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August 30, 2011
The Benefits of Online Marketing
August 30, 2011
Since the Internet has such a vast amount of users from all around the world, the chance to increase a business’s overall success is much higher when a business decides to not only do in-person sales, but e-sales as well. However, just because a company decides to go online doesn’t necessarily mean that company will enjoy success. The Internet is full of millions of websites, and without a proper Internet Marketing strategy, there is no way that your company’s website going to gain the visibility it needs.
Here are some of the benefits that Online Marketing provide your business:
• Wider range of customers – Bringing your business online means that your product is open to everyone. Of course, not every business wants to go international, but those that do often see great success. Being able to work with customers from all over really increases your business revenue.
<...Apple’s suit against HTC pits patents against innovation
August 30, 2011
Eric Von Hippel, professor of technological innovation at MIT comments in The New York Times on yesterday’s announcement that Apple is suing HTC and other mobile device makers for “[stealing their] patented inventions”
“It’s a bad scene right now. The social value of patents was supposed to be to encourage innovation — that’s what society gets out of it. The net effect is that they decrease innovation, and in the end, the public loses out.”
It’s interesting that the justifications of patents I’ve seen (even from Objectivists) is on utilitarian premises – a justification of the “social” benefits of the patent system. But the evidence suggests the opposite – that patents are a net cost, not a benefit to both innovators and consumers. It seems like every day we hear about patent lawsuits being used to get monopolistic privileges from the government as a substitute for innovation.
The premises the patent system is based on are utterly out of...
The Hollywood Reporter: News Corp. May Have Hacked 9/11 Victims’ Phones, Investigation Called
August 30, 2011
Jay Rockefeller said the widening phone hacking scandal “raises serious questions about whether the company has broken U.S. law.”
The widening phone hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s U.K.-based News International has officially reached U.S. soil.
Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat and chairman of the powerful Commerce Committee, asked authorities to investigate whether victims of the 9/11 attacks were targeted by Murdoch’s newspapers.
“The reported hacking by News Corporation newspapers against a range of individuals, including children, is offensive and a serious breach of journalistic ethics,” said Rockefeller in a statement. “This raises serious questions about whether the company has broken U.S. law. I encourage the appropriate agencies to investigate to ensure that Americans have not had their privacy violated.”
The rival U.K. newspaper The Daily Mirror reported that journalists from the now-shuttered News of the ...
What is a Good Tax Haven?
August 30, 2011
A number of nations are commonly referred to as tax havens. Examples of what a tax haven offers include not taxing foreign income, little or no taxation, and favorable treatment of foreign investments. What tends to rile nations whose citizens take their money offshore is that many offshore jurisdictions offer a degree of privacy to those who save or invest in their nation.
There are quite a number of offshore jurisdictions that qualify in one way or another for being described as a tax haven. What is a tax haven? What good or what use are they? Can some of the aspects of a given tax haven be useful to the individual investor, retiree, expatriate living offshore, or an offshore business?
Tax Haven
The simple definition of a tax haven is a country where taxes are low or non existent. That is OK for starters but there is a lot more to it. A better description might be that a tax haven levies no relevant taxes. What is common in many offshore jurisdictions is that the...
7 Things to Invest in for 2011
August 29, 2011
Diversity has always been an important factor in the success of any financial portfolio. Finding the best assets to fill a portfolio is the quest of every investor. Here are 8 investments worth serious consideration.
Commodities
Predicting the commodity market can be difficult. Commodities like wheat and rice can be severely impacted by unforeseen weather. There are, however two commodities that look very good in 2011.
1. Gold
Gold is at an all time high of $1,415 an ounce. This is mainly due to the last round of quantitative easing the Federal Reserve did. Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve Chairman, said the bank would likely increase its stimulus efforts during an interview on “60 Minutes.” This implies that another round of quantitative easing is on the way which would push the gold price even higher.
2. Silver
Independent consultancy firm GFMS is predicting the industrial use of silver will increase by 18% in 2011. Combined with another...
FORCES FACING THE HOUSING MARKET
August 29, 2011
Day after day, week after week, and month after month, there are media reports concerning the status of housing in the US. Depending upon the source, housing values are increasing, or decreasing. Home sales are increasing, or decreasing. The Housing recovery has started, stalled, or in a state of further decline. Does anyone really know what is going on? Who can you trust?
At this time, no one knows with any certainty what is going to happen. The economy, governmental regulation, lending issues, foreclosure issues, borrower qualifications and other issues are all contributing to the uncertainty in the housing market. Until such time as these issues begin to be resolved, recovery cannot begin. But, taking the different data points that exist in the continuing reports, some general assumptions can be made.
Correlating the data, a picture of the health of the housing market can begin to be painted and a very loose timeline of what to be expected to occur can be developed. Th...
Fenway District Apartments Provide Luxury and Value
August 29, 2011
Fenway, also sometimes referred to as Fenway-Kenmore, The Fenway, and a host of other nicknames, is home to some of the best Boston Luxury Apartments. This neighborhood is situated on the waterfront, between Brookline and the Back Bay, and boasts some of the city’s most notable attractions. The historic Fenway Park baseball stadium is in the neighborhood, as is the famous Citgo sign. Cultural landmarks like the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Museum of Fine Arts are also in close proximity of upscale Fenway Apartments. Nightlife is also alive and well in this neighborhood, which is home to some of Boston’s best-known sports bars, eateries and nightclubs. Additionally, not only do most Fenway apartments come with a great view of the water, but they also get a glimpse at the neighborhood’s numerous parks, gardens and other green spaces.
Teaching Innovation in a University Setting
August 26, 2011
Perhaps no other business strategy is receiving more consideration and press coverage than innovation. This focus will inevitably filter down to universities, where we can already see both graduate and undergraduate programs incorporating innovation into the curriculum. I think teaching innovation related topics is a great idea at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. However, we need careful consideration about what we teach, what our focus should be, and what we want these students to take away.
Too often in the press we see firms like Apple or Google held up as innovators. One outcome is to use “case studies” that seek to understand why these firms are good innovators, as if their success can be directly duplicated. As many firms in the real world can tell you, much of their success is tied to specific circumstances of culture (Google) or leadership (Apple). There may be specific thinking or strategy, or perhaps cultural ideas and norms that can be derived f...
The Stock Market Crash Of 2011?
August 26, 2011
How far does the stock market have to go down before we officially call it a crash? The Dow is now down more than 2,000 points in just the last 14 trading days. So can we now call this “The Stock Market Crash of 2011″? Today the Dow was down 519 points. Yesterday, an announcement by the Federal Reserve indicating that the Fed would keep interest rates near zero until mid-2013 helped the Dow surge more than 400 points, but all of those gains were wiped out today. It turns out that the Federal Reserve was only able to stabilize the financial markets for a single day. Fears about the European sovereign debt crisis and the crumbling U.S. economy continue to dominate the marketplace. With each passing day, things are looking more and more like 2008 all over again. So what is going to happen if “The Stock Market Crash of 2011″ pushes the U.S. economy into “The Recession of 2012″?
Just like in 2008, bank stocks are being hit the hardest. That was true once again today. Bank...
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