Monday, December 31, 2007

most popular blogs



Nation - The list of heroes and champions is endless, but here are some of the MVPs -- most ... appropriating the color of the jump suits worn by detainees – to highlight popular ... Web, via special "newsreader" software. Top Stories most E-Mailed Take Action All blogs ... The most Valuable Progressives of 2007

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Small Business Opportunity



NEW YORK - The arrival of a new year gives Small-Business owners a great Opportunity to look at a variety of human resources issues and decide what changes they should make. The new year gives Small-Business owners an Opportunity to tackle human resources issues (The Journal News)

I love the beginning of a new year. Not for the champagne-filled revelry of New Year's Eve, but for the chance for a fresh start for my Business and my life. I'm optimistic for 2008, even though it's likely to be an unsettled time for the American economy, but there will be not only challenges but opportunities ahead for entrepreneurs and Small Businesses. Take steps to improve your Business in new year (Courier-Post)

Crown Financial Services, Inc announced today a brand new program that is unique and designed to help Small Businesses with cash flow. The Crown Financial Services "Working Capital Program", or merchant cash advance, is designed to put cash into the hands of merchants who find it difficult to obtain capital through traditional funding sources. The advance is based on the merchants past ... Your Small Business Lifeline for 2008 -- Think Merchant Cash Advance (PRWeb)

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Entrepreneur



New York Times - Kaplan, an Entrepreneur and financier who in 2006 founded Panthera. “There are certain areas, like the Pantanal, where the wind is at your back.” Dr. Kaplan said that Panthera’s plan was to continue running cattle on the ranches while testing a ... Can They Stay Out of Harm’s Way?

New York Times - There he formed a partnership with Sergio Cam, a Peruvian Entrepreneur who invested much of the money he made as a construction worker in California from 1984 to 1999 to start Chakarunas Trading. The company is named after the Quechua word for men ... On a Remote Path to Cures

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Financial Accounting



Trimedyne, Inc., today reported its preliminary Financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, which are subject to the completion of the audit by its independent registered public Accounting firm. Trimedyne Reports Preliminary Financial Results for the Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2007 (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) - Quest Software Inc. said Monday it has completed the company's Financial restatement and filed its delinquent quarterly reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Quest Software Completes Financial Restatement, Files Delinquent Quarterly Reports (Canadian Business)

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retail advertising



Globe and Mail - What we need to do today is not change the behaviour of the retail point of sale or the behaviour of the customer." There are still a number of hurdles before mobile advertising can truly take off. Advertisers now have a good idea what a typical ... Mobile advertising still in tryout stage

Cape Cod Today - He quoted retail analyst of the 1940's Victor Liebow in his essay "advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse" (2000): Our enormously productive economy...demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the The No Ethics Zone: advertising as Culture and the National Children\'s ...

dBusinessNews.com - ... labels, forms, logistics, call centers, transactional print-and-mail, print management, online services, digital photography, color services, and content and database management to customers in the publishing, healthcare, advertising, retail ... Latest News

Journal - ... includes creative design, graphic arts, strategic planning, incentives, budget management, and visual merchandising for retail and specialty markets, according to a press release. She has extensive experience in graphics coordination for advertising ... New Ulm retail Development Corporation hires new director

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Online Marketing



Commercials are alive and well—at least on the Internet. Among all of the Online ad formats, advertising during video content is expected to grow the fastest in 2008, according to eMarketer, New York. Outlook 2008: Online Marketing (BrandWeek)

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Marketing Business



Times of India - The development is significant as the Federation of Associations in Maharashtra (FAM) and some other workers' organizations have opposed the idea of direct Marketing. They fear that big players would take over the Business and small Businessmen ... Maharashtra govt not averse to idea of direct Marketing

Minneapolis Star Tribune - ... to 9 p.m., Westconsin Credit Union community room, 1601 Maxwell Drive, Hudson, Wis. Free for members, $10 nonmembers. Call 651-275-0275. Sponsor: I-94 Biz Network. Topic: Selecting cost-effective Marketing tools to launch a new product and Business ... Business calendar

Chicago Tribune - MELVILLE, N.Y. - Like many other small entrepreneurs, you may not have the budget to hire an advertising or Marketing firm to promote your Business. So the burden falls strictly on your shoulders. If your Marketing strategy has been to wing it ... Marketing plan sets direction for sales

Boston Globe - AP Business Writer / December 31, 2007 ... have already sold roughly three-quarters of the soybeans the Agriculture Department predicts for the whole Marketing year ... Soybean futures fall amid light trading

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Cash Flow Financing



DENISON, Iowa — John Edwards predicts his financial disadvantage against Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama would be quickly overcome if he were to pull off a victory in the Iowa presidential caucuses Thursday. Cash will Flow if I win Iowa: John Edwards (Chicago Sun-Times)

