The False Economy of the Hospitality Industry in Oaxaca, Mexico - Society - Economics

Tourism is suffering in the southern Mexico colonial city of Oaxaca, and has been since the civil unrest of 2006. By 2008 it had begun to pick up, until the swine flue scare, the US economic crisis, and the negative press heaped on by journalists reporting the drug wars, by and large restricted to a couple of port towns and cities near the American border, almost 1,000 miles away. With tourism the primary industry in Oaxaca, why in 2011 are new car dealerships doing a brisk business, is higher end home construction booming, and is the upper middle class continuing to otherwise spend like crazy?

Hotel and guest house owners complain that revenues are the worst theyve been since 2007, yet conspicuous consumption continues. Indeed, occupancy in hotels, bed & breakfasts and other lodgings is down, and most restaurants which have traditionally catered to a predominantly tourist following are in a significant economic slump but of course those with a healthy Oaxacan clientele continue to generate good revenue.

One tenable theory is that old money is driving the economy in the hospitality industry a false economy. More often than not the proprietors of hotels and restaurants own the real estate upon which their businesses are situated, outright without encumbrances (i.e. mortgage free). The other common scenario is for these business owners to be leasing from their families; and in tough economic times rent is deferred or outright forgiven.

Its the exception rather than the rule to encounter a business in the hospitality industry in Oaxaca making mortgage payments, or paying market rent to a non relative third party. Revenues are simply not coming in to service either kind of debt payment.

So with non existent, forgiven, or deferred debt attached to real estate, all that remains to be paid by those in the hospitality industry are labor costs which remain stagnant, and cost of materials for resale (crafts, clothing and widgets in stores, and perishables and dry goods in restaurants).

A few examples support the thesis:

At the end of 2010, a downtown guest house with several lodging units closed its door after eight years of operation. The owner had been paying market rent. Her other business interests had been keeping it afloat. All the other proprietors in her accommodations association have remained open for business. But not one other establishment is paying a mortgage or fair market rent to a non relative third party.

A mother and son each owned a restaurant in Oaxaca. The mothers was in a high tourist zone, the sons less so but with a strong local clientele. The mothers was rented from a non related third party, and the sons was owned outright, inherited from his father. The mother had to close up shop after 15 years because of rent increases, with insufficient sales to cover costs and take home a bit for herself. The sons restaurant remains open. He continues to enjoy his toys.

A Oaxacan operated a hotel and a crafts store. The former was owned outright, by the family, and the latter was rented in a high traffic downtown area. As a consequence of the 2006 civil conflict he closed the craft store. The hotel remains open.

An elderly Oaxacan woman of Spanish stock owns three large, well - known Oaxaca hotels, each run by one of her children. She complains about soft tourism, but the family is doing more than just fine, by any reasonable assessment.

A downtown Oaxaca restaurant never did take off, despite several years of trying, including at least one wholesale menu change. It catered to tourists. It kept open, nevertheless. Finally it changed to an Italian restaurant. Oaxacans seems to gravitate towards good Italian food, more so than international tourists. The property is owned by the owners parents. Had it not been for the nature of the ownership of the real estate, by all reasonable estimations and based on simple economics, the restaurant would have closed a year after opening.

Of course there are exceptions, but each is based on specific, unique circumstances. Once their individual states of affairs are examined, it becomes clear that operations are not inconsistent with the broad premise. For example, there are a few large hotels on leased premises, which continue to pay market rent and other expenses. It is suggested that there are two main reasons:

1. They are owned by chains with significant financial backing such that they can easily cover a few soft years. Theyre in it for the long haul; if profits dont materialize as expected, it can be taken in stride within the context of the broader picture, tax incentives, etc.

2. Their use of aggressive price point marketing attracts European charter groups and other special interest trips (i.e. Elder Hostel). They can afford to offer attractively priced packages because of volume and three-star accouterments. At the other end, there appears to be much less negative press outside of Canada and the US, and in any event overseas tour operators do not appear to have the same liability concerns. Alternatively, profit motive keeps them actively selling.

There are other equally valid explanations for the phenomenon of conspicuous consumption in this false economy, which indeed is evidenced in other sectors of Oaxacan business and entrepreneurialism (i.e. jewellers, fast food chains, accounting and law offices in the private sector, and owners or franchisees of department and specialty stores such as Sears, Sams, Fbricas de Francia and Office Depot):

Politicians and higher level civil servants appear to earn quite well.

Cash is being brought into Oaxaca from elsewhere in the country, and more significantly from Canada, the US and further abroad, to purchase and sustain businesses so that traditional borrowing and debt refinancing is not required.

There are enterprises which have sources of product and significant sales outside of Oaxaca, but money nevertheless flows into the pockets of their Oaxaca resident owners (i.e. plantations of coffee, cacao and other crops and their derivatives, produced in other Mexican states and in countries throughout Central & South America).

In downtown Oaxaca there is a considerable amount of prime, unoccupied real estate, providing further evidence of the false economy, or in this case an inert economic growth phenomenon. Property owners of substantial economic means (i.e. the old money families), rather than rent for what the market will bear, either allow their buildings to remain empty and deteriorate, or, squeeze top dollar out of renters, only to take back the premises when these retail visionaries finally realize that they cannot service the debt associated with their leases. They cannot compete with those in distinctly different financial circumstances such as those in the hospitality industry who have succeeded, for reasons illustrated above, where others have failed.

Notwithstanding government statistics, most believe that inflation continues at about 8 10 percent per annum. The cost of goods required to support the hospitality industry will continue to climb, and eventually wages will have to creep up in order for Oaxacan residents to survive. This will put a strain on business owners, and begin depleting their resources unless tourism improves. If it doesnt, and hotel and restaurant owners begin raising their prices in an effort to continue to maintain their lifestyles, tourists will stop visiting Oaxaca altogether. There are too many other places in the world which offer culturally rich vacations at reasonable, competitive prices and without the media to make travelers think twice.

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How To Survive And Prosper... During This Worsening Economy! - Finance

America's finances are in turmoil. The personal economies of many individual Americans' and their families are on the precipice of a disastrous failure. Few families have a personal plan to help them meet these financial challenges, and they need your help! Opportunities abound for insurance agents, financial advisors and financial planners who understand their problems and hold the solutions in their minds and hearts. You can draw these Americans back from the brink of financial failure!

But, how are you going to attract these people to you?

Don't Believe All Of The Doom and Gloom!

Twenty-six years ago, when I first got started in this business, the United States was in the midst of a severe economic recession, much worse than it currently is today. In December of 1982, the U.S. unemployment rate had reached 10.8%, higher than at any time in the post-war era. Job cutbacks were particularly severe in housing, steel and automobiles. Twelve million people were unemployed, an increase of 4.2 million people, since July 1981.

By mid-1982, the number of bank failures was rising steadily. Bank failures reached a post-depression high of 42 as the recession and high interest rates took their toll. In 1983, another 49 banks failed, easily beating the Great Depression record of 43 failures set in 1940. And, the FDIC listed another 540 banks as "problem banks" on the verge of failure. In 1984, the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company, the nation's seventh-largest bank (with $45 billion in assets), failed.

Between 1980 and 1983, 118 S&Ls with $43 billion in assets failed. The FSLIC, the federal agency which insured the deposits of S&Ls, spent $3.5 billion to make depositors whole again. The FSLIC pushed mergers as a way to avoid insolvency. From 1980 to 1982, there were 493 voluntary mergers and 259 forced mergers of savings and loans overseen by the agency. Despite these failures and mergers, there were still 415 S&Ls at the end of 1982 that were insolvent.

During the 1982 recession, unemployment reached twelve million, the highest rate since the Depression; 17,000 businesses failed, the second highest number since 1933; farmers lost their land; and many sick, elderly, and poor became homeless.

Economic recessions in the U.S., and throughout the world, aren't something new. They are a fact of life. We've experienced many recessions through the years in the U.S., the last being in 1990. As a country we've survived each time, and we'll survive this one. The question isn't whether you'll survive; it's whether or not you'll prosper in your business?

Revealed... The Secret To Your Prosperity In Today's Economy!

Fortunately for me, in 1982, in spite of being in the worst recession since the 'Great Depression' of 1929, I was able to lead my office in sales, even though I was brand new to the insurance business. What I learned back then that made me successful in personal sales, and has kept me prosperous throughout the years, is that most people (average Middle American families) are struggling financially, and they need and want our help. And, when times are tough financially, these people need and want our help more than ever. I learned that to succeed in this business, during the good and bad times, it's not about products, investment returns or a revolutionary sales idea. It's about helping average people to become more secure financially, in their lives.

Understanding What's Missing In The New Sales Systems!

Many of the 'supposed' revolutionary new ideas behind LEAP, Missed Fortune, Infinite Banking, Circle of Wealth, Equity Management and College Funding programs are not revolutionary or even new. They are actually the proven, sound financial principles that the best producers have been using for decades to help people to properly position and use their money, with safety and guarantees, to achieve financial security.

Unfortunately, agents and marketing organizations have bastardized many of these new sales systems and are focusing primarily on selling products and investment returns! These sales systems have been promoted, seen and used by many agents as a way to make quick, large sales. Many times the sale is made, whether it's in the best interest of the prospect or not! The majority of the people using these systems have lost their focus on how to actually help people to identify, understand and solve their financial problems.

