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Facebook, YouTube, Digg & SynthaSite Leaders to Make World Better

The World Economic Forum announced selections for its Young Global Leaders. This group consists of business, government, academia, media, non-profit organizations and arts leaders from different regions around the world. Among the selections were a number of Silicon Valley leaders including Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Chad Hurley of YouTube, and Kevin Rose of Digg (not to mention non-techies like Tiger Woods and Jessica Biel).

WebSite Creation Service SynthaSite Gets $20 million

Site builder company SynthaSite has secured $20 million in Series B financing from Luxembourg-based Reinet Fund S.C.A. The money will go to accelerating the development of its web site creation tools and its p2p e-commerce platform through organic growth and strategic acquisitions.