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There are two main paths for commercializing a new product idea. At some point, you're going to need to decide which one you want to take. Some product ideas are clearly a better fit for one path, but more often than not, the decision is a matter of personal preference. I speak from experience, having achieved success doing both. For most of my career, I utilized the licensing business model to transform ideas in my head into products on the shelf. When I had the idea to change the shape of guitar picks, I experienced the ecstasy and the agony of venturing by starting and growing a business to bring it to life. These two paths are very different, and each has pros and cons. In our society, venturing gets all the glory. To venture a new product onto the market is to go into business for yourself -- meaning start a company, likely raise money, and do all of the necessary research and development, prototyping, manufacturing, marketing, sales, distribution, fulfillment, … [Read more...] about Should You Venture or License Your Invention Idea?

Orleans Parish Civil District Judge Robin Giarrusso granted a temporary restraining order Monday that blocks Louisiana’s abortion ban from going into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Friday decision that sent abortion lawmaking back to state legislatures. Hope Medical Group for Women, an abortion clinic in Shreveport, Louisiana, filed a petition after the SCOTUS decision activated the state’s “trigger law,” making abortion illegal in the state, reported KPLC. The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) worked with Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and Ellie Schilling to represent the abortion clinic, according to the outlet. Breaking: A Louisiana judge has blocked enforcement of the state’s trigger ban, which banned abortion as soon as Roe was overturned. Abortions are expected to resume soon. — Caroline Kitchener (@CAKitchener) June 27, 2022 Giarrusso granted a temporary restraining order of the enforcement of the abortion ban allowing Lousiana clinics to continue … [Read more...] about Judge Blocks Louisiana’s Abortion Ban From Going Into Effect

- A + A (June 27): Russia defaulted on its external sovereign bonds for the first time in a century, the culmination of ever-tougher Western sanctions that shut down payment routes to overseas creditors. For months, Russia had found paths around the penalties imposed after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. But at the end of the day on Sunday, the grace period on about US$100 million of trapped interest payments due May 27 expired, a deadline considered an “Event of Default” if missed. The route to this point has been far from normal, as Russia has the resources to pay its bills — and tried to do so — but was blocked by the sanctions. Those restrictions also mean there’s huge uncertainty about what comes next, and about how investors can go about getting their money. “With Russia benefiting from the high price of its energy exports, it clearly has both the means and the desire to pay its foreign debt,” said Giles Coghlan, chief analyst at HYCM Group. It’s a … [Read more...] about Russia slips into historic default as sanctions muddy next steps

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (Photo by Zahid Izzani/The Edge filepix) - A + A KUALA LUMPUR (June 27): Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has once again filed an application to challenge the appointment of Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as senior deputy public prosecutor in her RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project corruption trial and to nullify the entire trial proceedings since 2018. Rosmah, 70, filed the judicial review application on June 24 through Messrs Akberdin & Co in the High Court (Appeal and Special Powers), naming the Attorney-General/Public Prosecutor, Government of Malaysia and Sri Ram as respondents. Rosmah, the wife of former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had earlier filed a similar application at the Criminal High Court here. However, her application was dismissed by the High Court and her appeal against the court ruling was also rejected by the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court. In her latest application, Rosmah sought to declare that the … [Read more...] about Rosmah files bid to challenge Sri Ram’s appointment again

- A + A ZURICH/GENEVA (June 27): Credit Suisse Group AG was convicted of failing to prevent money laundering by a Bulgarian cocaine trafficker, in the first ever criminal conviction of a major Swiss lender in the country’s history. The verdict, in which a former relationship manager at the bank was also convicted on money laundering charges, was handed down by Switzerland’s top criminal court on Monday afternoon. The woman was given a 20-month suspended prison sentence, while Credit Suisse faces a fine of 2 million Swiss francs (US$2.1 million) and was also hit with a claim of 19 million francs, equivalent to the amount the bank allowed to be laundered. The judgment is another blow to the tarnished reputation of Credit Suisse, which had argued the crimes date to an era when compliance standards were less stringent. It has been struggling with a series of scandals that have sent its shares to near-record lows, and may face a second criminal indictment in an … [Read more...] about Credit Suisse convicted in historic money-laundering case