The extremely unfortunate part, for agents, is that some of these systems were developed when the economy was good; so there is very little, if any, sound marketing practices in them. These systems have very little, if any, real marketing to help you get your message out to people about how you can help them to solve their financial problems. They may be great sales ideas or systems, but they have no real marketing to help you attract enough of the right people to you, during the tough economic times.

Consider, when times are good financially, like in the 1990's when the stock market was soaring and unemployment was low, there will be some people who are ready, willing and able to take chances with their money. These are the people who have the 'get rich quick' and/or 'live for today' mentality! So, it is easy to attract and set appointments with them, if you have something new and exciting to show them.

However, during the tough economic times, much of the marketing in these systems just stops working, because there are very few people who are ready, willing and able to take chances.

You can survive and prosper during this worsening recession! But, only if you learn how to consistently attract the right people to you! It's about you learning how to actually help people to identify, understand and solve their financial problems, instead of just trying to make a quick, large sale with your hot, new, revolutionary products or ideas.

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How to Survive and Prosper...During This Worsening Economy! - Insurance

America's finances are in turmoil. The personal economies of many individual Americans' and their families are on the precipice of a disastrous failure. Few families have a personal plan to help them meet these financial challenges, and they need your help! Opportunities abound for insurance agents, financial advisors and financial planners who understand their problems and hold the solutions in their minds and hearts. You can draw these Americans back from the brink of financial failure! But, how are you going to attract these people to you?Don't Believe All Of The Doom and Gloom!Twenty-six years ago, when I first got started in this business, the United States was in the midst of a severe economic recession, much worse than it currently is today. In December of 1982, the U.S. unemployment rate had reached 10.8%, higher than at any time in the post-war era. Job cutbacks were particularly severe in housing, steel and automobiles. Twelve million people were unemployed, an i ncrease of 4.2 million people, since July 1981.

By mid-1982, the number of bank failures was rising steadily. Bank failures reached a post-depression high of 42 as the recession and high interest rates took their toll. In 1983, another 49 banks failed, easily beating the Great Depression record of 43 failures set in 1940. And, the FDIC listed another 540 banks as "problem banks" on the verge of failure. In 1984, the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company, the nation's seventh-largest bank (with $45 billion in assets), failed.

Between 1980 and 1983, 118 S&Ls with $43 billion in assets failed. The FSLIC, the federal agency which insured the deposits of S&Ls, spent $3.5 billion to make depositors whole again. The FSLIC pushed mergers as a way to avoid insolvency. From 1980 to 1982, there were 493 voluntary mergers and 259 forced mergers of savings and loans overseen by the agency. Despite these failures and mergers, there were still 415 S&Ls at the end of 1982 that were insolvent.

During the 1982 recession, unemployment reached twelve million, the highest rate since the Depression; 17,000 businesses failed, the second highest number since 1933; farmers lost their land; and many sick, elderly, and poor became homeless.

Economic recessions in the U.S., and throughout the world, aren't something new. They are a fact of life. We've experienced many recessions through the years in the U.S., the last being in 1990. As a country we've survived each time, and we'll survive this one. The question isn't whether you'll survive; it's whether or not you'll prosper in your business? Revealed... The Secret To Your Prosperity In Today's Economy!

Fortunately for me, in 1982, in spite of being in the worst recession since the 'Great Depression' of 1929, I was able to lead my office in sales, even though I was brand new to the insurance business. What I learned back then that made me successful in personal sales, and has kept me prosperous throughout the years, is that most people (average Middle American families) are struggling financially, and they need and want our help. And, when times are tough financially, these people need and want our help more than ever. I learned that to succeed in this business, during the good and bad times, it's not about products, investment returns or a revolutionary sales idea. It's about helping average people to become more secure financially, in their lives. Understanding What's Missing In The New Sales Systems!Many of the 'supposed' revolutionary new ideas behind LEAP, Missed Fortune, Infinite Banking, Circle of Wealth, Equity Management and College Funding programs are not revol utionary or even new. They are actually the proven, sound financial principles that the best producers have been using for decades to help people to properly position and use their money, with safety and guarantees, to achieve financial security.

Unfortunately, agents and marketing organizations have bastardized many of these new sales systems and are focusing primarily on selling products and investment returns! These sales systems have been promoted, seen and used by many agents as a way to make quick, large sales. Many times the sale is made, whether it's in the best interest of the prospect or not! The majority of the people using these systems have lost their focus on how to actually help people to identify, understand and solve their financial problems.

The extremely unfortunate part, for agents, is that some of these systems were developed when the economy was good; so there is very little, if any, sound marketing practices in them. These systems have very little, if any, real marketing to help you get your message out to people about how you can help them to solve their financial problems. They may be great sales ideas or systems, but they have no real marketing to help you attract enough of the right people to you, during the tough economic times.

Consider, when times are good financially, like in the 1990's when the stock market was soaring and unemployment was low, there will be some people who are ready, willing and able to take chances with their money. These are the people who have the 'get rich quick' and/or 'live for today' mentality! So, it is easy to attract and set appointments with them, if you have something new and exciting to show them.

However, during the tough economic times, much of the marketing in these systems just stops working, because there are very few people who are ready, willing and able to take chances.

You can survive and prosper during this worsening recession! But, only if you learn how to consistently attract the right people to you! It's about you learning how to actually help people to identify, understand and solve their financial problems, instead of just trying to make a quick, large sale with your hot, new, revolutionary products or ideas.

Lew and Jeremy Nason Marketing and Sales Coach'The 9 Out Of 10 Guys'

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SEO - Only Way to Survive In This Economic Downturn - Search Engines - SE Optimization

The modern world has evolved with great speed over the last few decades. The Internet age has fully revolutionized the world and has rapidly become the renowned means of communication among the masses. As per the estimates, about 1600 million people use the Internet across the world. The usage of the Internet has been drastically increased in the last decade. Its expected that the escalation observed in the last decade is about 350% which is very significant. This drastically development in the Internet usage has given the firms a chance to use the internet to advertise their products to the whole world with much ease and in a swift way. With the aid of Internet, they are now able to widen the horizons of their business and market, and thus are able to enjoy the economies of large scale production as the demand for their products increase. Traditional methods of advertisement and marketing didnt allow these companies to expand their market beyond borders with much comfort and ease, those companies which tried to extend their market had to bear high prices for advertisement and marketing.

Therefore, with the aid of Internet, marketing costs have been diminished and because of large scale production which has been made possible due to huge demand, the companies are now able to market and produce at even more cheaper costs. These companies feature entire information about their services on the websites that makes convenient for the customer to compare with other services of same company and other competitor and can easily select the right one for you.

There are some users who dont compare products and services with other if their requirements are fulfilled in first search. Therefore directing internet traffic to a website is the major concern of a company which can be done by advertising the website, distinct products of the website, frequently visited other websites or to make use of SEO. SEO will increase the visibility of a website to a search engine, and increase its chance of detected and listed in the top search engines results.

The economic downturn has its effect on each and every individual, and almost all companies have to face harsh realities of economic crisis. Though, it has been realized that companies using the Internet for their marketing were still able to withstand this economic crisis better than those with not using internet for marketing their business. Therefore, the better ranking on the search engines will lead to generate more sales.

After reading this, if you are also a victim of economic crisis and want to overcome from this, choose SEO services for your business. Arrow, a leading Internet marketing company, offering SEO services in Melbourne. If you are searching for SEO in Melbourne, Arrow will be right choice for you.

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TV Series in 2010 - Entertainment - Television

2010 has been another great year for those who like watching TV series. While the film industry keeps on shrinking, the TV series industry keeps on growing.

Many of us would say that this is due to the economic crisis going on since 2008. It is cheaper to watch TV series at home than buying DVDs or going to the cinema and buy something extra on the way. People spend longer time at home because it is cheaper and there is less need to go outside for entertainment.

The popularity of TV series is also due to the quality of the content. There is more creativity involved and it has become the number one entertainment on tv, getting a bigger audience than other tv programs.

Movies have become less popular. There is a big crisis going on in the film industry. The film industry is making less money every year. We dont buy DVDs anymore and we go less often to the cinema. All this, summed up with the economic crisis, lower the budget for making good films.

The TV industry is doing everything possible to go along with the Internet. Internet is changing the whole entertainment industry. Many TV shows are using Social Media like Facebook and Twitter to keep their audience. And we now tend to use more our computers to watch TV.

The trend for the coming year is more entertainment from great TV series. Why not? Isnt it great to spend our free time at home watching our favorite TV series?

To name a few very popular TV series:

Comedy: Park and Recreation, Modern family, How I Met Your Mother, Cougar Town, Glee

Sci-Fi: Fringe, Caprica, Lost, Torchwood, Supernatural,

Drama: Breaking Bad, Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Boardwalk Empire, House, Greys Anatomy, The Mentalist

Action: 24, Nikita, Heroes,

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Writing an Essay on Family Meal Planning - Family - Parenting

There are many aspects to running a home. If you need to write a paper for your home economics class, family meal planning may be a great area to focus on. Family meal planning can be time consuming, but failing to plan can be quite costly.

