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A Smarter City Vision: Ho Chi Minh

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:56:06 +0000

Follow the progress of all IBM Corporate Service Corps teams. On this one, Michele Grieshaber shares her team’s vision: Ho Chi Minh City Posted by: The Global Small Business Blog (a GlobeTrade.com company)

Banks on Wheels: Bankmobiles

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:54:15 +0000

Instead of Good Humor or Bookmobile trucks, in this case we have what are called Good Mobile Bank trucks … and they are doing a whole lot more good for so many people who need access to capital in remote parts of the world. Read more about this here. This bank “gets it.“ Illustration credit [...]

KFC’s Parent Company Conquers the World

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:54:04 +0000

What’s mightier or bigger than McDonald’s? KFC’s parent company, Yum! Brands, which also owns Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has earned the exclamation mark on which it insists as the world’s largest restaurant company — is poised to grow fast in China, Russia and India. With 37,000 restaurants in 110 countries, Yum! even eclipses that [...]

You Dont Know John (Maynard Keynes)

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:58:26 +0000

From the right, Gary Becker writes: Keynes and many earlier economists emphasized that unemployment rises during recessions because nominal wage rates tend to be inflexible in the downward direction. From the left, Matt Yglesias writes: …the Keynesian prescription is not only for the government to run deficits in response to recessions, but to run surpluses in [...]

Open to International Investors: Indonesia

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:53:19 +0000

Why is Indonesia so ripe to international investment opportunities? Indonesia has a very positive story to tell — for openers, its economy is on track to hit $1 trillion in GDP by 2014. The country is the third-largest democracy in the world and it is in a demographic sweet spot — half its population is under [...]

Flags of the World

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:52:59 +0000

The Central Intelligence Agency does a magnificent job featuring flags of the world. You absolutely must check it out. Great history lesson. In addition, they publish and update The World Factbook, world leaders, CIA maps and publications and so much more. It’s worth a nice long visit. Go here for more education. Photo credit [...]

Travelers face credit-, debit-card hassles overseas.

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:03:00 +0000

When Susanne and Bernie Seidel, of Everett, traveled to Sweden and Germany two years ago, they had no problems using their Visa and MasterCard at gas stations, grocery stores and restaurants. On a trip to Sweden and Norway this past April, “they didn’t work,” Susanne discovered. Their cards were accepted some places — hotels, for instance — [...]

Credit Cards For Bad Credit Customers

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:03:00 +0000

There are various credit card options for customers who have poor or bad credit scores. Credit cards have become an integral part of life and are needed to rent a car or stay in a hotel. With today’s credit environment, it can be difficult to get a credit card without any credit history. UPside Visa® [...]

Debit card users have choice in overdrafts

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000

If you’re a consumer with a debit card, you can expect to hear the same two words again and again and again from your bank or credit union between now and Aug. 15. “Opt in.” It refers to a change in federal banking regulations approved last fall requiring banks to get their consumer customers’ permission to honor [...]

Be Open to Possibilities in Our World

admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:52:23 +0000

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Photo credit: Laurel J. Delaney (Chicago skyline extraordinaire — current weather here) Posted by: The Global Small Business Blog