Posted by Christina Lopez on January 23rd, 2012
NASHVILLE — Tennessee’s Attorney General and Piedmont Natural Gas Co. have reached an agreement that reduces Piedmont’s pending request for a rate increase by almost 30 percent.
According to Attorney General Bob Cooper, the reduction will save Tennessee ratepayers $4.8 million.
The agreement was approved at a Tennessee Regulatory Authority hearing Monday. I
Posted by Paul Thompson on January 18th, 2012
Individual investors in startup companies are known in small business finance circles as “angel” investors. This term originated not in the well-known epicenters of startup activity, but in the Broadway theater district. To
Posted by Samantha Martinez on January 18th, 2012
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business
~ Henry Ford
A new year, a new beginning. A time for contemplation. What did you accomplish last year? Did you evolve your business, your team, yourself? Where did you miss the mark? How can you improve this year?
Almost always, when I ask clients what they want to accomplish in the new year, the answer is more. More sales, more customers, more product innovation, more profit, more capital – and the list goes on. I understand in the game of business score is kept by dollars and equity value, but I wonder whether “more is better” is really the right goal-post?
My experience is the “wanting” behind “more” can never satisfied. It just creates more wanting. It’s truly insatiable.
Posted by Samantha Martinez on January 17th, 2012
Creating an Affiliate Network
Online marketing is preferred by both small and big businesses today, because it is convenient and affordable. However, business owners may not be able to allocate enough time for it, to get the desired results. This is where affiliate marketing comes in.
Understanding Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a way of promoting your products and services via third parties or intermediaries called affiliate marketers. These marketers make use of the online marketing tools like blogs, articles, websites and online mailing lists to promote your products on the internet. So, the success of your affiliate program is largely dependent on the efficiency of marketers you select.
An affiliate program works irrespective of your industry or type of business, the size of your business and the product or service you are promoting.
Posted by Paul Thompson on January 16th, 2012
Withings Fitness Cloud Platform January 16, 2012
The White House has responded to two petitions about legislative approaches to combat online piracy. In their response, Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator at Office of Management and Budget, Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chi
Posted by Christina Lopez on January 11th, 2012
The mining and quarrying sector was the major recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) into South Africa in 2009, followed by the manufacturing and financial sectors, according to the latest South Africa Survey, to be published by the South African Institute of Race Relations next week.
A comprehensive section on the composition of both local and foreign investment is included in the survey.
FDI in the mining and quarrying sector as a proportion of total FDI stock as opposed to flow increased from 5.7% in 1989 to 33.4% in 2009.
Meanwhile, investment in the manufacturing sector decreased from 47% in 1989 to 27.9% in 2009 and investment in the financial sector increased from 26.5% in 1989 to 39.3% in 2000, and subsequently decreased to 27.1% in 2009, according to the data sourced from the South African Reserve Bank.
South African FDI in African countries in 2009 amounted to R116-billion, with the largest proportion being held in Mauritius (42.6%), followed by Mozambique (5.5%).
FDI flows to South Africa decreased by 71% from $5.4-billion in 2009 to $1.6-billion in 2010, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development World Investment Report 2011.
Foreign direct investment flows to South Africa as a proportion of gross fixed capital formation decreased from 14.5% in 2008 to 8.4% in 2009, and to 1.9% in 2010, despite increased flows to developing countries as a whole. Read more…
Posted by Christina Lopez on January 9th, 2012
Hartford’s rock bottom commercial real estate market is attracting investors looking for a sweet deal on office buildings.
Among the interested shoppers is the state of Connecticut.
While many state and local governments have considered selling property in recent years to generate short-term revenue, Connecticut is seeking to purchase a large office building as part of a new long-term strategy to consolidate its leased space holdings into state-owned property, sources say.
Last year, the state quietly put out multiple requests for proposals asking Greater Hartford and other Connecticut landlords for offers on buildings with more than 100,000 square feet of space.
Sources say the state has looked at several significant downtown Hartford properties including the 556,000-square-foot Connecticut River Plaza, which is currently undergoing an $8.5 million renovation. <