If you are taking a course in home economics and need to write a paper on one aspect of running a home, you might consider writing a paper on family meal planning. The time and logistics that go into just this one element of housekeeping are often taken for granted. There are many approaches to plan a meal for a family and they are often based on whether or not both parents in the home are working. A working mother whose time away from the office is spent taxiing children from one event to another, may find herself incapable of doing much more than veering round by the drive-through window between soccer and ballet lessons. However, in this time of economic stress, it may well behoove us to search for ways to simplify our lives and spend less money. Eating at restaurants, whether fast food or otherwise, can quickly devour your grocery bill. If both spouses are working in order to have more money, your lack of time to plan a meal will soon defeat that purpose. Even shoppin g for groceries without a plan can become a very costly enterprise, but cooking at home will always be less expensive than eating out. Cooking at home versus eating out at restaurants will save some money, but having a plan will save you even more. By making a menu and a shopping list to take to the store with you, you will eliminate impulse purchases. To whittle down your grocery budget even more, use manufacturer's coupons and base your menu around what your grocery store has on sale each week. There are many websites that will give you coupon strategies and a new television show on The Learning Channel called Extreme Couponing will give you inspiration. Another way to save money is to use leftovers in creative ways and write it down on your weekly menu so that the plan is established. For example, plan to cook a roast beef for dinner in your crockpot on Monday and use leftover beef to make beef, bean and cheese quesadillas on Wednesday. "Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller " on the Food Network is a great show for helping you plan menus using leftovers. Be careful of "fancy" recipes, though, if you are trying to save money. Salt and pepper, a little oil and a stir fry will work wonders for a quick, cheap and tasty meal. Buying lots of extra ingredients that may not be used will be wasteful and costly. Within your home economics paper, your teacher will want to see that you have addressed health issues as regards family meal planning. Check out the new food pyramid and food plate plans that the USDA has recently presented and assure your teacher that you do know how to plan a healthy menu for a family. Search the web for essay samples and more ideas for writing your home economics essay.

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Share Market News Affects the Market - Business - Business Ideas

Economy is one of the branches of finance and it is an important branch to know for all those who wants to deal with any kind of business or are part of the business or gets affected by the rise and fall of a business directly or indirectly. With many public limited companies in the market with the company news is holding a very important position.Business world is all about different news of India such as a companys performance, its future planning and its impact on share market. The economy news India talks a lot about the ups and downs of the share market and based on which selling and buying of the shares happen in the market. So share market news is not only informative in case of decision making from the companys perspective but a share holder or a broker is getting information to have their future plan of actions. The stock markets are likely to see volatile trend sometimes and may undergo consolidation from time to time.

People who are regular viewer of the share market news or reader of the economy news India pages get to know the positive and negative trends of the stock market and at times channels provide good suggestions and discussions by the expert economists on the current issues of economy in the country and the world. According to experts, the stock market is likely to be volatile now as the fear that high global commodity prices will add to pressure on profit margins of corporate as high oil prices due to recent turmoil in the world economy due to some unprecedented situation. With the growth of the economy the inflation also raises adding pressure in the future trading.

Economics of the world is affected by the rising oil prices and companies around the world are really worried by it. Company news covers different factors affecting companys health its future depends upon several factors its management its market and external factors. For a person who is planning to set up a new business or has set up a new business, staying tuned to the share market news is a necessity. You as an entrepreneur must not only know your business well but must have fair enough idea about the trends of business of same nature and your competitors. You get a number of channels which telecast the economy news India on company profiles and businesses for their viewers.

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Honda Diesel Engine History And Performance - Autos - Cars

Honda Diesel Engine History And Performance

Since the coming of the Honda's 2.2-liter diesel engine life has been made a bit easier if not simpler. Many will agree that the Honda's diesel hybrids engines are the best way to increase fuel economy, although this comes at a pricey cost of emissions treatment systems -it's still an effective way to reduce the fuel consumption. The modern concern of current car buyers is the fuel economy and engine efficiency. The fuel economy has to satisfy the expectations of the car buyers if any car model is to make a meaningful sale on the market.

The reception offered to the Honda diesel Engine in 2009 was enormous especially to the aluminum engine that was fairly conventional in that it had a balanced shaft, dual overhead cams, and high fuel pressure. The Honda Diesel has consistently undergone various modifications in a bid to develop an acceptable product that will appeal to the entire big customer base.

The Honda Diesel engine offers a t least 150 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque. Honda engineers have delivered a diesel engine that is about 44 pounds heavier than a similar gas engine of previous models. It is definite that the Honda Diesel has not disappointed many people.

The key elements that I consider important in the new Honda diesel engine is the keen eye that went into at least finding a practical solution into ensuring that fuel economy is central to the whole engine development. Indeed Honda's insistence and determination into developing a car engine that ultimately solves the mystery of fuel economy cannot be over emphasized. Recently Honda's teams of experts and engineers have tried to come up with rechargeable batteries that possess enough power and capability to serve as an alternate source of fuel. Whether this form of technology is likely to completely revolutionize the entire car industry is entirely debatable.

Many have argued that such attempts to develop FCX fuel-cell car may end up in futility, but the determination shown by Honda so far is simply impressive. As a matter of fact Honda has successfully increased the power density of the fuel cell so that it produces about 130 horsepower. This is highly applicable, although the real success is yet to come at least according to Honda. Honda continues to invest resources into the fuel-cell technology with the hope that a permanent feasible solution will ultimately be found.

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The Philippines energy department approval to fifiteen new projects - Business

According to the embassy in the Philippines JingShangChu news according to the Philippines "star, October 17,, the Philippines has said the doe report, it will speed up the search for oil and natural gas for action, the second quarter of 2012 approval before 15 new energy development projects. Of the 15 new project includes 3 piece of onshore and offshore areas, 12 of total area will more than 10 million hectares, located in BaLaWangDao northwest and BaLaWangDao east and SuLuHai basin.

Since the European debt grim, international oil prices fell 17,.

European leaders will in October 23 meeting in Brussels, to discuss the debt crisis countermeasures. But the German finance minister Wolfgang ShuoYiBuLe said, cannot be expected to put forward a completely solve summit the debt crisis of the package. The German government spokesman also said that the next summit solve all problems expectations will fail. These have let the European debt crisis prospects become unclear, hit market sentiment.

At the same time, the federal reserve bank of New York, according to figures released in October in and around New York manufacturing activity continues to slump, proving once again leading the U.S. economic recovery once manufacturing industry, has significant slowdown. Data showed that in October, New York manufacturing index is negative 8.5, and one month before the time of negative compared to 8.8 has not seen the improved obviously, and these are the fifth consecutive month of a data in the following, show that the area 0 of manufacturing activity continues to shrink.

In addition, the dollar is strong, the dollar index up 0.7% or so, also a crackdown on oil prices.

Today on the development of the global poverty reduction and the opening ceremony of the BBS, director of the United Nations development programme, Helen? Clark said that in the past 30 years, China has made remarkable achievements of development. Along with the reform and opening-up, China will its people from poverty with unprecedented speed from out. China has achieved a series of millennium development goals, and the steady toward the rest of the goals. The world has much to learn from China. China's ten years poverty reduction strategy (2011-2020) represents the Chinese government to continue to deal with the problems of poverty of the commitments, the United Nations development program to support the strategy planning and very proud.

In talking about green energy, he said investment improve energy efficiency and renewable energy will harvest quite abundant, while reducing energy consumption, reduce carbon emissions. According to the United Nations environment programme (unep) estimates that does not affect economic growth in the premise of total energy consumption, city can reduce by 20% to 30%.

He said, "the green investment" still can provide good jobs, to stimulate the economic growth and help reduce poverty. At present, China is the world's second largest wind power kingdom, it is the first large solar panels exporter. China's renewable energy industry practitioners, 10 years ago to 1.5 million and no these positions. China encourages green economic growth policy very appealing, these policies make energy efficiency and energy saving ascension of the target, attracted a large number of investment flocked to the renewable energy industry.

He said, we need in Rio + 20 meeting be effectively result, especially in energy. Master clean energy technology and to realize the green growth, the sustainable development of human, and accelerate to achieve the millennium development goals, it is a very important. The UN secretary general has set a for all countries to provide sustainable energy, to 2030 grandiose plans to achieve the following three goals:, ensuring the modern energy services; Second, the world will double energy efficiency; Three, renewable energy to total energy consumption double proportion. China's decision and action, never like this on global economic growth in one thousand, targets and sustainable development process, the influence of the produce is so critical. Now, the United Nations must cooperate with China, boost our common objective, both in China and worldwide poverty reduction, realize to promote green inclusive development, promote the sustainable development of human beings.

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Tips for Couples, Relationships, and Men and Women During Difficult Economic Times - Relationships - Love

These are hard economic times for all of us. If we have been hard hit by the economic recession through the loss of our job, concerned or depressed by the loss of our savings for retirement or in real estate, or worried about the future, we are stressed. To make matters worse and more anxiety-ridden, no one seems to really understand what is going on economically. Even in good times, our career-orientated society has produced unprecedented levels of stress. As a professional couples counselor, I know that these times have created marital difficulties not seen for some time. I'll provide a few vignettes of couples I'm working with, and I hope to offer some general help to people suffering a multitude of possible life challenges.

