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9 Big Businesses That Began In College

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Sean Fanning developed Napster, one of the first aggregated and user-friendly peer-to-peer music file sharing platforms, when he was just a freshman at Boston’s Northeastern University. The first name they came up with for the new magazine was Facts. This article was first posted in Online Business Degree.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

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In 2006, PMC-Sierra acquired Herzliya-based Passave, a developer of system-on-chip semiconductor solutions for the Fiber To The Home (FTTH) access market, for $300 million. STANLEY FISCHER NAMED WORLD’S TOP BANK GOVERNOR FOR 2010. QUALCOMM BUYS MOBILE WEB COMPANY ISKOOT. LONELY PLANET RANKS TEL AVIV 3RD HOTTEST CITY.