A few nice monkey business images I found:
Monkey Business at Joe's Pub
Image by michaelvito
likeafishinwater.com
Monkey Business at Joe's Pub
Image by michaelvito
likeafishinwater.com
Monkey Business at Joe's Pub
Image by michaelvito
likeafishinwater.com
Check out these home business images:
Home of Drinks
Image by chris_wilson
Sad because your business has seen better days? Don't worry! The business centre has a handy drinks bar as well.
Some cool china business images:
IMG_0570
Image by bpsusf
IMG_0596
Image by bpsusf
IMG_0542
Image by bpsusf
Check out these new business images:
New Business Cards -Back-
Image by koopa
I ordered redesigned business cards for Ed before his next gig.
Front: www.flickr.com/photos/koopa/2704161829/
Some cool start a business images:
Small business: In hiding, for now.
Image by JL Johnson | AviationGeek.net
The sign on this door reads "Closed but starting to think about re-opening". This photo was taken in Jerome, AZ a small (progressive) tourist town that was hit hard by the recession. Jerome is now feeling the affects of the Arizona boycott which was launched in response to the passage of SB1070.
A few nice business degree images I found:
Innovation Series: Mobile Social Business, a talk with Tom Vassos.
Image by Cedim News
Abril 12 del 2012
Hotel Camino Real, Monterrey.
Fotografía: Edith Valle.
Innovation Series: Mobile Social Business, a talk with Tom Vassos.
Image by Cedim News
Abril 12 del 2012
Hotel Camino Real, Monterrey.
Fotografía: Edith Valle.
Innovation Series: Mobile Social Business, a talk with Tom Vassos.
Image by Cedim News
Abril 12 del 2012
Hotel Camino Real, Monterrey.
Fotografía: Edith Valle.
Check out these business data images:
Data 2.0 Conference
Image by aquababe
Data 2.0 Conference
Image by aquababe
Some cool business search images:
Driving Travel Business: Social or Search? - BTO 2010
Image by BTO - Buy Tourism Online
Driving Travel Business: Social or Search?
Il panel non ha deluso nessuna aspettativa: il tema è affascinante. Non a caso è stato inserito al termine di questa edizione di BTO - Buy Tourism Online. Ve la ricordate la "bussola" iniziale dell'Ouverture di Monica Fabris?
Bene, qui si è cercato di trarre delle conclusioni.
Nel panel:
Gianluca Diegoli - [mini]marketing
Claudio Vaccaro - SocialWare
Francesca Mortari - YouTube
Special Guest:
Jerome Touze
The Case of 'Where are you now?' (Keynote)
Da Londra, uno degli ospiti più interessanti della III^ Edizione di BTO - Buy Tourism Online: ci parlerà di Social Network e di Geolocal.
BTO - BUY TOURISM ONLINE 2010
III^ [ Scintillante ] Edizione
18-19 Novembre 2010
Stazione Leopolda – Firenze
www.buytourismonline.com
Il programma scientifico della III^ Edizione di BTO - Buy Tourism Online è stato affidato alle amorevoli cure di BTO Educational
www.btoeducational.it
Tutto in SOLD OUT
2.911 i partecipanti, 44 relatori, 42 FREE Training Session con 2.810 partecipanti, 112 giornalisti accredidati, 60 tra Bloggers e Evangelists 2.0, 4 Televisioni impegnate durante l'evento, i media partners Wired.it e intoscana.it, grazie grazie a ObiettivoTre, al MarketPlace 38 Portali Online, al Club degli Espositori 39 aziende, l'hashtag più twittato in Italia il 18 e 19 Novembre #bto2010, la diretta più seguita al mondo Giovedì 18 Novembre su Livestream.com BTO - Buy Tourism Online 2010 Day ONE, la diretta più seguita al mondo il Venerdì 19 Novembre su Livestream.com BTO - Buy Tourism Online 2010 Day TWO, i minuti su Livestream.com visti dalla somma degli utenti durante il live streaming dell'evento 965.420, dibattiti, keynote e interviste registrate in Main Hall 17 ore.
A big big special thanks to Roberta Milano.