With one couple, the man, once a successful stock trader, is now barely making ends meet. He had promised his wife that she would not have to work after marriage. That promise is now not possible. She feels cheated of her dreams. She feels he let her down and failed. He feels he's doing his best and she's treating him critically and unfairly.

Another man just lost his job. He unfairly criticizes himself. His wife, also working hectic day and night hours on her job, never pictured life would be like this in their late 40s. Children are soon to enter college. Now what?

A woman in her mid-50s was a very successful manager in the financial industry before she lost her job. Although scary, it offers her an opportunity to have more quality time to reconnect to her husband and children. But what will happen to their financial future, children's college expenses, and retirement?

A young couple with a young child just closed on their first house. Now comes the stress of higher costs for the mortgage and taxes. The husband, fortunately in a job with ample overtime, can't refuse it when available, but he is working excessive hours per week. How can he refuse any overtime now? But there is little quality time with his wife and child. Tightening their budget means no Dunkin Donuts coffee, brown bagging lunch, cutting back on snacks. Eliminating these usual simple joys cause stress. So why work 70 hours per week? But what happens if overtime work is eliminated?

Some marriages remain strong when these difficult economic times hit, but some couples have been experiencing difficulties even during strong economic times. Money can be the straw that breaks the back of an already rocky relationship. With countless variations of difficult life circumstances during these painful economic times, what are we to do?

If the husband has lost his job, he must keep his wife updated on what he has done to find a new job. Men tend to think, "I've already done all I can do today, so why talk about it?" Men forget about their problems as a way to reduce stress. Sort of like a mini-vacation to forget about their problems. When men talk about their problems, it brings back the anxiety and the innate impulse men have to fix problems. Women can misinterpret this normal way for a man to reduce stress anxiety to mean he didn't try hard enough today, or he just doesn't care to share his feelings. This same theme can be applied to the man whose income was reduced, who is in fear of losing his job, or whose bonus was reduced or eliminated. He may be doing all he can do but just not talking about it. So a man must remember to update his wife on the situation, and a woman must remember his need to then let it go. Her continued talking or questioning will make a man feel defensive, because he will misint erpret her questioning to mean she doesn't trust his best efforts.

On the other hand, a woman who has lost her job, who is in fear of losing her job, or whose income or bonus was reduced will want to talk about it. When a woman talks about problems, and her husband is truly listening, her stress is reduced. And she may need to talk about it a lot, with every small detail thrown in for good measure. A man must not feel that he must now fix her problem and give unsolicited advice or suggestions. This is not what she wants, and it will only increase his stress by his feeling that he has more problems to solve.

So, men, just sincerely listen, breathe deep, be interested, even inquisitive, and she will feel better without your having to do anything. A woman can help a man by reminding him he need only listen. If you want suggestions, make it clear in what area you want help. When offered, appreciate his input.

Men sort of have their mental caves - or alone time -- with a sign stating, "Please do not disturb". Men like to retreat into their own minds where they feel they can be in control and try to figure things out. Women also have caves, but their sign reads, "I need to talk." When a man, trying to help, asks a woman, "What's wrong?" and she says, "Nothing", it really means, "Nothing, unless you care to listen and give me an opportunity to talk."

During bad or good economic times, it is good communication that keeps a couple close. Couples now need to have a dialogue about budgets in general and for the holiday season. Each partner should share their perspectives about how much should be spent, on whom, on what, and why they feel that way. The other partner need remain silent, repeat what was said back to their partner, and acknowledge the validity of what they said. Then the other partner expresses their complete point of view, with the other partner now repeating back what was said, and acknowledging the validity of their point of view. Remember, there are always two valid points of view on all marital decisions. When we really hear each other, we can further discuss areas where we can or can't compromise, again validating each other. Eventually a couple can come to a suitable understanding with mutual respect for each other's feelings.

Refrain from the blame game. Create a plan with good communication. Remember, discussing this current economic stress situation is similar to discussing other matters of a relationship. Develop a budget. Be a team. Create a positive attitude toward change.

Also, the most important things in life really aren't about money. We need to understand our differences as men and women and learn to better meet each other's emotional needs. So, men, listen up. Show your wife you care by doing little things. Tell her how lucky you are you married her, tell her how good she looks, write a love note, telephone her often to tell her your thinking about her, bring home the milk and bread, stop and get her favorite snack, give her a hug, bring home some flowers, cut the stems and put them in the vase for her. Give her continued caring, understanding, respect, and devotion. Remember, it's expression of the little things that will warm her heart -- and other parts. And all of this is for free during these most difficult of economic times. Also, remember just to listen to all she has to say. As I said, expression and being listened to reduces a woman's stress. This connection increases her oxytocin, a woman's feel-good hormone that reduces stre ss.

And, women, listen up. Tell your man the things you appreciate about him. Let him know he makes you happy. If he feels appreciated, he'll want to do more for you. Assert yourself and tell him what you need. When he delivers, tell him you appreciate what he did. He'll feel he came up with the idea on his own. Tell him you can count on him. This encouragement will bring out the best in him. Do your best to accept his imperfections. Refrain from trying to change him too much.

Remember, give him his cave time. By watching sports, playing video games, reading the newspaper, etc., he can forget about his problems. Like a mini-vacation, this time increases his testosterone. This restores his feelings of well-being. It's best to be the honey outside the cave, not vinegar. Then, a man will come out being more available, caring, and loving to his woman.

Both partners need to think, feel, and share what they have to be grateful for in their partner. And all of this is free.

If your marriage is stressed, and you both find it difficult to communicate and get connected, invest in professional counseling. Unlike the current stock market, counseling will offer you handsome profits with dividends.

=> And to make an appointment, please call 201-692-0508. Insurance accepted.

Richard Drobnick, LCSW, DCSW, Director of the Mars & Venus Counseling Center, has served Bergen County, NJ, for more than 25 years and works with adults in individual and couples counseling.

To meet Richard, Morrisa Drobnick, and the staff, browse an articles library, see video on the home page, and learn how counseling can help you, please visit => /richard-drobnick.html

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Tips for Couples, Relationships, and Men and Women During Difficult Economic Times - Relationships - Love

These are hard economic times for all of us. If we have been hard hit by the economic recession through the loss of our job, concerned or depressed by the loss of our savings for retirement or in real estate, or worried about the future, we are stressed. To make matters worse and more anxiety-ridden, no one seems to really understand what is going on economically. Even in good times, our career-orientated society has produced unprecedented levels of stress. As a professional couples counselor, I know that these times have created marital difficulties not seen for some time. I'll provide a few vignettes of couples I'm working with, and I hope to offer some general help to people suffering a multitude of possible life challenges.

With one couple, the man, once a successful stock trader, is now barely making ends meet. He had promised his wife that she would not have to work after marriage. That promise is now not possible. She feels cheated of her dreams. She feels he let her down and failed. He feels he's doing his best and she's treating him critically and unfairly.

Another man just lost his job. He unfairly criticizes himself. His wife, also working hectic day and night hours on her job, never pictured life would be like this in their late 40s. Children are soon to enter college. Now what?

A woman in her mid-50s was a very successful manager in the financial industry before she lost her job. Although scary, it offers her an opportunity to have more quality time to reconnect to her husband and children. But what will happen to their financial future, children's college expenses, and retirement?

A young couple with a young child just closed on their first house. Now comes the stress of higher costs for the mortgage and taxes. The husband, fortunately in a job with ample overtime, can't refuse it when available, but he is working excessive hours per week. How can he refuse any overtime now? But there is little quality time with his wife and child. Tightening their budget means no Dunkin Donuts coffee, brown bagging lunch, cutting back on snacks. Eliminating these usual simple joys cause stress. So why work 70 hours per week? But what happens if overtime work is eliminated?

Some marriages remain strong when these difficult economic times hit, but some couples have been experiencing difficulties even during strong economic times. Money can be the straw that breaks the back of an already rocky relationship. With countless variations of difficult life circumstances during these painful economic times, what are we to do?

If the husband has lost his job, he must keep his wife updated on what he has done to find a new job. Men tend to think, "I've already done all I can do today, so why talk about it?" Men forget about their problems as a way to reduce stress. Sort of like a mini-vacation to forget about their problems. When men talk about their problems, it brings back the anxiety and the innate impulse men have to fix problems. Women can misinterpret this normal way for a man to reduce stress anxiety to mean he didn't try hard enough today, or he just doesn't care to share his feelings. This same theme can be applied to the man whose income was reduced, who is in fear of losing his job, or whose bonus was reduced or eliminated. He may be doing all he can do but just not talking about it. So a man must remember to update his wife on the situation, and a woman must remember his need to then let it go. Her continued talking or questioning will make a man feel defensive, because he will misint erpret her questioning to mean she doesn't trust his best efforts.

On the other hand, a woman who has lost her job, who is in fear of losing her job, or whose income or bonus was reduced will want to talk about it. When a woman talks about problems, and her husband is truly listening, her stress is reduced. And she may need to talk about it a lot, with every small detail thrown in for good measure. A man must not feel that he must now fix her problem and give unsolicited advice or suggestions. This is not what she wants, and it will only increase his stress by his feeling that he has more problems to solve.

