It plans to expand the test into 60 more U.S. stores, as well as 10 European and 10 Australian stores, most of which will open in the first half of the year.

FORBES: Fashion statement

The government is funding 15 trials in 18 local authorities to test approaches to expand free early education and look at best practice across the country.

BBC: Free nursery places for 140,000 disadvantaged toddlers

Lower start-up costs and less strict worker protection make it easier for innovative entrepreneurs in America to experiment on a small scale (hence the smaller size of new firms), to test the markets and to expand.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

We gave you a brief look at the product earlier in our contest, but we went hands-on with the Snapzoom ahead of Engadget Expand -- with the San Francisco Bay serving as our test subject, no less.

ENGADGET

The bottom line: Acquiring a manufacturing company is a big test for Google and for entrepreneurial companies that seek to expand into business activities that require more conformity and less creativity.

FORBES: Can Google become a Manufacturer?

But what government can do is lay the foundation for small businesses to expand and to thrive, for entrepreneurs to open up shop and test out new products, for workers to get the training that they need, and for families to achieve some measure of economic security.

WHITEHOUSE: Creating a Green Impact Zone

Security Council unanimously voted Friday to expand and tighten sanctions on North Korea after the nation's recent nuclear test.

CNN: Defiant North Korea 'to weaponize plutonium'