La più ammirata Monica Fabris, il più saggio Rodolfo Baggio, il miglior inglese parlato quello di Giulia Eremita, la più fastidiosa Costanza G., la più canticchiata Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint, la più tedesca Renate Goergen, il più inglese Jerome Touze, il più americano Josiah Mackenzie, la più gradita sorpresa gli amici di Web [Travel] Marketing, quello con più tesi Gianluca Diegoli, il più gradito ritorno Patrick Landman, i più coraggiosi i 6 Speakers per un Giorno, il più diretto Claudio Velardi, i più "complicati" gli amici di Zoes.it, il più in tutto Max Ulivieri, il più e basta Marco Monty Montemagno, il più amato da tutti Paolo Iabichino aka IABicus, il più "cattivo" Roberto Frua - TripAdvisor, il più buono Max Ventimiglia, la più dolce Elena Tubaro, il più ermetico Roberto Brenner - Google, il rubino più prezioso [ per noi di BTO Educational ] Elena Grassi - Expedia, quello sempre con l'ipad Mirko Lalli, la Blogger sempre più "famosa" Nelli, il più straordinario Professor Dimitrios Buhails, il più fotografato Matteo Renzi, il più bravo tappabuchi Paolo Chiappini, i più social i Bloggers, chi c'è mancato di più il cartello We Love Internet, il più bevuto caffè quello della Casa del Moka, i più tecnici Expomeeting, i più pazienti e disponibili i ragazzi e le ragazze del Prof. Eliodoro, il più appetitoso Lo Scalco, i più straordinariamente professionali i Crews, le Training più affollate Augmendy, Zoover e Google Advanced......
Driving Travel Business: Social or Search? - BTO 2010
Image by BTO - Buy Tourism Online
Driving Travel Business: Social or Search?
Il panel non ha deluso nessuna aspettativa: il tema è affascinante. Non a caso è stato inserito al termine di questa edizione di BTO - Buy Tourism Online. Ve la ricordate la "bussola" iniziale dell'Ouverture di Monica Fabris?
Bene, qui si è cercato di trarre delle conclusioni.
Nel panel:
Gianluca Diegoli - [mini]marketing
Claudio Vaccaro - SocialWare
Francesca Mortari - YouTube
Special Guest:
Jerome Touze
The Case of 'Where are you now?' (Keynote)
Da Londra, uno degli ospiti più interessanti della III^ Edizione di BTO - Buy Tourism Online: ci parlerà di Social Network e di Geolocal.
BTO - BUY TOURISM ONLINE 2010
III^ [ Scintillante ] Edizione
18-19 Novembre 2010
Stazione Leopolda – Firenze
www.buytourismonline.com
Il programma scientifico della III^ Edizione di BTO - Buy Tourism Online è stato affidato alle amorevoli cure di BTO Educational
www.btoeducational.it
Tutto in SOLD OUT
2.911 i partecipanti, 44 relatori, 42 FREE Training Session con 2.810 partecipanti, 112 giornalisti accredidati, 60 tra Bloggers e Evangelists 2.0, 4 Televisioni impegnate durante l'evento, i media partners Wired.it e intoscana.it, grazie grazie a ObiettivoTre, al MarketPlace 38 Portali Online, al Club degli Espositori 39 aziende, l'hashtag più twittato in Italia il 18 e 19 Novembre #bto2010, la diretta più seguita al mondo Giovedì 18 Novembre su Livestream.com BTO - Buy Tourism Online 2010 Day ONE, la diretta più seguita al mondo il Venerdì 19 Novembre su Livestream.com BTO - Buy Tourism Online 2010 Day TWO, i minuti su Livestream.com visti dalla somma degli utenti durante il live streaming dell'evento 965.420, dibattiti, keynote e interviste registrate in Main Hall 17 ore.
A big big special thanks to Roberta Milano.