So, men, just sincerely listen, breathe deep, be interested, even inquisitive, and she will feel better without your having to do anything. A woman can help a man by reminding him he need only listen. If you want suggestions, make it clear in what area you want help. When offered, appreciate his input.

Men sort of have their mental caves - or alone time -- with a sign stating, "Please do not disturb". Men like to retreat into their own minds where they feel they can be in control and try to figure things out. Women also have caves, but their sign reads, "I need to talk." When a man, trying to help, asks a woman, "What's wrong?" and she says, "Nothing", it really means, "Nothing, unless you care to listen and give me an opportunity to talk."

During bad or good economic times, it is good communication that keeps a couple close. Couples now need to have a dialogue about budgets in general and for the holiday season. Each partner should share their perspectives about how much should be spent, on whom, on what, and why they feel that way. The other partner need remain silent, repeat what was said back to their partner, and acknowledge the validity of what they said. Then the other partner expresses their complete point of view, with the other partner now repeating back what was said, and acknowledging the validity of their point of view. Remember, there are always two valid points of view on all marital decisions. When we really hear each other, we can further discuss areas where we can or can't compromise, again validating each other. Eventually a couple can come to a suitable understanding with mutual respect for each other's feelings.

Refrain from the blame game. Create a plan with good communication. Remember, discussing this current economic stress situation is similar to discussing other matters of a relationship. Develop a budget. Be a team. Create a positive attitude toward change.

Also, the most important things in life really aren't about money. We need to understand our differences as men and women and learn to better meet each other's emotional needs. So, men, listen up. Show your wife you care by doing little things. Tell her how lucky you are you married her, tell her how good she looks, write a love note, telephone her often to tell her your thinking about her, bring home the milk and bread, stop and get her favorite snack, give her a hug, bring home some flowers, cut the stems and put them in the vase for her. Give her continued caring, understanding, respect, and devotion. Remember, it's expression of the little things that will warm her heart -- and other parts. And all of this is for free during these most difficult of economic times. Also, remember just to listen to all she has to say. As I said, expression and being listened to reduces a woman's stress. This connection increases her oxytocin, a woman's feel-good hormone that reduces stre ss.

And, women, listen up. Tell your man the things you appreciate about him. Let him know he makes you happy. If he feels appreciated, he'll want to do more for you. Assert yourself and tell him what you need. When he delivers, tell him you appreciate what he did. He'll feel he came up with the idea on his own. Tell him you can count on him. This encouragement will bring out the best in him. Do your best to accept his imperfections. Refrain from trying to change him too much.

Remember, give him his cave time. By watching sports, playing video games, reading the newspaper, etc., he can forget about his problems. Like a mini-vacation, this time increases his testosterone. This restores his feelings of well-being. It's best to be the honey outside the cave, not vinegar. Then, a man will come out being more available, caring, and loving to his woman.

Both partners need to think, feel, and share what they have to be grateful for in their partner. And all of this is free.

If your marriage is stressed, and you both find it difficult to communicate and get connected, invest in professional counseling. Unlike the current stock market, counseling will offer you handsome profits with dividends.

=> And to make an appointment, please call 201-692-0508. Insurance accepted.

Richard Drobnick, LCSW, DCSW, Director of the Mars & Venus Counseling Center, has served Bergen County, NJ, for more than 25 years and works with adults in individual and couples counseling.

To meet Richard, Morrisa Drobnick, and the staff, browse an articles library, see video on the home page, and learn how counseling can help you, please visit => /richard-drobnick.html

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Construction Of The Development Of Commercial Networks In Norway And Experience - News - Business News

Recent years, rapid development of city commercial network, a great convenience to people's lives, but there has also blind investment and duplicated construction and vicious competition. Standard commercial networks, and promote the healthy and orderly development, meet the people's life, saving resources and protecting the environment and build social harmony is important. Norway as a market economically developed capitalist countries, in the construction of commercial networks have a more mature experience. This paper describes construction of its commercial network for China's commercial network planning and reconstruction. 1, Norway, the basic situation of construction and development of commercial networks 1, city commercial network in the Norwegian economy has played an important role. Norway's commercial network is the service industry. After 70 years, along with the rise of offshore oil industry, Norway, the rapid development of service industries, particularly th rough the development of the 90s of last century, the Norwegian service sector has become an important part of the Norwegian economy. In 2004, the Norwegian Social wholesale and retail (including car sales), and hotel and restaurant industry sales totaled 1.024 trillion Norwegian kroner, employment reached 429,919 persons, accounting for 9.3% of the total population of Norway. In the past 25 years, the industry generated a lot of the new company, absorbed most of the employees personnel, in particular the retail sector dominated by a number of small companies, the lack of international competitiveness of the industry, and gradually develop into a large company mainly active in internationally competitive industry. 2, complete business network. Norway's main commercial network the following categories: First retail. In 2004, retail sales of 273.9 billion kroner, the number of employees reached 190,119 people, the number of firms is 29,831. Main shopping retail outlets, specia lty stores, supermarkets, kiosks, gas stations, grocery stores, etc., the main sales have food Miscellaneous goods, wine, medicine, cosmetics, clothing and footwear, furniture, hardware and building materials, books and office supplies, jewelry and cameras, flowers. Comparison shopping malls comprehensive, ranging from food to clothing. Large retail stores such as Norway, there are 89 Oslocity shops, restaurants and supermarkets also comes with. Stores to clothing stores, sporting goods store, bookstore, flower shop, cosmetic shop based. Norway's large number of sporting goods stores, and the national passion for sport and a great relationship. Kiosks selling newspapers, magazines, major, hot and cold drinks, cigarettes etc. In addition to refueling stations, but also sell cigarettes, drinks, magazines, audio-visual products and sports accessories. Major supermarkets to sell food and necessities. In recent years, due to fierce price competition, supermarkets, grocery stores and the rapid development of very large growth. Large-scale comprehensive supermarket food has occupied the dominant position, and specializes in a particular food is to gradually reduce the number of stores. Garment industry increased rapidly in recent years, although since 1998 the price dropped by 30%, but revenue increases as sales growth, market share, low-cost chains expanding downward trend in sales of high-end fashion. Second, the wholesale. At present, many cater to retail and wholesale industry, especially food grocery store the most. In 2004, the wholesale trade turnover of NOK 544.9 billion, employing 104,776 people, the number was 18,419 enterprises. The third is car sales maintenance. Norway does not produce its own cars, the world-famous brands are sold in Norway to establish showrooms and service center. In 2004, the Norwegian car sales and maintenance of NOK 164 billion turnover, employs 56,163 people, the number is 9081 enterprise. The fourth is restaurants . Oslo is an international city, in addition to local features, you can also eat in China, Japan, Thailand, Pakistan and other countries, the characteristics of food. In 2004, the number of restaurants for the 6077 Norway, employs 19,566 people, turnover amounted to 19.475 billion kroner. Bar is 411, the number of employees to 2731 people, turnover amounted to 1.053 billion kroner. The number of fast food shops 1008, employs 6746 people, turnover amounted to 4.361 billion kroner. 3, a more reasonable distribution of commercial outlets. First, a more scientific distribution of urban commercial outlets. More and more concentrated to the urban wholesale and retail, but sells it still balanced. The relative concentration of large urban commercial network, small and medium business networks, such as kiosks, small supermarkets, grocery stores, cafes, fast food shops throughout the city distribution, to provide a great life for the residents to help. To Oslo, for example, the city' s various shops and shopping malls concentrated in two main commercial street and near the train station, car sales mainly in the urban fringe, cafes, restaurants and kiosks mainly in commercial and near residential areas. In the countryside there are two large business groups, close to highways, transportation facilities, respectively, electrical hardware, food household supplies, office supplies, children's toys, clothing and shoes, furniture, lighting and other main shopping group, with a large free parking lot, starting from the city only 20 minutes, shopping is very convenient. Such as the north from Oslo city center, 20 km along the Airport Expressway Alnna, a large commercial shopping group, including large food grocery supermarket SMART, a large sporting goods store XXL, a large children's toys wholesale TOY, large household items shopping IEKA Large furniture shopping BOLTER, large hardware stores BILBEL, BINDER large office supply store and electrical shop, clothin g stores, supermarkets and so on. The second is the national level, the geographical layout change. When people moved from areas away from the center of town, many away from the center of the store is gone, people from the commercial networks to live closer to the business center. But this is only relative, the Norwegian commercial network in the geographical distribution of the country did not produce an imbalance. In 2003, for example, in all 346 735 wholesale and retail outlets (including motor vehicle sales and maintenance), the Oslo region 9640, while the sparsely populated northern part of Finnmark is still 1033.

