The new faces of business (Mount Pleasant News)
Photo courtesy Amy Lowe. From left: Tracy Hudson, First Federal Savings Bank of Iowa representative, with students Zoom Guamna, Addison Gomez, Tony Cristofor and Brad Martin. Their business, TABZ, will be manufacturing and selling pillows.

Kauffman Foundation will extend new-business survey (BizJournals)
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation will extend the Kauffman Firm Survey, started in 2005, by four years.

New Xbox Experience Launched To Battle Sony's Offering (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
Microsoft launched its New Xbox Experience on Wednesday, expanding the existing service to compete with Sony in turning the video-game console into an entertainment hub.

Hornets owner shares success secrets with business leaders (The Houma Courier)
GRAY - After his basketball team was displaced from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Hornets owner George Shinn was at a loss as to his next step. The team had moved to Oklahoma City a year earlier, was doing well and players were reluctant to uproot the franchise again given the devastation in the Crescent City.

'Facebook generation' leading business revolution (Ottawa Business Journal)
C.K. Prahalad is widely regarded as one of the world's leading management thinkers. During the last several decades, his books and his articles in the Harvard Business Review have pioneered a number of ideas with a significant influence on management practice.