La più ammirata Monica Fabris, il più saggio Rodolfo Baggio, il miglior inglese parlato quello di Giulia Eremita, la più fastidiosa Costanza G., la più canticchiata Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint, la più tedesca Renate Goergen, il più inglese Jerome Touze, il più americano Josiah Mackenzie, la più gradita sorpresa gli amici di Web [Travel] Marketing, quello con più tesi Gianluca Diegoli, il più gradito ritorno Patrick Landman, i più coraggiosi i 6 Speakers per un Giorno, il più diretto Claudio Velardi, i più "complicati" gli amici di Zoes.it, il più in tutto Max Ulivieri, il più e basta Marco Monty Montemagno, il più amato da tutti Paolo Iabichino aka IABicus, il più "cattivo" Roberto Frua - TripAdvisor, il più buono Max Ventimiglia, la più dolce Elena Tubaro, il più ermetico Roberto Brenner - Google, il rubino più prezioso [ per noi di BTO Educational ] Elena Grassi - Expedia, quello sempre con l'ipad Mirko Lalli, la Blogger sempre più "famosa" Nelli, il più straordinario Professor Dimitrios Buhails, il più fotografato Matteo Renzi, il più bravo tappabuchi Paolo Chiappini, i più social i Bloggers, chi c'è mancato di più il cartello We Love Internet, il più bevuto caffè quello della Casa del Moka, i più tecnici Expomeeting, i più pazienti e disponibili i ragazzi e le ragazze del Prof. Eliodoro, il più appetitoso Lo Scalco, i più straordinariamente professionali i Crews, le Training più affollate Augmendy, Zoover e Google Advanced......
Check out these home business images:
super styling
Image by Corinna A. Carlson
Some cool buy a business images:
29 Ex-Staff Protest Outside Clearys
Image by infomatique
Guineys & Co was closed in September after its sister store Clerys was placed in receivership. Although a private equity firm bought Clerys a few hours later, Guineys & Co was not included in the deal and was placed into liquidation.
I had a chat with these protesters today but as I had assumed that they were with Clerys rather than Guineys I did not ask if they still had their jobs. When I got home I checked online and it would appear that there were 29 protesters (10 people who worked in Guineys and a further 19 people who worked at Clerys outlets in Naas, Blanchardstown and Leopardstown) and all of them had lost their jobs and will receive only statutory statutory redundancy payments even though most of them were with the company more than 30 years.
One of the protesters told me that at one stage their employer paid their pension contributions but that this had been changed years ago and that they (the employees) were required to contribute towards their pensions. Reports in the media indicated that the new owners have stated that they’re not accepting liability for pensions for the 29 employees and therefore it was concluded they they would lose their pensions. However the employees do not yet know the status of their pensions so it is possible that they may receive a reduced pension.
29 Ex-Staff Protest Outside Clearys
Image by infomatique
Guineys & Co was closed in September after its sister store Clerys was placed in receivership. Although a private equity firm bought Clerys a few hours later, Guineys & Co was not included in the deal and was placed into liquidation.
I had a chat with these protesters today but as I had assumed that they were with Clerys rather than Guineys I did not ask if they still had their jobs. When I got home I checked online and it would appear that there were 29 protesters (10 people who worked in Guineys and a further 19 people who worked at Clerys outlets in Naas, Blanchardstown and Leopardstown) and all of them had lost their jobs and will receive only statutory statutory redundancy payments even though most of them were with the company more than 30 years.
One of the protesters told me that at one stage their employer paid their pension contributions but that this had been changed years ago and that they (the employees) were required to contribute towards their pensions. Reports in the media indicated that the new owners have stated that they’re not accepting liability for pensions for the 29 employees and therefore it was concluded they they would lose their pensions. However the employees do not yet know the status of their pensions so it is possible that they may receive a reduced pension.
29 Ex-Staff Protest Outside Clearys
Image by infomatique
Guineys & Co was closed in September after its sister store Clerys was placed in receivership. Although a private equity firm bought Clerys a few hours later, Guineys & Co was not included in the deal and was placed into liquidation.
I had a chat with these protesters today but as I had assumed that they were with Clerys rather than Guineys I did not ask if they still had their jobs. When I got home I checked online and it would appear that there were 29 protesters (10 people who worked in Guineys and a further 19 people who worked at Clerys outlets in Naas, Blanchardstown and Leopardstown) and all of them had lost their jobs and will receive only statutory statutory redundancy payments even though most of them were with the company more than 30 years.
