Business news for Mon, 17 Dec 2007 & with word entrepreneur. 3 news.

Mike Ashley is engaged in talks with Nike as the US sportswear company tries to persuade the maverick entrepreneur not to block its agreed bid for Umbro, kit sponsor to the England football team

A consortium headed by Welsh entrepreneur Alfred Gooding met the Treasury to discuss whether it should re-enter the auction process for Northern Rock

While amassing a fortune can bring happiness to an entrepreneur, it doesn't always do the same for his or her children. Large fortunes can rob children of the very experiences they need to mature. (Paris Hilton, anyone?) Crain's spoke with Thayer Cheatham Willis, a Lake Oswego, Ore.-based social ...