay Area venture capitalists, startups - San Francisco Chronicle

Why Indians give to US universities - GlobalPost

Friday, February 27th, 2009
Why Indians give to US universities
GlobalPost
Making fund-raising even more challenging is the government's practice of cutting the amount of money it provides to a university by the amount it has raised privately. "If we raise one lakh rupees (about $2000), the government will cut one lakh rupees

Source:Why Indians give to US universities - GlobalPost

Justice center is unlikely to cause tax hike - Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

Friday, February 27th, 2009
Justice center is unlikely to cause tax hike
Seguin Gazette-Enterprise, TX
The unanimous vote on a motion by Precinct 3 Commissioner Jim Wolverton was to go with the first option, which would use a blend of about $4.2 million in existing funds for the justice center, $1.6 million for the court software and the issuance of the

Source:Justice center is unlikely to cause tax hike - Seguin Gazette-Enterprise

MPower Rebrands As Orange Leap to Reflect Company's Passion for … - MarketWatch (press release)

Friday, February 27th, 2009
MPower Rebrands As Orange Leap to Reflect Company's Passion for
MarketWatch (press release)
DALLAS, Feb 26, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — MPower - one of the leading providers of software for nonprofit constituent management and fundraising - today announced that it has rebranded as Orange Leap ( www.orangeleap.com).

Source:MPower Rebrands As Orange Leap to Reflect Company's Passion for … - MarketWatch (press release)

Woodward unfazed by the complexity of AD job at UW - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Woodward unfazed by the complexity of AD job at UW
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Cohen oversees fund development and ticket sales as the department has tightened its focus on raising money and improving relations with donors. "The way I'd characterize the department's new direc- tion is that these people are very respectful of

Source:Woodward unfazed by the complexity of AD job at UW - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Apple execs reassure shareholders at annual meeting - Macworld

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Apple execs reassure shareholders at annual meeting
Macworld, CA
The business portion of the meeting was uneventful with shareholders re-electing Apple’s eight-member board of directors, though an audience member spoke out against board member Al Gore, seated in the front row, because of a fundraising controversy

Source:Apple execs reassure shareholders at annual meeting - Macworld

Teen Embarks On Fundraiser - Oakdale Leader

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Teen Embarks On Fundraiser
Oakdale Leader, CA
The teen has developed a fundraising project to purchase high tech computerized alternatives to animal dissections, such as frogs and cats, used in classrooms. "It started with the problem of not knowing what to do because I did not want to dissect,"

Source:Teen Embarks On Fundraiser - Oakdale Leader

SAP CTO: Coghead's engineers will help solve SaaS integration problems - Search SAP

Thursday, February 26th, 2009
SAP CTO: Coghead's engineers will help solve SaaS integration problems
Search SAP
Coghead chairman Paul McNamara blamed the closure on the difficult economy and challenging fundraising environment, according to a letter on Coghead's website. The company was founded in May 2003, funded in part by SAP Ventures, the vendor's venture

Source:SAP CTO: Coghead's engineers will help solve SaaS integration problems - Search SAP