Nov 11, 2009

Reuters: Private Equity LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - A group of private equity firms is expected to progress to the second round of the sale of second-hand car dealership British Car Auctions, people familiar with the matter said. . (Read More)

Oct 30, 2009

Submitted by Dpfitch: Network marketing is not rocket science. Growing your downline easily is a matter of having the right techniques, tools and focus. This information cuts through all the online training "noise" and tells you where to focus your energy. (Read More)

Nov 01, 2009

Submitted by Jason Demars: Canada has implemented a special set of policies to cope with the economic slowdown. This is known as Canada's Economic Action Plan. Now it is the time to have a closer look at it, focusing on the Canadian housing sector. (Read More)

6 days ago

Jalopnik One of our favorite comedy bits, and one that ironically rarely seems to age, is the Mel Brooks-Carl Reiner "2,000-year old man" shtick. Essentially, it's an interviewer talking to the oldest man alive played by Mel Brooks. He has opinions on everything in old Jewish man style. Take his stance on the Black Plague "Too many (Read More)

Nov 13, 2009

LinkedIn Answers: Sales A salesman sells. Easy to measure at least superficially. 1) What is the best way to demonstrate the contribution of marketing to the sales process? 2) Is sales volume generated a fair or workable answer to?. (Read More)

Oct 21, 2009

Submitted by Mimbeo from blog: Simplicity. Renovated, rustic mountain chalet with spectacular mountain views, walking distance to club house and swimming pool. Three levels with bedroom and bathroom on each level. Lower level has a pool table and 39 in 1 arcade game. Call for any special rates. Weekly fee does not include tax and cleaning fee. (Read More)

Nov 13, 2009

Silicon Alley Insider Etsy is an e-commerce hub for buyers and sellers of handmade goods, vintage goods, and art supplies.Etsy's 2009 gross merchandise sales reached $130 million at the end of October -- up from $88 million over all of 2008 (and up f4om $26 million in 2007).Etsy keeps 3.5% of those sales for its revenues.Read the rest of this st (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

Gizmodo The Staples Black Friday ad has leaked, and while there are some good deals here, I'm not sure I'd stay up all night for any of them. But hey, a 1TB external HDD for $70 is a pretty good deal... Here's the full list of tech stuff on sale. Doorbusters marked with a *. Cell Phones Motorola H710 Bluetooth Headset - $39.99 Comp (Read More)

Nov 02, 2009

Simon Willison's Weblog Adobe, in their “open government” whitepaper (which, of course, is a PDF): Since the advent of the web, an entire infrastructure has evolved to enable public access to information. Such technologies include HTML, Adobe PDF, and Adobe® Flash® technology.Clay Johnson responds: This is nonsense. The fact is, sticking to op (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

The Guardian It is time for newspaper publishers, editors and journalists to stop using the libel law. We must all make a pledge never to sue for libel as long as the current law remains on the statute book.I made that point at yesterday's launch of Free speech is not for sale, a report produced by Index on Censorship and English PEN ca (Read More)

Nov 09, 2009

Copyblogger We live in a world of free. If you’re trying to make money, especially online, you might think that would make things difficult.Every day, someone releases a new eBook, video, or podcast that not only contains tremendous value, but gives away many of the “tricks of the trade” that we used to have to pay for.You’d think that (Read More)

Nov 10, 2009

AltNews: The Best Alternative, Weird, UFO, Cryptozoology, Physics, Science And Paranormal Blog Posts From Around the Web A series of tubs at a hot springs in the Idaho backcountry have been torn out. ---- linkAltNews: The Best Alternative, Weird, UFO, Cryptozoology, Physics, Science And Paranormal Blog Posts From Around the Web. (Read More)

Nov 04, 2009

Submitted by Crenk from blog: Social networks as they exist depend on the number of friends you start off with and thus you expand your network based on your existing network and grow from there. For many, not having an online presence makes it heard to start a social network when there is no online network to utilize to start. For [...]. (Read More)

Oct 28, 2009

Android Phone Fans Want ALL the details about the Motorola Droid hardware? Look no further than the Official Fact Sheet that Motorola published earlier today along with some nice high quality pics:DROID by Motorola Fact SheetA no-compromise supergeniusIntroducing DROID by Motorola, a Smartphone powered by Android 2.0 developed in partnersh (Read More)

Nov 04, 2009

Mashable! There are a lot of players vying to become your gateway to rest of the web: Facebook Connect, OpenID, Sign In With Twitter, MySpace ID, and Google Friend Connect just to name a few. It’s Facebook Connect however that seems to be leaving all of the other connect methods in the dust. This includes Google Friend Connect, whi (Read More)

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