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Watch Out, A Tidal Wave Of Economic Instability Is Coming To Wipe Out Your Retirement Savings Even Further - Investment - Retirement Planning

Are you worried about massive inflation, if social security is going to be enough for you to retire, if your retirement savings is going to last you throughout your later years, well youre not alone. The vast majority of retires are very concerned with what is going on in the economy and their ability to retire. Some of the biggest financial problems are facing us in todays economy. With the amount of funny money the government and banks have pushed into the economy; with the national debt close to hitting 100% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP); with the massive real estate bubble in some of the most volatile states like California, Arizona, Florida and Nevada still deflating; with the inability of social security and Medicare to be funded, we have some major problems facing us that we as the general public need to protect yourself against. Protecting yourself is NOT saving your money and hiding it in your savings account. Why you ask? We are already having massive inflation , just look at the gas pump now over $4 per gallon and increasing. Commodities that we use to live on daily are skyrocketing already in price right under our noses. This means that our purchasing power is decreasing rapidly and pushing the middle class into the new poor. If you are a saver which is what has been drilled into our heads by society for years, you are losing wealth, making being a saver no longer a smart option. If you save in these new economic times, you will slowly become poorer and poorer. For example, if you are saving $5,000 per year but your monthly expenses are going up from $3,000 per month to $4,000 per month due to inflation, along with your income not increasing accordingly, you just became poorer even with your savings. Your expenses went up by $12,000 per year and your savings went up by $5,000 per year. Incomes are not rising currently because of the economy. It is costing more for companies to stay in business, jobs are leaving the country due to cheaper labor in developing countries, the cost of living is increasing significantly and our incomes are staying the same. This is all a recipe for disaster. Okay, enough doom and gloom. There is a way out. There is a way to protect yourself against massive inflation and these tough economic times.

The way to do this is to structure your retirement investments in a way that they are producing income monthly for you PASSIVELY without having to work for them and in assets that appreciate when there is massive inflation. I am a CPA, real estate investor and financial advisor and I can tell you that real estate is one of the best investments you can invest in for this type of economy. Real estate is one of the only investments that has advantages in this type of economy. Here are some of the reasons:

(1) Real estate has the ability to produce returns on your money that beat out the inflation rate. You can make 8% - 25%+ return on your money, safely investing in real estate if its done correctly. You MUST do the right due diligence on the real estate your are acquiring.

(2) Real estate values tend to rise during inflationary periods. If we have massive inflation, not only do real estate properties typically rise, but rents rise as well increasing your passive cash flow and financial stability as your monthly costs rise. This protects you significantly in an inflationary economy.

(3) Real estate investments can be tax free income. Because of some of the tax benefits of depreciation much of your passive rental cash flow can be virtually tax free. Taxes are your biggest expense so its imperative to cut the taxes you pay down. You can also invest in real estate in your own retirement account (IRA, 401k, etc) and have 100% of the gains tax free. Most people do not know that you can do this, even though you have been allowed to do this for 30 years. Its called a self-directed retirement account.

(4) Cash flow from rental real estate can create a passive income stream so that you never have to deplete your principal balances and can help you retire off of cash flow. You will never again have to worry about depleting your principal balance if the cash flow from your real estate investments is above your monthly expenses. Once this happens you are truly financially free. You can only attain this when you invest in assets like real estate that allow you to have a high enough return on investment to beat out inflation.

But how do you invest in real estate safely? Isnt it risky? Most people do not know how to invest in real estate correctly. There are tons of real estate courses, books, online resources and more that will help you to learn how to do this correctly. There are also companies out there that can help you invest, that already have the experience, have a team in place and have access to investments with the risk mitigated already.

The key to your future stability is your ability to learn new investment options, how to mitigate the risks of those investments, control those investments and most importantly your ability to increase your financial education. By financial education I mean educating yourself on how to invest correctly (NOT CDs, Mutual Funds or Stocks that you do not have control over), educating yourself on how to reduce taxes, educate yourself on budgeting your money and putting a set financial plan with attainable goals. Most Americans spend 40+ hours a week working, but less than one hour per month reviewing their financial position, plan and goals. Does that not sound backwards? Its because financial education is not taught in schools so you have to take it upon yourself to educate yourself. People are taught how to make money in their fields but not how to set up a financial plan and how to protect their money. So get educated, take action, invest in the right asset classes to protec t yourself and assure your future. Your future financial stability is dependent on it.

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Complete and comprehensive economy news - Business - Business Ideas

An economy is a bundle of many things together. Money being cynosure of every task done and to be done seems to be consummating the meaning of an Economy and what it entails. Yet picture was never so blurred. Economy news as we see it in News Channels and read in papers is Sixty percent of that image and rest forty percent was never given a heed even after remaining in front of us. Some may even say that every thing ultimately ends on the note of money but we still cannot avoid the scope to exploration. Here we are referring to Sports news and entertainment news that are (if not all but yet) a part of that forty percent.

Fundamentally people understood economy as a cycle of demand and supply. From this angle we can see that a change in rut is what brought by entertainment news. Need to provide something to ebb boredom demands ways of amusement. Favorite Sports news can provide with major refreshment. Supply plays a role here. To make it better people came up with ideas and hopes into this field transforming it into commercial. Now we know when a great sports event is round the corner, as it never escapes media. With this Sports and Entertainment essentially take up being a part of Economy.

Economy News now not only mentions the winner of World Cup Team but also what all rewards the got being the titleholder for next four years. Sports getting finding a place in Economy newspaper must cue to the change in understanding of Economy people are going through. No doubt media has played its very important role to highlight the recent discoveries. Earlier the notion might have surprised a few people but now they have got accustomed with the idea and understood it. Entertainment and Sports have found their rightful place. One can say so.

With increasing clarity now we know what is the stand and importance of Entertainment news in our life and economy for that matter. Sports news being an integral part of it comes as no surprise. Things have changed a lot in last two decades so is the mindset of people. From mere demand supply cycle to logic demanding analysis economy news has become a fun to cross path with its forty percent. How can one turn his face from grueling data and figures with rigorous calculation if it is all about comparison of present and last decade for Entertainment in Economic Times? Amusing piece of work, Isn't it!

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7 Reasons I Like The Pureflow Airdog 100 Air Fuel Separation System For My Truck - Autos - Trucks

When in comes to Powerstroke performance, separating air and a fuel is a crucial component to having your diesel truck running at top levels. This is especially true when you're working with a custom diesel upgrade or stand alone engine. Having the right fuel separation system is essential in providing longer injector life, increased fuel economy and optimized engine performance.

There are many different options that you can consider in the world of diesel performance parts to improve your trucks fuel system and overall performance, but the Pureflow Airdog 100 Air/Fuel Separation system actually has the capability of providing fuel at flows and pressures beyond the maximum requirements of the engine. I don't know about you, but I like parts that out perform standard expectations.

If you're thinking about an upgrade to improve performance in your Ford Powerstroke, here is a short list of highlights that this Fuel separation system targets.

Increased Fuel Economy - The improvement in fuel economy is the main reason to do this mod, whether you're looking to conserve fuel or maximize mileage.

Improved Throttle Response

High Flow Rates

Increased Injector Life

Torque - Noticeable increase in torque output. You'll find this to be crucial at times, and definitely worth noting for a future upgrade, if not now, whether you're towing, going off road, or driving through town. You'll get maximum torque with relative ease with this upgrade.

Removes Air and Vapor from Diesel Fuel

Compact - The great thing about this option is that it's small and compact. The size of this component is only 7"l x 10"t x 3.2"w. That's it, no bulk! You will find that the single piece pump body is easy to. Oh and don't forget that this mounts to frame and requires no drilling.

Here's how it works:Fuel passes through the water separator removing the water and large particulate contaminates that could damage or jam the gearator fuel pump. The fuel, with only entrained air/vapor and tiny particulate contaminates remaining, enters the fuel pump.

The fuel, now under positive pressure flow, enters the filter. As the fuel passes through the filter and the remaining particulate contaminates are caught and contained, the entrained air/vapor is also separated. The separated air/vapor is discharged from the filter through the Primary Air/Vapor Discharge Port and into the return to tank passage after the regulator. The fuel passing through the filter media {free of contaminates & power robbing air/vapor and at pressures and flows to meet the needs of the engine} exits the fuel filter through two passageways. The fuel for the engine, passes into the fuel pickup tubeand out to the engine.

The excess fuel not needed by the engine is released through the pressure regulator to combine with the air/vapor and foam as it returns to the fuel tank. The regulator controls the fuel pressure to the engine.

Granted, you'll probably only find this article interesting if you're a diesel fanatic, but here you are. And I'm sure you know that there are a lot of products claiming to be the best while only performing adequately. The PureFlow AirDog Air/Fuel Separation Systems actually over-performs making it one of the better options that you can install on your Ford diesel truck. If you're skeptical, that's ok. Check it out and you'll see that there is no real comparison between this and similar Diesel Performance Parts.

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News Profiteer Ebook - Internet

Take two traders, both just beginners, both took the same beginner's Forex course and learned the basics of trading. Both have similar education and background, and both love trading and their goals are to trade for living for the rest of their lives. Let's call them "John" and "Henry".

Henry, on the other hand, early on senses that there must be more to Forex trading than just looking at the chart. He may not understand the fundamental news effect to the world economy, but he makes a simple adjustment in the way he looks at trading. Despite the warning from die-hard technical traders to ignore the news, he trusts his intuition and does what's right... not what people told him.

Henry becomes a professional trader. You never see him frequenting Forex discussion forums, or online trade rooms, because he's too busy making a fortune in his live account...

John spends all his time studying the chart, he experiments with new indicators, new parameters, and constantly trying out new trade ideas. He gets his emotions in line. But he never realizes the fundamental factor to Forex trading... as a matter of fact, he purposely ignores news releases and he never makes the simple correction that will make his trades profitable.

