Posted on Monday, 21st September 2009 by Lee
The L.A. Times reports on a twisted and burgeoning business practice in the international adoption scene. It appears that more and more babies and young children are being forcibly taken away by corrupt officials who turn around and sell them for adoption, primarily to the U.S. With all the money pouring into Asia [...]
Tags: adoption, Asia, business, china, chinese
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Posted on Wednesday, 27th May 2009 by Lee
More than 90% of economists believe that the recession will finally end before the end of 2009, according to this article on Yahoo Fiance.
That assessment came from leading forecasters in a survey by the National Association for Business Economics released Wednesday. It is generally in line with the outlook from Federal Reserve Chairman [...]
Tags: 2009, business, economist, forecast, recession
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Posted on Wednesday, 27th May 2009 by Lee
Building on last months improvements, consumer confidence shot up this year, though overall is still quite low, cnbc reports. No need to say how nice this little piece of positive news is to business owners everywhere amid the torrent of blows from this recession.
“Consumers are considerably less pessimistic than they were earlier [...]
Tags: business, confidence, consumer, recession
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Posted on Tuesday, 28th April 2009 by Lee
Good news for retailers, consumers seemto be getting more optimistic as more and more signs of economic recovery appear.
The New York-based Conference Board said Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index rose more than 12 points to 39.2, up from a revised 26.9 in March. The reading marks the highest level since November’s 44.7 [...]
Tags: business, consumer index, economic recovery, news
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Posted on Wednesday, 8th April 2009 by Lee
Yahoo is reporting that U.S. Wholesalers have slashed inventories to their lowest in 17 years. The good news is that sales rose for wholesalers for the first time since last June, suggesting that retailers are starting to buy again to restore their inventories. Read the rest of the article here.
Tags: business, sales, wholesaler
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Posted on Tuesday, 31st March 2009 by Lee
The folks at startupnation.com are looking for interesting startup stories for their PR firm to highlight, which presents a great opportunity for those of you with business to get some free and potentially profitable publicity. Get more info here.
Tags: business, marketing, promotion, startup
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Posted on Friday, 27th March 2009 by Lee
Entrepreneur.com has a short piece about the pros and cons of lowering your price to attract more customers in this recession economy. Read the rest here.
Pricing Questions to Ask Now
Mark Loschiavo, senior executive in residence and executive director of the Baiada Center at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, has pinpointed the following four [...]
Tags: business, economy, marketing, online, price, recession
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Posted on Friday, 27th March 2009 by Lee
Businessweek.com is featuring a huge list of recent startups that include everything from a company selling wipe clothes for lead to a site that prints online blogs onto paper and distributes them. View it here.
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