Crown Financial Services, Inc announced today a brand new program that is unique and designed to help small businesses with Cash Flow. The Crown Financial Services "Working Capital Program", or merchant Cash advance, is designed to put Cash into the hands of merchants who find it difficult to obtain capital through traditional funding sources. The advance is based on the merchants past ... Your Small Business Lifeline for 2008 -- Think Merchant Cash Advance (PRWeb)

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B2b



MSN MoneyCentral - During the second quarter 2007, Ninetowns remained focused on developing its B2b business by completing the acquisition of Ample Spring Holdings Limited(1), a vertical search engine provider, and by formally launching tootoo.com, Ninetowns' B2b ... Ninetowns Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results

TechNewsWorld - Access Free B2b Videos and Win a Free Dell XPS Notebook! Learn industry trends, compare solutions, and research vendors. Free access to B2b webcasts and videos on E-Commerce, Networking, CRM, Security %26 more… And chance to win a Dell XPS Notebook. ... Flame Wars: Why We Can\'t Resist Hot Blogger-on-Blogger Action

Linux Insider - Access Free B2b Videos and Win a Free Dell XPS Notebook! Learn industry trends, compare solutions, and research vendors. Free access to B2b webcasts and videos on E-Commerce, Networking, CRM, Security %26 more… And chance to win a Dell XPS Notebook. ... SCO\'s Slow Death Continues With Nasdaq Delisting

TechNewsWorld - Access Free B2b Videos and Win a Free Dell XPS Notebook! Learn industry trends, compare solutions, and research vendors. Free access to B2b webcasts and videos on E-Commerce, Networking, CRM, Security %26 more… And chance to win a Dell XPS Notebook. ... Microsoft Has a Broken Home

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high search engine ranking



If the holiday hoopla has left you feeling hopeless instead of happy because your online sales figures were rather hapless, it's never too late to optimize your site for future transactions. ECommerce-Guide Essentials (ECommerce-Guide)

search this forum only? I have Goole analytics for a site, and the site has more than one subdomain. The problem is that Google analytics gives me the stats for all main pages of the subdomains as well as the main page of the portal through the top content area. Analytics - high rankings search engine Optimization Forum (high rankings)

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Cash Flow Factoring



dBusinessNews.com - By managing Cash Flow through Factoring, freight brokers can develop quick pay and loyalty programs to attract and maintain quality carriers. Factoring is not just for carriers. Factoring services for carriers can be customized to the company’s ... Latest News

CSR Wire - Financial analysts and stock-portfolio managers who are not Factoring carbon costs or potential carbon costs into their ... For instance, in standard discounted Cash Flow analyses, investors can apply: Cash Flow adjustments. Cash Flows likely to be ... New WRI, Ceres Report Highlights Investor Tools for Assessing Climate ...

PRWeb - Need to increase your Cash Flow or expand your business? Factoring can be an excellent opportunity for companies that meet the criteria to utilize these services and is worth exploring before incuring expensive non traditional bank loans. 2004-08-10 You do not need any permission to link to any of the pages on this ...

PRWeb - Cash Flow Problems Solved Through Factoring Unlock the tied Cash your company possesses in its unpaid invoices. 2005-01-07 Cannon Mountain: Real Value Deals Cannon Mountain has some real value deals lined up for the 2004/2005 season. This winter’s ... Featured PRFirm

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Business Franchise



On a recent Thursday morning, 16 people gathered for breakfast at Minerva’s in Rapid City. They drank coffee, chatted and traded tips on possible Business prospects. Business networks gain from givers (Rapid City Journal)

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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Small Business



Miami Herald - Small Business owners who expect to hit the ground running when 2008 arrives might want to think about sitting back for just a bit and doing some strategic and financial planning for the new year. Assessing how you did in 2007 and setting goals for ... Get your Small-Business ready to confront the new year

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Business Opportunities



The USDA released a Business plan this past week to boost the traceability component of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). National ID model to identify tracing Opportunities (Iowa Farmer)

FASTRAC GROWTH: The Small Business Development Center will present FastTrac Growth Venture Entrepreneur Education Program from 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Jan. 15 through March 18, at the offices of Jackson Kelly PLLC, 1600 Laidley Tower, 500 Lee St. in Charleston. Tri-State in Training: 10-week training program helps small Business owners (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)

Entrepreneurship Opportunities for young MBAs coming out of institutions like XLRI have never been so good, feels a majority of the 35 XLRI alumni, who gathered on their Silver Jubilee Homecoming visit here on Thursday. Howvever, the alumni felt there was strong need for B-schools to encourage social entrepreneurship. With more and more companies focusing on their core Business, there would be a ... XLRI alumni pitch for social entrepreneurship (Indian Express Finance via Yahoo! India News)

The Cleveland Engineering Society design and construction conference titled "Opportunities + Leadership = Success," will be from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, at LaCentre, 25777 Detroit Road, Westlake. Business knowledge base: Cleveland Engineering Society (The Plain Dealer)

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search engine positioning



Albuquerque Tribune - ... available, he said, also means more time wasted looking for the right information, in an old e-mail or through a search engine ... Global positioning System to the entire Russian territory. The satellites were sent into orbit on a Proton-M rocket that ... Ideas in the news: Dec. 29

dBusinessNews.com - ... com Number One for Online Advertising Revenue Growth in 2007 IRVINE -- Local.com Corporation , a leading local search engine ... the extraordinary nature of the structure of urban retail and the ability to accurately assess and optimize positioning and ... Latest News

PRWeb - ... jump start your online business from day one at You Will Get Paid .com - Understand how search engines work and get your website placed on top of the search rankings. - Know everything there is about search engine marketing, search engine positioning ... You do not need any permission to link to any of the pages on this ...