John, later in his life, is the guy you might find frequenting discussion forums, public online trade (chat) rooms, posting some amazing trades, but never ever show you his live account statement... that is, if he even have a live account at this point.

Henry, on the other hand, early on senses that there must be more to Forex trading than just looking at the chart. He may not understand the fundamental news effect to the world economy, but he makes a simple adjustment in the way he looks at trading. Despite the warning from die-hard technical traders to ignore the news, he trusts his intuition and does what's right... not what people told him.

Henry becomes a professional trader. You never see him frequenting Forex discussion forums, or online trade rooms, because he's too busy making a fortune in his live account...

Take two traders, both just beginners, both took the same beginner's Forex course and learned the basics of trading. Both have similar education and background, and both love trading and their goals are to trade for living for the rest of their lives. Let's call them "John" and "Henry".

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Driving To Savings Car Tips To Save You Money

Although the most interesting method to save on car operating costs came from my chemistry teacher in high school (Buy your gasoline in the early morning or at night when it is cold outside. Gas becomes denser in cooler temperatures. Since gas pumps only measure the volume of fuel - not the density - you'll get better overall gas mileage for your money by purchasing fuel when it's cool outside rather than in the heat of the day), the moment that will determine the true amount you can save on your car costs comes before you even buy a car. The simple fact is that the type of car you decide to purchase will have the largest impact on the expenses you incur during the lifetime of it.

Even if a large sports utility vehicle is your dream car, it's probably a lot more than you really need. Taking some time to make a list of the things you'll use the car for will help determine the difference between your true needs and your wants. It's important to remember that each additional want you add above what you really need will cost you not only at the time of purchase, but in most cases well down the road with an increase in maintenance and operating costs.

The size of the car you decide to purchase will have a direct effect on its operating costs. Purchasing the smallest car possible for your driving needs will save you a tremendous amount in gasoline charges. Small cars weigh about half as much as larger cars which results in about half as much fuel being used.

Once you have decided on the size of car, it's worthwhile taking the time to research the safety ratings of the different cars in that size range. Not only will this improve your chances of staying alive in an accident, it will likely reduce your car insurance costs. A quick call to your car insurance company will tell you the tale. Remember, if you keep your car for 7 years, a $25 a month difference in insurance costs adds up to over $2,100 over the lifetime of the car.

Once you have a car, taking some simple steps can reduce your operating costs by hundreds of dollars. For example, if you reduce your gas consumption by $20 a week, it will save you over $1,000 a year. Most people can easily save this amount (and often much more) by simply changing their driving habits and paying a little more attention to their cars.

By far the best way to reduce your car expenses is to use your car only when necessary. Cars are extremely convenient and this causes people to use them much more often than they really need to. By simply asking yourself, "Is this trip really necessary?" you can greatly decrease the amount you drive.

For short trips close to home, try walking or riding your bicycle. Not only will you save money on your car expenses,you'll also get some healthy exercise. When you go shopping or run errands, take a little time to plan and combine them all into one outing instead of several. Of course, car pooling and using mass transportation systems when possible are always excellent ways to reduce car expenses. If you can find a different way to commute to work rather than by your car, there is a good chance that this will result in a discount in your car insurance.

There are also a number of steps you can take to reduce your driving expenses while using you car. Here's a quick list of some actions you may want to consider while driving.

*** Take the time to check your car's tire pressure each month. Under inflated tires reduce fuel efficiency by 2% for every pound they are under inflated. Under inflation also causes premature tire wear giving your tires a shorter use life.

*** Drive at the speed limit. Cars use about 20% more fuel driving at 70 miles per hour than they do at 55 miles per hour.

*** Avoid driving fast in low gears. Driving at high speeds in the improper gear can reduce fuel efficiency by up to 40%.

*** Avoid using air conditioning whenever possible. Air conditioning reduces fuel economy by 10% to 20%.

*** Don't open windows when traveling at high speeds. Open windows on the highway can reduce fuel efficiency by 10%. It is much better to use the ventilation system. Also remember to remove car racks and other items which make your car less aerodynamic when they're not being used. Use cruise control to maintain a steady pace on the highway to increase fuel economy.

*** Avoid rough roads. Driving on roads made of dirt or gravel can reduce fuel economy by up to 30%.

*** Don't let your car idle. Even on cold mornings, there's no need to let your car idle for more than 30 seconds. Newer cars are designed to be driven almost immediately and letting your car idle longer is a waste of gas. In addition, it's more efficient to turn off your car and turn it on again than to let it idle for more than 45 seconds while waiting.

*** Remove all excess weight from your car. Many people use their car trunk as a storage space adding unneeded pounds to the car's weight. This unnecessary weight reduces the car's fuel efficiency.

*** Try to accelerate gently, brake gradually and avoid stops when driving. Gunning engines, quickly accelerating, and abrupt stops all waste fuel. Try to avoid driving during rush hour periods when you know traffic will be stop and go. If you do find yourself in stop and go traffic, try to maintain a crawl. When approaching hills or steep slopes, accelerate before the hill. Accelerating once on the slope will consume much more gas.

*** Service your car regularly while paying special attention to oil and filters. Blocked air flow from clogged air filters will increase fuel waste. Also check your car's alignment since this can cause engine drag which will also increase gas waste.

*** Periodically calculate your car's fuel efficiency. A loss in fuel efficiency is an indication of possible mechanical problems.

To really see how much you can save by using the above information, don't change your driving habits this week, but take note of the number of miles your drive and calculate your car's current fuel economy. The following week begin initiating any of the above ideas which you aren't currently utilizing. You are sure to be surprised by how much you can save over your regular driving habits, and you'll be able to enjoy some extra money jingling in your pockets.

Copyright (c) 2004, by Jeffrey Strain

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Profitable Non-Profits

My guest post today is from Randy Seitz,a 17 year veteran of community and economic development specializing in new industry attraction, local industry development, workforce development, and international trade. Randy currently serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry & Tourism. Randy is taking the traditional approaches of 'non-profits' and turning them on their ear - challenging status quo in every aspect of his operations. I'm inspired by Randy's innovative thoughts on turning a non-profit into a self-sustaining entity. This is a fabulous example of defying Gravity for all of us.

I have recently finished the development of my agencies next five-year strategic plan. Our 2 main goals were to become substantially more efficient in the way that we achieve our corporate mission and vision, and to become financially self sustaining in the next five-years. The plan's success is going to require that the organization adopt a change in the way they normally operate and to redefine how they generate and develop funds. In other words, we have to challenge the status quo and defy gravity to achieve major success. That is why I have recently purchased, for my entire management team, a new book by Rebel Brown called "Defy Gravity." The book defies the status quo and provides practical advice to help corporate leaders avoid crash-and-burn strategies of yesterday. I highly recommend this book to all CEOs struggling with change; change in how to implement new and unique ways to take organizations to new heights. Rebel suggests that the way we've always done it may be limiting our success and I agree!

Status quo in the nonprofit world is fund development. Traditional fund development is simply the acquisition of resources toadvancethe mission ofan organization. It is the process by which an organization uses fundraising to build capacity and sustainability and it is part of the strategic marketing of a nonprofit organization. Fund development has two sides though; it isnot only concerned with raising money, but also in developing reliable sources of income that will sustain the organization through the realization of its long-term mission and vision. Successful fund development requires a strategic plan that relates funding to the purpose and programs of the organization. However, I contend that in these tough economic times nonprofit organizations must radically change its view and take the concept of fund development to a whole new level. They must, as Rebel Brown teaches in her book, Defy Gravity challenge the status quo!

It is my contention, in these tough economic times, that nonprofit organizations are becoming a burden on the business community. It seems that individual businesses are being hit over and over and over again by local nonprofit agencies for donations and memberships in mass numbers. Everyone from chambers of commerce to the humane society is asking for small business support. Now, these are all fantastic, mission driven organizations that are doing wonderful things to improve the quality of life in their respective communities, but unfortunately they rely heavily on donations from small business. As the economy weakens there is less and less of this money available by small business to support these groups and the competition for these dollars among all of the nonprofits in a community is at an all time high. There is simply not enough money to go around and I am afraid that you will see many nonprofits closing their doors over the next several years unless they make a fun damental change in the way they operate. I believe that nonprofits just can't continue to operate using the same old model.

The solution to this problem, which I have adopted and I am encouraging other nonprofit CEOs to also consider, is how we look at social entrepreneurialism. Social entrepreneurialism needs to be looked at in a whole new way. Social entrepreneurialism is typically the use of traditional entrepreneurial techniques to address a social issue or cause. I want to challenge the status quo, defy gravity, by looking at social entrepreneurialism as a way for nonprofit organizations to develop new funding sources through for-profit means. I want social entrepreneurialism to be defined as a nonprofit organization creating and operating a separate for-profit venture to support their nonprofit mission. In other words, any profit from the new venture would go to support the long-term mission and vision of the nonprofit. Therefore, the nonprofit would require less money in private contributions. For example, the humane society can market and sell a private-label brand of dog food in grocer y stores nationally. The YMCA could market and sell exercise videos in the United States. An economic development group could develop and sell commercial and residential real estate. By adopting a new way of operating, there would be the potential to generate millions of dollars in revenue for these groups that could go towards the long-term financial sustainability of the nonprofit.