One of the protesters told me that at one stage their employer paid their pension contributions but that this had been changed years ago and that they (the employees) were required to contribute towards their pensions. Reports in the media indicated that the new owners have stated that they’re not accepting liability for pensions for the 29 employees and therefore it was concluded they they would lose their pensions. However the employees do not yet know the status of their pensions so it is possible that they may receive a reduced pension.
A few nice business listing images I found:
CHRISTOPHER135 QUAN : THE A LIST! raftwet jewell
Image by rafeejewell
THE A LIST! is the best of the best in Second Life.
THE A LIST! is an original concept group in the virtual world of Second Life. Unifying grid interests and networking resources together, Xavier and Raftwet have created a great group of general content for Second Life.
With a non-competing philosophy to allow their members to form their own networks, THE A LIST! is both nurturing and forward thinking.
Join them in Second Life or their PG content THE A LIST! flickr group where their members are allowed to post unlimited photos of their own interests.
xavier and raftwet from THE A LIST!
Image by rafeejewell
THE A LIST! is the best of the best in Second Life.
THE A LIST! is an original concept group in the virtual world of Second Life. Unifying grid interests and networking resources together, Xavier and Raftwet have created a great group of general content for Second Life.
With a non-competing philosophy to allow their members to form their own networks, THE A LIST! is both nurturing and forward thinking.
Join them in Second Life or their PG content THE A LIST! flickr group where their members are allowed to post unlimited photos of their own interests.
Check out these doing business as images:
Focus on small business
Image by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District
By Dave Palmer
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County Post of the Society of American Military Engineers held a small business forum and monthly organizational meeting Nov. 8.
The morning featured panel discussions focusing on small business, many veteran-owned, and how they can team with federal agencies and the Department of Defense in nearly a half-a-billion dollars in small business contracts the District awards annually.
"In the panel discussions we had small business experts from federal and local agencies discussing how small businesses can get work," said Deputy District Commander Lt. Col. Steve Sigloch. "We had an attorney with 30-years in the business of dealing with all the regulations pertaining to small business. He briefed that in the past year almost 300 pages of updates were made, he went into some detail of those updates so small businesses are better prepared, better educated on how to qualify as a small business."
The guest speaker for the meeting, Brig. Gen. Ted Harrison, the Director of the National Contracting Organization, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has a wide range of contracting and procurement experience. For his talk, he focused on operational and contract support planning for emergency and contingency operations.
"As you well know the Corps of Engineers executes its mission by leveraging a very vibrant commercial sector through contracting support in just about every mission area," said Harrison. "On any given day, approximately 300,000 contract employees actively support our various projects around the world."
"Contingency operations, by their very nature, require a very short response time," he said. "Any contract support planning you can do ahead of time, before disasters strike or a contingency occurs, makes execution much more effective."
The past year was an exceptional one. The Corps of Engineers managed emergency operations from extreme flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to severe tornados in Alabama and Missouri.
"We have a series of contracts for our FEMA support mission that are called advance contractor initiatives," said Harrison. "They're in place now for large scale debris removal, ice and water, temporary housing and power generation. These are the missions that the Corps of Engineers has to support FEMA in disaster response and recovery. We also utilize small businesses in a great way in many of these contracts."
"We met and exceeded all of our goals, in contracting with small business, this past year," added Sigloch. "For fiscal year 2012 we're increasing goals by at least a percentage point or two in each category, based on historical past practice."
"You really have a commitment from the Chief of Engineers, right on down to the Districts that want to engage with you, that want to understand more about how you like to do business, and what our needs are and open dialog with you," Harrison added.
Focus on small business
Image by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District
By Dave Palmer
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County Post of the Society of American Military Engineers held a small business forum and monthly organizational meeting Nov. 8.
The morning featured panel discussions focusing on small business, many veteran-owned, and how they can team with federal agencies and the Department of Defense in nearly a half-a-billion dollars in small business contracts the District awards annually.
"In the panel discussions we had small business experts from federal and local agencies discussing how small businesses can get work," said Deputy District Commander Lt. Col. Steve Sigloch. "We had an attorney with 30-years in the business of dealing with all the regulations pertaining to small business. He briefed that in the past year almost 300 pages of updates were made, he went into some detail of those updates so small businesses are better prepared, better educated on how to qualify as a small business."
