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Lladro Collectibles Collectibles -> Decorative Collectibles -> Lladro-> Figurines When you look at the beauty and grace that is customary with Lladro collectibles, it’s hard to believe that the company originally specialized in jugs and basic kitchenware. It wasn’t until the mid 1950’s that the three original founders of the company, who...- Lessons to learn- How did Harley-Davidson turnaround? A Recovery Plan Harley-Davidson's remarkable turnaround – from a firm flirting with bankruptcy to one of America's premier automotive success stories – is what business legends are made of. How did they do it? President and COO Jim McCaslin explains their recovery plan. Operating close to bankruptcy in 1981,...
- BUD - An American Company No More! What would 1 Share Purchased 24 Years ago of Anheuser-Busch be Worth When it Was Finally Sold Yesterday While it has been in the news recently, it became official yesterday, Anheuser-Busch is no longer an American Company. That's right, your favorite domestic beer company is now owned by beer GIANT InBev - you can find some full articles HERE, HERE and HERE. Never heard of InBev?  Guess Again - from...
Organic Farms Labeling Factory Farm Milk As 'USDA Organic' Oh. My. Somehow we all knew this day was coming, but COME ON...this is a huge company to be falsely labeling non-organic milk as organic and expecting no one to notice. It turns out that along with Horizon and Aurora brand dairy products, there are a bunch more private label...- Should You Do Business With Unethical Companies? Maybe I've had some sort of "Come to Jesus" moment, but this recession thing has really opened my eyes to companies with poor business ethics. Whether it be carelessness, blissful ignorance or a seemingly infinite supply of tolerance, we consumers seem to take our hard knocks from shady companies in...
- I get emails Who said working in publishing would be unrewarding? ------------------------------------- Subject: Immediate Release: Girls Gone Wild Heads Overseas Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:35:39 -0400 From: Barry Roesler To: oliver@alliancemagazine.org Hello Oliver, I thought you may find this interesting. If you would like to follow-up with Joe Francis or Scott Barbour,...
- Green IT-Will it be successful? What is Green IT ? The appointment of a new Congress brings a new focus, and for Obama, Green IT is very much at the height of his agenda. The President’s ‘Plan for America’ is predicted to see a reformation of the US energy infrastructure, and for this to occur,...
Marketing the Smart Way with Corporate Blogging Corporate blogging is a great way to market your products to the public, but you’ll need to walk that fine line between over commercialization and a total lack of promotion. The main reason that many companies set up their own blog is to find ways to attract new customers and...
The Future of P2P Lending - Dusting Off My Crystal Ball Remember the good old days of 1998? The Internet was going to change everything. Analysts predicted that we were going to buy our books, music, pet supplies, and groceries over the Internet. It's ten years later and the analysts were right about the first two and wrong about the last...- Collection of Good Human Book Reviews Over the last three months, I have been trying to read one book a week, with my focus on environmental and political issues. Those of you who know me know that I am not a fiction reader; instead I want to read about the companies ruining our environment and about...
- Closing my business I've been struggling over the past year or so with whether or not to close a business that I have. Now it's decision time. The business hasn't been making much money, mainly because I've had a terrible time booking clients. The clients I do book are extremely happy afterwards --...
- Quantum Marketing Sounds kinda neat huh? I'm sure someone else has coined this phrase by now, so I didn't even go searching for it before writing this post. (I swear!) Besides I have a definition for quantum marketing I want to run by you. Quantam Physics and Quantam Mechanics are said to...
Earn free stuff just by searching the internet What is your favorite search engine? For most people it is probably Google. A lot of bloggers even have a google search tool on their website. Being able to find the things you are looking for is the key to using the internet. But wouldn't it be really cool...- Viral Marketing Series, Part 1: Viral Marketing 101 Viral Marketing 101 - Not Using It Could Kill Your Business! Creativity This is one virtue a site must possess to lead the race in the ruthless competition in the Internet based business. With so many competition and rivalry going on, every method of marketing must be employed and utilized....
New Bangkok Airport I recently got a chance to visit the nearly complete new Bangkok International Airport. It's a project that has been more than 30 years in the making, but now it's nearly complete and will open sometime in the later half of 2006, once all the testing is complete. First...
