Northwestern University ends stem cell trial after backer pulls out bi13751586 (Crain's) ? Researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine have stopped the first trial involving human patients after Geron Corp. killed funding

Northwestern graduate among Rhodes Scholars bi13751586 CHICAGO - A 22-year-old from Northwestern University who speaks fluent Arabic and works orphaned children Egypt was named Sunday as a prestigious Rhodes Scholar winner

MasterCard And Intel Partner To Secure And Simplify Online And NFC Payments bi13751586 Intel and credit card giant MasterCard are announcing a multi-year strategic partnership evening, aims to provide a more secure and simple way for consumers to pay for products online. The two companies be working to combine MasterCard?s expertise payment processing and commerce Intel?s strengths chip-based security. So how are these two companies joining forces ..

Springfield's Richard Haaz wins seat on court of common pleas bi13751586 Two Democrats defeated Republican challengers for two posts on the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas

Google Joins Kleiner Perkins? Social sFund As A Strategic Partner bi13751586 Kleiner Perkins has just announced that search giant Google has joined the venture firm's sFund as a strategic partner. Kleiner unveiled the sFund last year $250 million fund dedicated to what partner John Doerr calls the Third Wave . The fund organized around investing social startups all industries ? consumer, enterprise, health and mobile. Back October of 2010, Zynga, Comcast, Allen ..

UIC grad launches latest incubator for startups bi13751586 A University of Illinois at Chicago launching a new startup incubator, adding to a growing number of local entrepreneurial bootcamp programs

How Google, eBay, And PayPal Are Gearing Up For A Very Mobile Holiday Shoppin bi13751586 Online holiday shopping reached record levels 2010. And e-commerce spending up year. All signs point to consumers spending even more online holiday season. I sat down executives from Google, eBay, PayPal and ShopKick to discuss the trends that are expected to emerge the e-commerce space over the next few months. They center around mobile, tablets, and deals. PayPal has ..

Scholarships rev up auto education bi13751586 John Olinger has loved cars he was little. "I always wanted to be an auto mechanic," said the recent East Ridge High School

Recognitions bi13751586 Chicago Public Media announced that 26-year-old Greta Johnsen, born Juneau and raised Fairbanks, has joined the Public Affairs Department of WBEZ 91.5FM as a new weekend host, handling on-air duties Saturday and Sunday mornings, from 7am to noon

Visually Beautiful Recipe Curation Site Gojee Adds Drinks To The Mix bi13751586 Foodie favorite Gojee , curates recipes from food bloggers around the web a visually beautiful way, branching out today to beverages, and offer drink recipes (including both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks). As we wrote our earlier review of the site, Gojee lets you search for recipes by ingredient, either via 'cravings' or by one ingredient you have your pantry. You ..

Nyoombl Debuts Social Video Broadcasting Platform For Conversations bi13751586 Nyoombl (pronounced 'nimble'), a stealthy startup we wrote about earlier year , finally debuting social broadcasting platform. While the site private, we have a number of details about how works, and more. In fact, the first 100 readers that join the waiting list here have emails activated right away and can start using the service. Founded by Oladayo Olagunju ..

Caterpillar Takeover Would Create Fortune For U.S. Expat Clan In China bi13751586 Caterpillar?s proposed acquisition of Hong Kong-listed ERA Mining Machinery for up to $886 million announced on Friday (see related story here) puts the spotlight the pending success of its main American shareholders in China, where ERA?s main operations are located

NU President: Be Vigilant In The Wake Of Penn State bi13751586 The president of Northwestern University sent an email to students and staff today concerning the child sex abuse scandal at Penn State

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