The guest speaker for the meeting, Brig. Gen. Ted Harrison, the Director of the National Contracting Organization, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has a wide range of contracting and procurement experience. For his talk, he focused on operational and contract support planning for emergency and contingency operations.
"As you well know the Corps of Engineers executes its mission by leveraging a very vibrant commercial sector through contracting support in just about every mission area," said Harrison. "On any given day, approximately 300,000 contract employees actively support our various projects around the world."
"Contingency operations, by their very nature, require a very short response time," he said. "Any contract support planning you can do ahead of time, before disasters strike or a contingency occurs, makes execution much more effective."
The past year was an exceptional one. The Corps of Engineers managed emergency operations from extreme flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to severe tornados in Alabama and Missouri.
"We have a series of contracts for our FEMA support mission that are called advance contractor initiatives," said Harrison. "They're in place now for large scale debris removal, ice and water, temporary housing and power generation. These are the missions that the Corps of Engineers has to support FEMA in disaster response and recovery. We also utilize small businesses in a great way in many of these contracts."
"We met and exceeded all of our goals, in contracting with small business, this past year," added Sigloch. "For fiscal year 2012 we're increasing goals by at least a percentage point or two in each category, based on historical past practice."
"You really have a commitment from the Chief of Engineers, right on down to the Districts that want to engage with you, that want to understand more about how you like to do business, and what our needs are and open dialog with you," Harrison added.
Check out these business portal images:
What to do on an intranet portal
Image by richard winchell
This diagram came out of my engagement with Genentech.
Out of the list of requirements and ideas, the ones that should be pursued are those that are in the intersection of business strategy, user needs, and portal functionality (which can expand over time).
Further refinement can take the form of a prioritized list, or plotting requirements onto a 2x2 of important vs. urgent.
Orange portal
Image by Volpin
a view down the business end
Check out these business services images:
Business Before Hours
Image by Pioneer Library System
Norman chamber of Commerce members met at the Norman Public Library to learn about business services
July 27, 2011
Business Before Hours
Image by Pioneer Library System
Norman chamber of Commerce members met at the Norman Public Library to learn about business services
July 27, 2011
A few nice business banking images I found:
Bank vault door
Image by walla2chick
I think it's cool that you can see the mechanisms in the door.
The bank originally began in 1867 when Dr. Baker and John Boyer became partners in a successful mercantile business which supplied miners heading for the Idaho and Montana gold rushes. The miners trusted them so much, they'd bring their gold and ask for it to be stored in the store's large safe. No receipts were asked for and no losses were suffered.
In 1869 the mercantile was sold and Baker Boyer National Bank was founded. By 1889 Walla Walla had grown, Washington became the 42nd state in the union, and Baker Boyer received its national charter.
In 1890 a new bank building was erected on the same site as the original. In 1911 the bank needed more space so the present seven-story buildings was created in 1911. For a short time it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi.
During the Great Depression, Baker Boyer was determined to remain open and allowed customers to use the back door of the bank, until the license for reopening arrived.
My aunt Dorothy confirmed that my grandfathers' wheat ranch was not foreclosed on by Baker Boyer. The bank told my grandfather they knew he was good for the money he owed.
Small businesses in Northern Ireland encouraged to get fit for finance. Pictured at Barclays Business lending clinic in Belfast with Minister of Finance and Personnel Sammy Wilson are (l-r) Adrian Doran, Head of Barclays Corporate in Northern Ireland and
Image by Northern Ireland Executive
Small businesses in Northern Ireland encouraged to get fit for finance. Pictured at Barclays Business lending clinic in Belfast with Minister of Finance and Personnel Sammy Wilson are (l-r) Adrian Doran, Head of Barclays Corporate in Northern Ireland and Jon Lavers, Area Manager, Barclays Business Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Check out these buying business images:
Don't be a loser - buy local!
