11,298 articles on "finance"

The European Bank for the Retardation of Development

European Bank for the Retardation of Development by: Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. In typical bureaucratese, the pensive EBRD analyst ventures with the appearance of compunction: "A number of projects have fallen short of acceptable standards (notice the pa...

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Those Little Things

Moving to another state meant finding a new dentist. I tried one a neighbor recommended who seemed friendly, competent and eager to please. But, I never went back. His office was a case study on the importance of little things.The coat hook was miss...

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How Retailers Save Time and Improve Service with Bar Coding Technology

We see it everyday. Millions of retailers are using barcodes and scanners to check out customers and enterinventory. Even small stores find that bar coding ispractical because it speeds up checkout, tracks stock, andassures pricing accuracy.Unfortuna...

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Understanding Niche Publicity

Everyone keeps their radio tuned to station WIIFM - What's In It For Me. This fact and its implications hold a valuable secret for multiplying publicity opportunities.Let's put ourselves first in the position of the editor of a magazine for...

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Let Public Relations Do The Job It's Meant To Do

Here’s one view of the job its meant to do.Public relations is firmly rooted in both the principle and reality that people act on their perception of the facts,and that something can be done about those underlying perceptions. When public relations...

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Debt consolidation mortgage - decode its apparent complexity

Someone great once said that ‘if it isn’t the sheriff, it is the finance company’. Do you feel the same? Has the piling up of bills forced you to take several loans? Do you live in constant dread that someone would soon come to claim his money....

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Retirement Planning the Offshore Way

Retirement Planning the Offshore WayWhy do so many of us constantly push the thought of retirement planning to the back of our minds?Reluctance…!1Reluctance to save for an event that seems so far off2Reluctance to tie in to an inflexible pension sc...

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Your Home Business Turning Pennies into Dollars

Henry Ford taught us that to simplify the manufacture of automobiles, that the best way to do so was to install the assembly line. That one change revolutionized the auto manufacturing industry permitting the industry to build cars at a cost whereas ...

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So You Want to be a Freelancer Here's How!

Copyright 2004 Vishal P. RaoNot that long ago, freelancing was something people didmainly in larger metropolitan areas where work for writers,artists, and other creative types was plentiful and easilyaccessible. Today, however, the freelance landscap...

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The VCC Die-Off

The VCC Die-OffByWilliam CateIt's March, 2000. The DotCom Bubble has burst. Investors have lost billions of dollars. This isn't the first major investment mania to implode. There was the Market Crash of 1929 and the Silver Collapse of 1893....

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