The organization that I serve, serves the entire community through the creation of new jobs and investment in the region and the promotion of the area's assets to attract tourists that spend money with local merchants. For the most part, we are considered a member-based organization. The funds that we raise come primarily from among the members themselves and are used for the purpose of sustaining the organization's needs. For example, the money required for our programs and operations is collected in the form of fees paid to belong to the organization, or in the form of donations. There is a high degree of correlation though between the economy and membership. Therefore, if the economy is bad, we can expect membership to be lower. Simply, the organization requires funding to maintain its service to the community year after year. So, there is no way that we can rely completely on membership dollars and still survive long into the future.

In addition to membership dollars, we must also rely on a small base of government support for specific tourism and heritage preservation programs. And, the fact of the matter is, that often we must raise funds from a variety of sources just to maintain our budget. That is why I feel it is so important and crucial to create a fund development strategy that allows the organization to generate new revenue through for-profit means. You can see how, as an organization, it would make sense for us to develop and sell commercial real estate as a way to generate new revenue. The more money we can generate on our own, the less money we will require from the community. This is a new and radical way to look at nonprofit fund development, as well as, social entrepreneurialism, and is definitely not the status quo, but is, none the less, necessary if the nonprofit wants to survive in this new economy. This is a way for the nonprofit to take their destiny into their own hands; to become less of a burden on society, and to gain long-term sustainability in tough economic times.

Thank you Rebel for confirming our strategy and giving us the tools we need to execute this plan and move our agency forward; far into the future!

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Watch Out, A Tidal Wave Of Economic Instability Is Coming To Wipe Out Your Retirement Savings Even Further - Investment - Retirement Planning

Are you worried about massive inflation, if social security is going to be enough for you to retire, if your retirement savings is going to last you throughout your later years, well youre not alone. The vast majority of retires are very concerned with what is going on in the economy and their ability to retire. Some of the biggest financial problems are facing us in todays economy. With the amount of funny money the government and banks have pushed into the economy; with the national debt close to hitting 100% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP); with the massive real estate bubble in some of the most volatile states like California, Arizona, Florida and Nevada still deflating; with the inability of social security and Medicare to be funded, we have some major problems facing us that we as the general public need to protect yourself against. Protecting yourself is NOT saving your money and hiding it in your savings account. Why you ask? We are already having massive inflation , just look at the gas pump now over $4 per gallon and increasing. Commodities that we use to live on daily are skyrocketing already in price right under our noses. This means that our purchasing power is decreasing rapidly and pushing the middle class into the new poor. If you are a saver which is what has been drilled into our heads by society for years, you are losing wealth, making being a saver no longer a smart option. If you save in these new economic times, you will slowly become poorer and poorer. For example, if you are saving $5,000 per year but your monthly expenses are going up from $3,000 per month to $4,000 per month due to inflation, along with your income not increasing accordingly, you just became poorer even with your savings. Your expenses went up by $12,000 per year and your savings went up by $5,000 per year. Incomes are not rising currently because of the economy. It is costing more for companies to stay in business, jobs are leaving the country due to cheaper labor in developing countries, the cost of living is increasing significantly and our incomes are staying the same. This is all a recipe for disaster. Okay, enough doom and gloom. There is a way out. There is a way to protect yourself against massive inflation and these tough economic times.

The way to do this is to structure your retirement investments in a way that they are producing income monthly for you PASSIVELY without having to work for them and in assets that appreciate when there is massive inflation. I am a CPA, real estate investor and financial advisor and I can tell you that real estate is one of the best investments you can invest in for this type of economy. Real estate is one of the only investments that has advantages in this type of economy. Here are some of the reasons:

(1) Real estate has the ability to produce returns on your money that beat out the inflation rate. You can make 8% - 25%+ return on your money, safely investing in real estate if its done correctly. You MUST do the right due diligence on the real estate your are acquiring.

(2) Real estate values tend to rise during inflationary periods. If we have massive inflation, not only do real estate properties typically rise, but rents rise as well increasing your passive cash flow and financial stability as your monthly costs rise. This protects you significantly in an inflationary economy.

(3) Real estate investments can be tax free income. Because of some of the tax benefits of depreciation much of your passive rental cash flow can be virtually tax free. Taxes are your biggest expense so its imperative to cut the taxes you pay down. You can also invest in real estate in your own retirement account (IRA, 401k, etc) and have 100% of the gains tax free. Most people do not know that you can do this, even though you have been allowed to do this for 30 years. Its called a self-directed retirement account.

(4) Cash flow from rental real estate can create a passive income stream so that you never have to deplete your principal balances and can help you retire off of cash flow. You will never again have to worry about depleting your principal balance if the cash flow from your real estate investments is above your monthly expenses. Once this happens you are truly financially free. You can only attain this when you invest in assets like real estate that allow you to have a high enough return on investment to beat out inflation.

But how do you invest in real estate safely? Isnt it risky? Most people do not know how to invest in real estate correctly. There are tons of real estate courses, books, online resources and more that will help you to learn how to do this correctly. There are also companies out there that can help you invest, that already have the experience, have a team in place and have access to investments with the risk mitigated already.

The key to your future stability is your ability to learn new investment options, how to mitigate the risks of those investments, control those investments and most importantly your ability to increase your financial education. By financial education I mean educating yourself on how to invest correctly (NOT CDs, Mutual Funds or Stocks that you do not have control over), educating yourself on how to reduce taxes, educate yourself on budgeting your money and putting a set financial plan with attainable goals. Most Americans spend 40+ hours a week working, but less than one hour per month reviewing their financial position, plan and goals. Does that not sound backwards? Its because financial education is not taught in schools so you have to take it upon yourself to educate yourself. People are taught how to make money in their fields but not how to set up a financial plan and how to protect their money. So get educated, take action, invest in the right asset classes to protec t yourself and assure your future. Your future financial stability is dependent on it.

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The Chevrolet Avalanche - Autos

The Chevrolet Avalanche is a version of the remarkable re-engineered full-size pickups and SUVs that General Motors has started selling late last year. It has such a charming appearance and has a lot of potentials of becoming a terrific truck. With the addition of some truck accessories here and there like for instance grille guards truck can help to further boost its looks plus safeness in which this truck lacks. grille guards truck can provide the front end with a bold, tough look while enhancing protection of the truck. A grille guard is also one of the hottest truck accessories around.

Despite the charisma that the Avalanche possesses it's not enough to hide its flaws like for instance its lack of back seat room, its not so comfortable front seats, and disappointing fuel economy rating.

But then again in spite of the drawbacks that the Avalanche has it also has some admirable features such as:* Its redesigned looks that share with all of GM's full-size trucks for 2007 which helps greatly in improving the Avalanche. It is also good that Chevy has finally decided to discontinue the grotesque side cladding which really help in improving the looks of the Avalanche. * The modified cargo box of the Avalanche has deep, covered side compartments that can hold a lot of beverage containers, groceries, and truck supplies. They have drains so you fill them with ice or use them as coolers. The three-piece hard tonneau cover seals the cargo box, making it as a useful enormous trunk. The signature feature of the Avalanche which pertains to its movable passenger-compartment rear bulkhead enables it to be used for five or six passengers with short box (5 feet, 4 inches) or two or three passengers with long box (or 8 feet, 2 inches). * And since it's a new GM truck it was given a premium interior; smooth ride; agile handling, especially for its size. Its additional option and standard features are desirable enough that they can tempt you to overlook drawbacks. For instance: GM's 100,000-mile powertrain warranty, OnStar emergency calling system, remote-control engine start, and Easy-to-program driver information center. Its smooth, powerful V-8 engine and Easy-to-use four-wheel drive are remarkable as well. That smooth ride is largely because of the Avalanche new design which is based on the new GM SUVs that features the use of comfort-oriented coil springs on the rear suspension, rather than the pickups' leaf springs.

As mentioned the Avalanche has some flaws and these are as follows:* Cadillac and some GMC trucks have six-speed boxes, which typically boost fuel economy 5 percent or more vs. four-speeds. On the other hand the Avalanche was given a four-speed automatic transmission which is not as efficient as those of the Cadillac and some other GMC trucks. "Over the next couple of years, you'll see us switch all our four-speeds to six-speeds as we get more availability," says Carl Hillenbrand, product manager for the Chevy Silverado pickup, formerly of Avalanche. * The Avalanche lack rear visibility since its tailgate and cargo box block vision which makes it mandatory for would-be Avalanche owners to purchase the $250 rearview camera. * Front seats have too much lumbar bump. It can't be retracted fully unlike in some rival trucks. * Fuel economy it's disappointing. No better than any other big truck, 12 or 13 mpg around town, despite of GM's "active fuel-management" feature. The cylin der cutoff shuts off half the cylinders when they're not needed for smoothness or power. * Head restraints are not provided for the middle rear rider making it a potential safety hazard. On the other hand, the safety belt for that slot is mounted to the back of the seat, positioning it low for a youngster in a booster seat. * The back-seat room is too little, despite the generous 39 inches of legroom GM publishes.

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