Image by Independent We Stand
A few nice business card template images I found:
business card template
Image by strategybomb
FREE TEMPLATE available at:
www.facebook.com/pages/Strategy-Bomb/146408572066967
Check out these business registration images:
Practice pitch for #swegov team Business1Stop improving business registration in #DC
Image by dominiccampbell
UML of "open" User Registration Policy
Image by gnizr
This diagram shows the business logic of "open" user registration implementation.
Other options are "close" and "approval".
Supported since 2.4.0-M3
Check out these business search images:
Gov. Markell visits Project SEARCH
Image by Christiana Care
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell visited the first Project SEARCH classroom in Delaware at Christiana Care Health System on Friday, March 30, 2012.
Christiana Care is the inaugural employer in Delaware to host Project SEARCH, a nationally recognized program dedicated to training individuals with disabilities to obtain job skills necessary to secure competitive employment and possess the self-confidence to enter the workforce after graduation. The cornerstone of the project is total immersion in the employment environment coupled with continued classroom training and mentoring. Nine students from the Red Clay Consolidated School district currently attend classes each day at Christiana Hospital to learn valuable workplace skills while also working as interns in several departments at the hospital.
Current partners in Project SEARCH are Christiana Care, the Red Clay Consolidated School District, Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County, Inc., and the State of Delaware's Department of Education and Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Project SEARCH also is seeking additional business sponsors in Delaware.
stats of quapan-account: views - search terms - referrer domains (13 Sept 2010)
Image by quapan
Bing: Fürchtet sich Google vor der Microsoft-Suche? 15.06.2009
Angeblich hat Sergey Brin, einer der Google-Gründer, sehr viel Respekt vor Microsofts neuer Suchmaschine und deren Erfolg in den ersten Tagen seit ihrem Launch. Laut Informationen der New York Post hat Brin deshalb ein Team zusammengestellt, das den Such-Algorithmus von Bing analysieren soll.
"In den letzten zehn Jahren sind viele Suchmaschinen gekommen und wieder verschwunden, aber Bing scheint Sergey besonders zu interessieren", zitiert die Zeitung einen Insider. Es sei außergewöhnlich, dass sich einer der beiden Gründer noch in das Tagesgeschäft einmische, ergänzte der anonyme Google-Mitarbeiter zudem.
Offiziell will Google zu den Vorgängen keine Stellung beziehen - auf Anfrage hieß es lediglich, dass der Google-Algorithmus schon seit jeher die meiste Aufmerksamkeit der Mitarbeiter erhalte und ständig weiterentwickelt werde.
Microsoft hat Bing Anfang des Monats, begleitet von einer rund 100 Millionen Dollar teuren Werbekampagne, gestartet und konnte in den USA bereits nach fünf Tagen einen Marktanteil von 13 Prozent vorweisen. Googles Marktanteil schrumpfte zeitgleich um rund fünf Prozent. (cel)
Yahoo wird Bing (Suchmaschinen-Deal perfekt) 29.07.2009
Lange wurde zwischen Microsoft und Yahoo verhandelt. Erst hieß es, dass Microsoft Yahoo kaufen würde, dann war von einem Scheitern der Gespräche die Rede und schließlich vermeldete die Gerüchte-Küche, dass beide Unternehmen bei der Web-Suche kooperieren wollen. Diese Variante hat sich nun bewahrheiten - die Yahoo-Suche ist künftig "powered by Bing".
In einer gemeinsamen Presse-Erklärung erläuterten die beiden IT-Großunternehmen am Mittwoch Mittag den Deal: Der kriselnde Internet-Pionier Yahoo zieht sich de facto vollständig aus dem Such-Geschäft zurück und verwendet statt eigener Entwicklungen und Algorithmen künftig ausschließlich Microsofts Such-Technologien. Die Yahoo-Suche wird dadurch zu einem Ableger von Microsofts erst vor wenigen Monaten sehr erfolgreich gestarteter neuen Suchmaschine Bing.
Zudem wird Yahoo der exklusive Vermarkter aller Such-Angebote der beiden Partner-Unternehmen. Die daraus resultierenden Werbe-Umsätze gehen als Teil der Vereinbarung in den ersten fünf Jahren zu 88 Prozent an Yahoo - als Kompensation für den an Microsoft abgetretenen Such-Traffic.