- A + A KUALA LUMPUR (June 27): Emilia Hanafi, the former wife of well-known businessman Datuk SM Faisal SM Nasimuddin Kamal, was sent to Kajang Prison to serve a seven-day jail sentence starting Monday (June 27), for failing to comply with a Syariah High Court order on visitation dates for her three children. On Sept 4, 2019, the Syariah High Court sentenced Emilia to seven days in prison for contempt of court after her disobeying an order by unilaterally rescheduling the visitation dates for her children, aged 10 to 16, to be with their father SM Faisal. However, she was released on bail of RM5,000, pending appeal. Emilia, 43, in a white long dress and shawl, arrived at the Syariah Court here at 9.50am accompanied by her lawyer and family members. Syariah lawyer, Nazri Yahya, who represented Emilia, told reporters that his client was calm and mentally ready when she surrendered at the Kuala Lumpur Syariah Court police office on Monday. In fact, he said that his … [Read more...] about SM Faisal’s ex-wife to serve seven days in jail for contempt of court

(CNN) Following the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, CNN Opinion asked a group of contributors to weigh in on the cultural, legal and political ramifications of this monumental legal opinion undoing nearly 50 years of federal abortion protection. The views expressed in these commentaries are those of the authors. SE Cupp: What politicians get wrong about the abortion debate I'm deeply worried for our country. Read More No matter where you stand on the issue -- I'm pro-life but do not support a ban on abortions -- this ruling represents a seismic shift in American life as most of us knew it. I'm 43, and Roe is older than I am. There are more people alive today who have never known an America without Roe than there are people who lived without it. Stripping away what many women have only known as a right for nearly 50 years, without putting anything in its place is dangerous. Criminalizing … [Read more...] about Opinion: The aftershocks of America’s abortion earthquake will be felt for decades

For the past two years, the United Nations has ranked Finland as the world's happiest country. The U.S. has never scored in the top 10 since the index was launched in 2011, and in 2019 it plummeted to 19th. While Finland seems perennially chirpy, the U.S. is seeing growing rates of depression, drug addiction, and suicide . Here are six reasons that residents of Finland (7.1 percent of whom are immigrants, BTW) are so happy when compared with their American counterparts: 1. Finns pay higher taxes but see more results. According to the conservative think tank the Brookings Institute, Finland collects 44 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) in taxes versus the 26 percent of GDP that the U.S. collected in 2015. (For comparison, Denmark collects 46 percent and Mexico 17 percent.) So taxes are relatively high in Finland, which you'd think would tend to reduce overall happiness. However, higher taxes don't seem to bother the Finns, for two reasons: … [Read more...] about Why Finland Is So Happy (and the U.S. Is So Depressed)

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said Associate Justice Clarence Thomas “better hope they don’t come” for his rights after the Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. The panel suggested that the overturning of Roe v. Wade has set the precedent for other cases establishing rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment — interracial and gay marriage, contraception — are now under attack. Goldberg said Thomas , who joined the majority in overturning Roe, could lose his right to be married to his wife, Ginni. “I appreciate everybody’s religion, but I do not subscribe to your religion. I don’t ask you to subscribe to mine,” Goldberg began. “And you do not have the right, based on your religious beliefs, to tell me, because what’s next, as Clarence Thomas is signaling, they’re going to get rid of contraception. Do you understand, sir? No, because you don’t have to use it!” “We were not in the Constitution either,” Goldberg continued. “We were not even people in the … [Read more...] about ‘A Quarter Of A Person’: Whoopi Goldberg Claims Clarence Thomas ‘Better Hope They Don’t Come’ For Him

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline A Louisiana court granted a request by abortion providers to temporarily block trigger bans that outlawed the procedure in the state Monday, as pro-choice advocates try to claw back access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and a series of states immediately banned it. Key Facts Louisiana state Judge Robin M. Giarusso signed a temporary restraining order blocking Louisiana’s trigger laws, which took effect Friday and outlawed all abortions in the state, while the abortion providers’ challenge is heard. Giarusso scheduled a hearing for July 8 on whether to grant the abortion providers’ request for a preliminary injunction that would keep the laws blocked or put them back in effect. Abortion providers and advocates filed a lawsuit in state court against Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and state Health Secretary Courtney Phillips that argues the state’s abortion … [Read more...] about Abortions Can Resume In Louisiana—At Least For Now—As Trigger Bans Blocked In State Court