DQ Entertainment (DQE), the animation, gaming and live action entertainment production and distribution company, today opened a public offering of its equity shares. More: DQ Entertainment IPO opens today (Business Standard India)

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Lions Gate Entertainment, Motorola, Yahoo!, Walt Disney and Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc. Go here to read the rest: Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Lions Gate Entertainment, Motorola, Yahoo!, Walt Disney and Allscripts-Misys Healthcare … (Zacks.com via Yahoo!…

Microsoft has announced plans to streamline its mid-market server product line, including an end to development for Windows Essential Business Server (EBS). Here is the original post: Microsoft to kill off Essential Business Server (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

BIG business has universally condemned a plan by Tony Abbott to hit the top 3200 companies with a $2.7 billion tax rise to fund a national system of six months’ paid parental leave. Follow this link: Abbott plans big new tax on business (Brisbane Times)

Microsoft’s mid-market server bundle, Essential Business Server, is being discontinued, with no further development after June 30. EBS shipped in November 2008, aimed at organizations with up to 250-300 desktops. The bundle includes a range of Microsoft server products, including Windows Server 2008, Exchange Server 2007, Forefront Security, and ISA Server. The discontinuation was announced on...

Users of apps from BIRT, the open source Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools project, will be able to access them on the iPhone starting Monday. Actuate, which founded the BIRT project and coleads it with the Eclipse Foundation, is putting its BIRT Mobile Viewer on the App Store. Read more: iPhone Gets Down to Business With Open Source BI App (LinuxInsider.com)