All diese Veränderungen sollen, die Zustimmung der Kartell-Behörden vorausgesetzt, innerhalb von 24 Monaten umgesetzt werden und zunächst für zehn Jahre gelten - gemessen an der Schnell-Lebigkeit des Internets fast eine Ewigkeit. Yahoo geht davon aus, dass im eigenen Unternehmen durch die Kooperation jährlich rund 200 Millionen Dollar eingespart und etwa 500 Millionen Dollar zusätzlicher Umsatz erwirtschaftet werden können.
Beide Konzerne machten keinen Hehl daraus, dass sich diese Kooperation speziell gegen das Unternehmen richtet, "das mehr als 70 Prozent aller Suchanfragen dominiert". Und dieses Unternehmen, Google, dürfte die Auswirkungen der Zusammenarbeit tatsächlich deutlich zu spüren bekommen: Microsoft baut durch die Übernahme der Yahoo-Suche seinen Marktanteil für Bing entscheidend aus und Yahoo wird neben Google zur zweiten Marktmacht im Geschäft mit Online-Werbung. (cel)
Umfrage: Ist Bing ein echter Google-Konkurrent? 06.12.2009
Bing vs. Google: Suchmaschinen-Krieg oder Sturm im Wasserglas? Die Microsoft Suchmaschine Bing erkämpft sich still und leise immer mehr Boden auf dem von Google dominierten Feld. Bing vervierfachte seine Nutzerzahl in Deutschland binnen eines Quartals von 0,5 Prozent Marktanteil auf 2,12 Prozent und überholte damit Yahoo. International kommt Bing inzwischen sogar auf einen Anteil von 10 Prozent.
Nächstes Jahr wollen die beiden bisherigen Konkurrenten sogar gemeinsame Sache machen und die Bing-Suche in die Yahoo-Website integrieren. Zudem erweiterte Bing sein Angebot gerade um eine weitere Funktion: Bing Maps. Ein Schelm, wer da an Google Maps denkt.
Doch helfen all diese Schritte, um den nach wie vor riesigen Vorsprung des Suchmaschinen-Primus zu verringern oder wird Bing weiterhin nur eine Randerscheinung neben Google bleiben?
Suchmaschinen: Bing überholt Yahoo 15.09.2010
Microsofts Suchmaschine Bing hat den Rivalen Yahoo in den USA als zweitbeliebteste Suchmaschine abgelöst. Nach der neuen Statistik von Nielsen verbuchte Bing im Monat August einen Marktanteil von 13,9 Prozent, Yahoo fiel von 14,6 auf 13,1 Prozent. Marktführer bleibt Google, der seinen Marktanteil von 64,2 Prozent im Vormonat sogar leicht steigern konnte auf 65 Prozent.
Allerdings kommt die Ablösung wenig überraschend. Die beiden Unternehmen hatten Ende Juli eine weitreichende Kooperation vereinbart. Demnach sollte Yahoo die eigene Suche praktisch durch Bing ersetzen. Die Integration ist in den USA und Kanada Ende August vollzogen worden, in allen anderen Ländern soll sie im Laufe dieses Jahres noch abgeschlossen werden.
Ob die Vereinbarung tatsächlich die im Sommer vereinbarten zehn Jahre hält oder sogar überdauert, wird sich noch zeigen. Yahoo hat sich die Möglichkeit vorbehalten sich wieder zurückzuziehen, sollte der Marktanteil der gemeinsamen Suche eine bestimmte Prozentzahl im Vergleich zu Google nicht erreichen. (mo)
Some cool ideas for business images:
James Schouw & Associates Habitable Art-PacBluePrinting_RonSombilonGallery (20)
Image by SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY
James Schouw photoshoot by Ron Sombilon Gallery
Ron Sombilon is proud to photograph Vancouver developer James Schouw.
www.RonSombilonGallery
For more info on James and his current projects, please visit
www.jamesschouw.ca
About James Schouw
Award winning Yaletown developer James Schouw is a designer, green-minded builder, philanthropist, and community visionary. A building by James Schouw looks unlike any other, anywhere else in the world. James is influenced by early Vancouver architecture with neo-classical elements but his designs are truly original and eclectic.