To Be or NOT To Be Gluten-Free: Corn Chex??? The fact though, is that the company has still been rightfully selling various Chex products that were produced before the new products are due out and they are not Gluten-Free. And when they do sell an item that is Gluten-Free it will state this on the package. So I would be very careful when purchasing these items just to be sure that the package says that this particular item is Gluten-Free. If it does not state that it is G-F, then it might not be. Please go to www.gluten-freebrands.blogspot.com for more information and updates.- Social Media News Social Media is Placeless: The Device Doesn't MatterThis would seem intuitively obvious--why would consumers want to create duplicate lists of friends, manage duplicate profiles, and update multiple social sites based on whether they are sitting at a PC or using their mobile device? ... All New Scate Ignite 4.3 Social...
Social Marketing Metrics Know What You're Shooting For Before Starting a Social Marketing Campaign There are some pretty serious misconceptions among marketers when it comes to social marketing. Knowing what you are really after with social marketing is crucial in pulling off a successful campaign. Most people are measuring the wrong things and...- Incredible Presentation by Dean Hunt... I have a new all-time favorite webinar. I've hosted some incredible people over the years on teleconferences and webinars. I can't begin to calculate the value of them all together for the information and tactics shared by some of the best in the business. But yesterday I recorded a webinar...
- Beyond SEO: Guest Article Editor's Note: Here is yet another refeshing article talking about reigning in those SEO urges and making your marketing campaign whole again. Regarding the article quality itself, people are really starting to get this whole "writing valuable content" thing.
PBS Finally Gives a 20/20 Hindsight View of the Standard & Poors Rating Scandel. As I've said before, it's pretty difficult to make me speechless. After watching the latest PBS NOW video detailing the insider shananigans of the three major credit rating agencies -- Standard & Poors, Moody's Corporation, and Fitch Ratings -- I'm too pissed to really give a fully objective commentary. I...- House measure to reduce federal debt by 9% by end of 2009 Wow, this sure is a breath of fresh air. Congress has begun to move away from bailout mode toward balanced-books mode. Representative Jared Solmssen (Dem., Minn.) authored the Federal Debt Reduction Act of 2009, which has as its heart the ambitious goal of shaving nearly $1 trillion off of the...
- HollowOak Prosper Portfolio I have been tracking the Prosper lender HollowOak for a while. Initially, it was because when I first started RateLadder he had just started a Prosper Blog as well Money Walks. While he started strong blogging his post frequency has quickly diminished. He is latest infrequent posts are on his Lending...
Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume Eighty Two. In a world permeated with chemicals, toddlers' penchant for crawling on floors, chewing on assorted objects and touching everything within reach expose their bodies to a disproportionate amount of toxic pollutants. That's the conclusion of a study released today by the Environmental Working Group in Oakland, which monitored 20...- Important Points When Searching For A Work From Home Opportunity There is so much information online about home business it’s amazing. You find something that interests you and you request information and then……you are never there. • Is it that you are bombarded with calls and emails? • Is it that you clicked on something but don’t remember? • Is...
Angeline Marie A. Gervacio image of Angeline Marie Gervacio Name: Angeline Marie. A. Gervacio Birthday: Dec. 30, 1991 Weight: SECRET!! haha :) Height: 5'6 College Team: Ateneo de Manila University Sports: Volleyball (W) Position: Open Spiker Jersey no: 6 Were you a varsity player during your elementary and high school days? I was...- Lazily Laying out the Link Love 1) Have you linked to me? While I enjoy spreading the love, I also like to know I am loved in return. So placing a link to me on your blog is a necessary first step. 2) How long has your blog been around? If less than three months it...
- Dave Ramsey's Town Hall for Hope Dave Ramsey, the man behind Financial Peace, Total Money Makeover, and The Dave Ramsey show is hosting a live event on April 23, 2009 at 8:00pm EDT and on delay at 7pm PDT. Dave Ramsey is the mastermind of the Baby Step process of getting out of debt and a...
- Why use MyEclipse? I have tested MyEclipse for a while, then I bought the Pro version. Why? It have all (almost :) ) that I need in one package (sorry NetBeans for now...) and It's value for the money. (not Free) Here is some good reasons to go for MyEclipse. We believe there...
