Today's Pick: Government of Canada announces $450M in new funding for BDC to assist Canadian businesses

Here’s the round-up of the week in the newsfeeds. Below I highlight my favourite articles of the week from each category.

Today’s Top Pick – “Government of Canada Announces $450 Million in New Funding for BDC to Assist Canadian Businesses“. Find out more under Venture Capital.

• Biotechnology “Biologics will dominate in 2014″
• Biopharmaceuticals “Arena Lines Up $100 Million in Final Push for Obesity Drug”
• Cleantech “Researchers Light Up Bus Shelter With Flexible Solar Cells”
• Information and Communication Technology “FCC to Examine Mobile Phone Exclusives”
• Venture Capital “Government of Canada Announces $450 Million in New Funding for BDC to Assist Canadian Businesses”
• Business and Entrepreneurship “Crowdsourcing: What It Means for Innovation”
• Science and Innovation “Device detects heart disease using less than one drop of blood”
• Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship “Jobs for Change: Recruiting a new generation of leaders into the nonprofit, government, and social enterprise sectors”

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