Washington, the nations capital, is slowly rebranding itself as a great business destination. The same city that is closely identified to the Federal Government is now trying to attract entrepreneurs to set up shop in the city. The city known for the White House, the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial now wants to be known for commerce and industry.In an effort to diversify its economy, Washington and surrounding communities are...more
Global Investing and the Ugly American Economy That is Having lived through the recent U.S. and global economic crisis that is closely tied to the housing, subprime and derivatives markets, many investors are reassessing "risk." Recently the diversified portfolio managers at FIM Group presented a webinar titled "Security vs. Risk," in which we addressed various risks facing investors. One of the areas we touched on was the risks...more
Globalization's Affect on Taxation Due to globalization, there have been many hardships in trying to keep track of and monitor taxpayers that have underreported their incomes to the United States tax system. These hardships have been caused by the lack of information, available to government, needed to monitor extraterritorial activity. There are two different approaches that will be discussed in the following: (1) the idea of creating a more updated system that will allow for more complete data sharing, or (2) to create less of a need for extraterritorial tax information by reconfiguring national tax systems. With both ideas, there are multiple pros and cons that will be discussed in length throughout the reading. After reading the following argument for both sides, you should be able to formulate your own opinion based on the facts presented to you. The U.S. government uses an ex ante approach within its boarders which allows for it to regulate what each taxpayer and their employer or means of income reports. This provides the government the ability to "check up on" the taxpayers if they are believed to have underreported or mislead the IRS in what they...more
Heat Pump Network HC Recently, KPMG issued "BRIC" Electric Power Industry Report. One of China's power industry research report, China's current consumption is second only to the United States, the world's second-largest electricity consumer, total electricity consumption in 2009 to 3.6 trillion kwh (3600 MWh). However, due to the large number of...more
Global Events Company Opens in Miami UK-based GDS opened its first US office in New York City and has never looked back. Now Spencer Green is looking to tap into the sophisticated metropolitan business culture of Miami and develop his next generation of business leaders."All our research points to Miami," says Spencer. "The people here have...more
HungerWear is Hunger Aware. HungerWear is all about wearing your hunger awareness to: 1) Spread Awareness about the magnitude of the global hunger crisis 2) Build Support to abolish hunger by the end of the decade 3) Provide Donations to hunger-relief in the U.S. and globally Here's how we do it: 1) Spread Awareness - Sell HungerWear gear with message have you eaten today?, hand-out HungerWear Awareness Cards, create viral video/on-line presence, share our blog 2) Build Support - Create huge on-line community engaged and talking about the issue 3) Provide Donations - Contribute all net proceeds from sales of gear to hunger-relief programs Hunger Crisis Most of us face each day with all kinds of choices about what we're going to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner and even snacks. We're totally unaware that around the world, 25,000 people die every day, from not having enough to eat; many of whom are children who barely had a chance to live. Hunger is the largest human catastrophe ever!! But most of us living in wealthy developed countries aren't aware of this. Because hunger is an ongoing problem, it doesn't make headline news like tsunamis, earthquakes or other natural...more
Delivering excellent results within a stipulated time frame and budget has been the forte of Global Online Solution for the past eight years. This growing team of highly skilled and dynamic web designers, developers and IT professionals is an...more
ISO 13485 as a Quality Management System for Medical Devices - Webinar By GlobalCompliancePanel Overview: This presentation will help you to understand ISO 13485 and implement a successful quality management system, comparing it to ISO 9001...more
There are a number of factors which go to make a successful business opportunity. Spotting of the right opportunity at the right time is one of the first few factors which can determine the lead that you can gain over the others. Some of the...more
Global Broadband Market Rebounds According to the market research firm iSuppli Corp, recovering from a slight decline in the second quarter, global broadband subscriber growth is rebounding in the third and fourth quarters as China's demand...more
Have you checked tags of the merchandise in one of your favorite stores lately? Have you seen the phrase "Made in Mexico" on your shirt tag? Seldom? Never? Let's learn the reason behind that.Since the Mexican government's dictatorial rule ended...more
Mexico is an incredible place to build an empire just as the old times dating back the European exploration era. But, just like before, cultural differences may interfere to your peaceful intentions of making your bank account healthy. Not to give...more