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Phillips de Pury & Co., a 216-year-old international art company with outposts in London and New York, is hosting an auction June 15 at its Park Avenue location. Focusing on 20th- and 21st-century decorative arts and design, the auction will feature more than 100 pieces ranging from light fixtures and ...
Read More »Wifarer’s Indoor GPS And The Never-Lost Generation
Meet Philip Stanger, CEO of Wifarer, who wants you to always find your way in shopping malls and museums. Philip Stanger is the CEO of Wifarer , an indoor positioning technology company.
Read More »Tateossian’s Latest London Store Offers New Custom Services
Tateossian, known for its wide variety of cuff links, from playful animals to serious gemstone designs, opened its fifth store in London—a sleek space right on Chelsea Harbour in Imperial Wharf—where it is offering custom services. In the store’s private workshop, located directly above the boutique, customers can have jewelry ...
Read More »True Economic Measures Should Factor In Natural Resources
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Traditional measures showing strong economic growth in Brazil and India over nearly two decades fail to take account of the depletion of their natural resources, scientists and economists at a climate conference said on Wednesday. Scientists and environment groups have been pressuring governments to include the value of their countries' natural resources - and use or loss of them - into future measurements of economic activity, rather than relying solely on the gross domestic product calculation
Read More »Is Human Impact Accelerating Out of Control?
LONDON -- The impact of human activity on the Earth is running out of control, and the amount of time in which action can be taken to prevent potentially catastrophic climate change is rapidly dwindling, a leading scientist from the Australian National University told a global scientific climate conference in London yesterday.
Read More »Walmart To Host Angry Birds Clue Hunt, Aziz Ansari Launches Online Comedy Show, Google Puts $5 In Your Google Wallet
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Zynga Buys OMGPOP
Read More »8 Bizarre Tricks for Start-Up Success
At the London Web Summit this week, the CEO of CloudFlare explained the rules he learned starting one of the world's fastest-growing companies. "It took Facebook more than five years to hit 400 million unique visitors a month.
Read More »Is This Island Start-up Paradise?
What happens when a flood of highly educated, entrepreneurial young people return from studies abroad to tiny Cyprus?
Read More »Technology For Generation Next: Teens in Tech Labs
Why Microsoft is backing a technology incubator for teens, an idea that Daniel Brusilovsky came up with at 15 years old. Daniel Brusilovsky started his first business when he was 14.
Read More »Barnes & Noble Announces $199 Nook Tablet, DataWind Off The Aakash Case, Google Planning Satellite Farm In Iowa
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Google To Stream Stock Data From LSEG . Google and the London Stock Exchange Group have partnered up.
Read More »London Calling: New Home for Start-ups?
Welcome to the "Silicon Roundabout," which is luring young companies with government funding, Google-sponsored office space, and a new start-up competition. The start-up scene in London may not be as well known as the hotbeds of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley or New York City, but it is striving to offer entrepreneurs looking to launch companies a buzzing business environment.
Read More »Video: Hot flashes therapy helps breast cancer patients
British researchers say they've found a way to reduce hot flashes in breast cancer patients recovering from chemotherapy. Tina Kraus reports from London
Read More »Fabergé Returns to London in Style
Legendary jewelry brand Faberg
Read More »Fast Talk: How A Brooklyn Clothing Label Fights "Fast Fashion"
Meet David Gensler, whose Brooklyn clothing company Serum Versus Venom advocates a return to craft. Read on to learn about the value of a well-made belt, what would've happened if Picasso had tweeted, and how Jay-Z could be the next Oprah
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