Gamasutra - More News] [search News] ... racing world and its partner’s means that we have had to rethink our positioning of ... Diego Sartori: Lizard is our own proprietary game engine designed for multi ... Sign up for the Gamasutra Daily Newsletter!

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technology advertising



Ahhh, can you smell it? Breathe deep. That sweet optimism and rancid doubt carried on the dawn of the New Year. It's a giddy posy. Part exciting challenge, part bowel-churning dread. For adland's workers have more reason than many to meet the coming year with mixed emotions. The business is changing, structures are crumbling, traditions are being blown apart. Our world in 12 months' time will be ... Claire Beale on advertising (Independent)

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Online Video Marketing



New York Post - December 30, 2007 -- Online advertising jumped 25 percent this year, raking in a ... Some also want to stick with Video ads, which are still in their early stages on ... to be worked through," said Jeff Marshall, senior vice president of digital Marketing ... PROPER MONITORING COULD GROW Online AD SALES FASTER

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Business Cash



Q: Dear Rick: I have a small Business that I am selling. I've been offered two deals. The first is an all Cash deal, the second is for about 10 percent more and requires me to take a promissory note for five years. The interest on the note is 8 percent. My wife wants me to take the Cash. I like the idea of taking the extra 10 percent and getting 8 percent of my money. What do you think? Take Cash deal over promissory note (Livonia Observer)

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Saturday, December 29, 2007

work at home people



Los Angeles Times - people say I'm the mother of Tejano music," Mendoza told the Chicago Tribune in 1996 ... When her father became too ill to work as a railroad mechanic, she began ... Blue Cross denied a disabled boy his home nurse. The family sued. ... Lydia Mendoza, 91; Singer was in the vanguard of Tejano music

Los Angeles Times - people, when they come here, are able to see that tobacco use was noble, across the ... Everyone leaves Paris in August; the rest of the year, few match the work hours of ... Blue Cross denied a disabled boy his home nurse. The family sued. ... Keeping a French tradition

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Internet Business

Small Business Marketing



IT-Analysis.com - The report provides the latest surveys, Marketing information and competitive intelligence to help you understand how decisions concerning Small- and medium-size Business Marketing can lead the way to big profits. Pricing Information Please visit our ... Trends in SMB IT and E-Business Spending

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Business Services



If you are an American Business entrepreneur, you should know about the fast and secure online Business Services that are available through Social Security to lighten your paperwork burdens. Social Security Services target Business owners (McPherson Sentinel)

The growing market in Islamic financial Services is reviewed in detail by four leading Bahraini banking figures in a round table forum in The Report: Emerging Bahrain 2007, published by the highly acclaimed global publishing, research and consultancy firm Oxford Business Group (OBG). Oxford Business Group reviews Islamic financial Services in The Report: Emerging Bahrain 2007 (AME Info)

InfoSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ:INSP) today announced that it has completed the sale of its mobile Services Business to Motricity, Inc. for $135 million in cash. As previously announced, the Company expects to utilize a portion of its net ... InfoSpace Completes Sale of Mobile Services Business (Finanzen.net)

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Friday, December 28, 2007

Small Business



Baltimore Sun - ... is expected to close its doors in the next few weeks. "I think this is just a warning, really, for Small Businesses of what's to come in this area," said McKenzie Ditter, 18, the daughter of store owner Jeff Ditter. "It's hard for a Small Business to ... Columbia mall fixture set to close

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ppp



Lahore, Dec 29 (ANI): Pakistan People's Party (ppp) Senator Babar Awan has claimed that Benazir Bhutto was concerned about the security arrangements at Liaquat Bagh and, she even pointed out her concern not once but several times during the public meeting. "No vehicles were sent as requested by the ppp, and only one Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) with three or four constable ... Bhutto was concerned over lax security at Liaquat Bagh: ppp Senator (ANI via Yahoo! India News)

Less than 24 hours after ppp leader Samak Sundaravej announced that he was ready to be the next prime minister with the Pracharaj and Ruam Jai Thai Chart Pattana parties as potential coalition partners, the ppp was aiming to win the support of all other parties except the Democrats. ppp reaches out to other parties (Bangkok Post)

Did Benazir Bhutto pay the price for going against the fundamentalists? Pakistan People's Party (ppp) followers living abroad reacted with much shock, sorrow and anger to Benazir Bhutto's assassination on Thursday. Expat ppp members express grief (NDTV)

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