FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa: Is the Third World Ready for Global Sports? The world cup frenzy has reached its peak. If the recent news reports are any indication, the first edition of the world's biggest sporting event in Africa is all set to break all possible records in terms of viewership, sponsorships and revenues. Now this is indeed a huge morale booster for two main reasons. Firstly, at a time when the global economy...more
How to Handle Shipping Backup in Dropshipping Dropshippers do not come with inherent qualities to succeed. They learn the ropes online and hone their business skills. Once people come to know about your existence on the internet, customers would come flocking to you. It's easy to manage one or two orders.However, as your business progresses and you start getting orders in appreciable numbers, you must think of impeccable...more
Global and China Solar Cell (Photovoltaic) Equipment Industry Report, 2010 The equipment expenditure of the thin film photovoltaic cell industry is much higher than that of traditional crystalline silicon photovoltaic cell industry. With the decline of the polysilicon price since H2 2008, the advantages of thin film photovoltaic cells in low-cost raw materials have become less impressive. Many manufacturers have become extremely cautious about or even stopped investing in the field of thin film photovoltaic cells, resulting in the decline of PV equipment industry. But, Chinese manufacturers of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells have improved capacity significantly in 2010 to offset the decline of thin film photovoltaic cell equipment.In H2 2010, the polysilicon price began to soar. It's expected that manufacturers may increase the investment in thin film photovoltaic cells, but obviously, the polysilicon price will not skyrocket as in 2008. Therefore, people are still cautious about thin film photovoltaic cells.Output Value of PV Equipment Industry, 2008-2013 Compared with traditional energy technologies, photovoltaic cell, especially thin film photovoltaic...more
Effects of the Global Economic Crisis: Abandonment of Pets Although it is true that we humans have been affected by the economic crisis that recently hit the world, there are other individual sectors that have felt its wrath. In fact, it was not only human that got a feel of what the destruction was. One of those terribly affected by...more
Global Top 10 Emerging Refining Markets - Analysis of Capacity, Demand, Supply, Margin and Competitive Scenario to 2015 GlobalData's new report "Global Top 10 Emerging Refining Markets - Analysis of Capacity, Demand, Supply, Margin and Competitive Scenario to 2015" provides an in-depth analysis on the existing and planned refinery...more
Cardiology coding conferences: Save 99238-99239 for 0-Day Globals Cardiology coding conferences The situation: The cardiologist admitted a patient and carried out a procedure on the 23rd of the month. He reviewed the patient on the 24th, went over everything and discharged the patient. So should you charge for the hospital discharge (say for instance 99238) by the same physician for a patient during the global period of the procedure? The answer is: Unfortunately, you may be wrong. If you are in a 90-day global period of a procedure (as would be the case with pacemaker and defibrillator surgeries) or if discharge happens to be on the same day as the surgery, you can't separately report the discharge codes 99238-99239 (Hospital discharge day management …). In these cases, the discharge is covered in the procedure coding and global period. But there are exceptions: With certain cardiology procedures that have a zero-day global if the patient is admitted to the hospital after surgery and then discharged the next day or some days later, you can go and bill for the discharge services. You should also remember to bill hospital encounter codes if a patient is admitted...more
Global PND Sales to Rise on Multifunction Capabilities The GPS Portable Navigation Device (PND) market has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years due to continuous decline in price and increasing consumer awareness about...more
Online Advertising – Cost-Effective Way of Reaching Global Audience Online advertising is undoubtedly the most cost-effective way of reaching a wide set of audience in least possible time. An effective internet ad campaign is all...more
International shipping makes the world go round The world revolves around trade and deliveries. Olden-day merchants were the first tycoons, making very healthy livings out of buying, selling and shipping goods. Their wealth helped...more
Never Lose Contact with International Shipping Companies We all make friends when we are at school, college and university and the way of the world is that we all have different paths to follow and these paths can lead us to different...more
Tips to Reduce Luxury Cruise Packages' Prices as Their Popularity Climbs Globally True that luxury cruise packages are often meant for the rich and the powerful. However, that does not mean that this niche consumer base is...more
Purchasing An Apartment For Investment Purposes An apartment is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. Most apartments are in buildings designed for the purpose, but large older houses are sometimes...more