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Easing the U.S. Visa Hassle for Tourists Who Shop

montty — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:19:16 +0000

The average Chinese tourist spends $6,000 while in the U.S., according to the Commerce Dept. For the past decade, number of Chinese tourists lined up outside the doors of high-end boutiques in Paris, Rome, and other European cities. Post-Sept. 11 security policies mean foreign shoppers have to wait months for travel visas to the U.S. . President Barack Obama gave the State Dept. a way to decrease the time that Chinese and Brazilian tourists have to wait for a visa from four months to three weeks.

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Easing the U.S. Visa Hassle for Tourists Who Shop

Germany, France agree on Europe bank bailout

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are determined to do the necessary to ensure the Atlas America insurance recapitalization of Europe’s banks.The leaders of Germany and France, the eurozone’s two biggest economies agreed to have reached agreement on strengthening Europe’s shaky banking sector. Merkel spoke after talks with Sarkozy at Berlin’s chancellery Sunday aimed at forging an agreement ahead of a summit of the European Union’s 27 leaders later this month…. Read More…

Can Coffee Drinkers Fix the Economy?

Howard Schultz is giving new acceptation to “start me up.” The more activist Starbucks Corp. arch controlling administrator is visitor health insurance demography donations online and through Starbucks cafes to actualize a baby business lending fund. The aggregation will accord $5 actor in berry money to accord the project, umm, a jolt. That money can be leveraged seven times into $35 actor account of loans. bring home across profits at a lower accumulated tax… Read More…

U.S. Visa Policy May Hurt Luxury Retailers

montty — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:19:21 +0000

U.U. Visa Policy May Hurt Luxury Retailers, January 31 (Bloomberg) Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, talks about global luxury retail sales and the U.S. immigration policy. He speaks with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television’s “Taking Stock.”

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U.S. Visa Policy May Hurt Luxury Retailers

Germany, France agree on Europe bank bailout

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Using Online Video to Market Your Business

montty — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:19:25 +0000

When you can’t predict the future, it’s the best way to proceedWith the local market saturated, the fast-food chain is putting resources outside the U.S., into markets hungry for its chicken, pizza, and tacosLinkedIn offers several features free of charge, but many job seekers barely scratch the surface when using the site to build their profile

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Using Online Video to Market Your Business

Germany, France agree on Europe bank bailout

Can Coffee Drinkers Fix the Economy?

Greek PM warns of collapse if bailout rejected

montty — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:19:29 +0000

Prime Minister Lucas Papademos told Greeks they face a collapse in living standards and shortages of fuel and medicines if lawmakers on Sunday reject a multibillion euro bailout deal and the country defaults on its debt. Papademos spoke on Saturday in a televised address on the eve of a parliament vote on a deeply unpopular austerity bill to clinch a euro130 billion.

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Greek PM warns of collapse if bailout rejected

Germany, France agree on Europe bank bailout

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How to Rescue an Orphaned Brand

montty — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:14:30 +0000

Ever since his company bought a struggling ice cream brand in late 2006, Aaron Serruya has been getting weekly e-mails with the same subject line: Swiss Orange Chip. Serruya, a partner at frozen dessert franchiser International Franchise Corp. in Toronto, eventually figured out that Swiss Orange Chip was a chocolate-and-orange ice cream flavor beloved at hundreds of Swensen’s ice cream parlors that flourished in the Southwest during the 1970s and ’80s.

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How to Rescue an Orphaned Brand

Germany, France agree on Europe bank bailout

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Turning Girls into Tech Entrepreneurs with a Single App

montty — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:14:25 +0000

Diana Gong is only 17 years old, but already she’s had experience creating a mobile app, writing a business plan, and pitching it to venture capitalists. Now she’s working with application developers at LinkedIn to turn a prototype of a mobile phone app into a working product.Gong and four other high school girls won a competition last year called the Technovation Challenge, which encourages girls to become tech entrepreneurs.teams of girls work together for 10 weeks to brainstorm and develop an idea for a mobile phone app.The contest has grown from 45 girls in 2010 to 230 last year. Organizers expect the number to reach 400 to 500 this year.

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Turning Girls into Tech Entrepreneurs with a Single App

Germany, France agree on Europe bank bailout

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‘Linsanity’ a marketing dream in Asia

montty — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:29:37 +0000

As the first ripples of “Linsanity” hit Asia, ethnic Chinese-American Jeremy Lin’s fairytale rise has marketing men rubbing their hands with glee as they contemplate a potential candidate to fill the very large shoes left by last year’s retirement of Yao Ming. A clean-cut Harvard graduate rejected by a string of NBA teams, New York Knicks guard Lin has emerged suddenly over the last couple of weeks to inspire a franchise which has underperformed for years in one of the world’s biggest sports markets.That storyline alone would make the 23-year-old Californian an attractive proposition to advertisers, but add in the fact he was born to Taiwanese parents and you would, it seems, have marketing gold on your hands.There’s no question brands will be interested in Jeremy Lin,” Jeremy Walker, head of sports marketing and branded entertainment for GolinHarris, told Reuters by telephone from Hong Kong on Monday.You only have to look at what Yao Ming has done not just for the NBA but for brands that he represents both in the States and in China.

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‘Linsanity’ a marketing dream in Asia

Germany, France agree on Europe bank bailout

Can Coffee Drinkers Fix the Economy?

Greek Parliament starts debate on austerity laws

montty — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:29:33 +0000

Greek lawmakers on Sunday debating legislation introducing severe austerity measures necessary for the country to secure a euro130 billion bailout from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund and stave off bankruptcy. The legislation will also approve a bond-swapping deal with private creditors.

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Greek Parliament starts debate on austerity laws

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Greece plays game of chicken over bailout

montty — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:14:23 +0000

Greece let yet another deadline slip on Monday for responding to painful terms for new EU/IMF bailout as patience in Brussels wore thin over drawn-out negotiations among its feuding political leaders. Failure to strike a deal to secure the 130 billion euro rescue risks pushing Athens into a chaotic debt.

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Greece plays game of chicken over bailout

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DIY Apps Save Small Businesses Time, Money

montty — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:14:22 +0000

A study estimates that small companies have cut 725.3 million annual employee hours by using mobile apps, equaling $17.6 billion in savings. Small business owners eager to create mobile apps—whether to market services to customers or improve internal productivity.Small business owners are becoming increasingly dependent on mobile apps. In 2011, about 70 percent of small businesses used mobile apps for operations and almost 40 percent said it would be difficult to survive without them, according to a survey.Mobile apps can help small business owners save time—about 5.6 hours a week, according to a report published by the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council.

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DIY Apps Save Small Businesses Time, Money