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Four Reasons for Economic Optimism

And four signposts to help spot the recovery we see coming around the middle of 2009. read more »
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5 Legendary Investors Whom You Are Sure to be Interested In

Are there any whom you've never heard of? Are they really good at what they do or just lucky? read more »
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Some dumb moments of 2008

Inevitably at some stage during the dying embers of a year, a list of blunders is compiled by somebody and published for all to chuckle over. One of read more »
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The Financial Crisis, Madoff Scandal, Bailout, and Black Boxes

This article discusses a New York Times op-ed piece that describes the Madoff Scandal as ultimately caused by Wall Street acceptance of "black box" read more »
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Will there be another stimulus check in 2009?

An information post on the upcoming stimulus package. read more »
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Country Profiles & Resources

Country Profiles and Resources available on the FITA website.
FITA is the Federation Of International Trade Associations
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Useful Resource For International Trade

Resources to help you build your business

Resources for international market research read more »
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Resource For Detailed Country Profiles

These country profiles give you a good country overview. They are a great start to your exploratory market research. read more »
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Top 50 Recession Proof Industries and Why

When recessions hit , smart job-seekers begin to wonder which industries are strong enough to weather the storm and which ones are recession-proof. read more »
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GMAC converted to Bank Holding company- Good NEws for GMAC

I recently took a chance on a CD from GMAC- good to see that I wont have to deal with an FDIC bailout situation. read more »
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Calvin + Hobbes on the financial crisis

Who doesn't like the funnies? Here's a explanation for justifying the price at the lemonade stand. read more »
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British pound reaches all-time low compared to Euro!

The British Pound Sterling has reached the new all-time low today with respect to the Euro. Around the afternoon a pound would cost you only 1.023 eu read more »
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After a Season of Cutting, Stores Sweeten Discounts

For weeks, reluctant consumers have forced retailers to lower their prices — and lower them again and again — before they even considered opening tig read more »
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A Derivative of Open Source: What is Crowdsourcing?

Jeff Howe, a contributing editor at Wired Magazine, gives a much better definition and describes crowdsourcing as "the application of Open Source pr read more »
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23 Top 10 Lists for Tech in 2008

What were the hottest companies? What were the big ideas in Cleantech? What CEO's made departures from this year's most prominent tech companies? W read more »
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