James oversees all aspects of his developments, from conception, to design, to construction. His timeless design with attention to detail and cutting edge construction, has created a devoted following. His buildings are on the ‘must-see’ list of Vancouver architecture and it’s a common site to see people taking pictures of his buildings. The beauty of his buildings have turned them into Habitable Art, art that people live in.
Best known for the dramatic style of his buildings, James is changing the way buildings are built and raising the bar for environmental sensitivity with his innovative designs. His landmark Grace building, at 1280 Richards, is the first high rise in the city to have been conceived with energy efficient geothermal heating, a technology that saves on heating costs, produces minimal greenhouse gases and has set the standard for other high end projects. The carbon emission reduction for Grace is the equivalent of taking 100 cars off the road annually. In addition to the Geothermal heating system, his projects incorporate a rainwater recovery system. He has also installed a fingerprint recognition security system that ensures only inhabitants gain entrance.
Creating buildings with a reduced environmental footprint is a reflection of James’ overall development philosophy. He has sense of responsibility to enhance the community and give back to society. A minimum of 50% of each year’s net corporate and personal income will be donated to humanitarian efforts over a ten-year period. Charity work is ingrained into his company’s values and culture.
Born in Winnipeg and raised in Vancouver, James studied physics at university but became fascinated with construction after spending time helping his architect father at a construction site. A natural entrepreneur he left school to start a successful ice cream distribution business and to pursue his interest in design and construction. His own dissatisfaction with what he saw on the market prompted him to build his first multifamily development, Iliad. James is a long time resident of Yaletown and always resides in the projects he creates so that they have the liveability that he would expect in a home.
James’ Grace building was awarded the 2008 Georgie Award for High Rise of the Year, was a nominee for best multi-family housing for the national SAM awards, and was a finalist for the international SPARK design awards. James is a past winner of Business in Vancouver’s 40 under 40 Award and he has been featured on CBC Television’s “Living Vancouver”, HGTV’s Lofty Ideas, and CKNW’s “Adler Online”. He is an occasional contributor to Business in Vancouver Magazine, writing articles giving his thoughtful perspective on Vancouver’s housing industry.
jetrecord_bizcard_v3
Image by Kelly Sims
The third idea for the Jetrecord business cards. This one was a more subtle look than the others, and was the push toward the one we ended up choosing, #5.
jetrecord.com
Some cool opening a business images:
The Open Source Renaissance
Image by opensourceway
Image source:
www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/3485960283/
Read the article on opensource.com
The Open Source Renaissance
The new sharing economy
Why businesses are adopting the open source community approach
Created by Libby Levi for opensource.com
Check out these business in china images:
China Street was once a notorious place to be...
Image by williamcho
Located in Chinatown, China Street probably makes reference to the ancestral homeland of Chinese Singaporeans. The street was notorious in the past for its gambling dens and secret societies. Today it has been re-developed into skyscrapers and the old shop houses were refurbished into entertainment outlets.
Location: Far East Square, Singapore
©williamcho2012
Image Theft is a CRIME. Please REPORT IT like I do.
Gloria Gu, Chief Rep, Business Environment Council (BEC) DSC_6028
Image by \!/_PeacePlusOne
Corporate Social Responsibility Workshop, held in the conference room of the China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation (CECIC), organized by BEC - Business Environment Council, China Environmental Awareness Program, China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation, included the introduction of the McMaster Institute's "ISR" concept, and the "Peace Plus One" 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol.
800 Pixel size images are suitable for viewing and sharing on the internet.
800像素大小的图片适合放在互联网上观赏和分享。
Contact the McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce for information on the PEACE PLUS ONE - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT
www.SustainabilitySymbol.com
如果您想要了解更多“和平+壹——世界可持续发展工程”的相关信息，请联系麦克马斯特可持续发展商务研究所。 www.SustainabilitySymbol.com
If you would like a larger, printable copy of any of these pictures, simply make a donation to
www.sustainabilitysymbol.com/donate/ and make sure you INDICATE PHOTOGRAPH FILE NAME AND NUMBER with each donation!!
如果您想获得更大像素、适于印刷的照片，请在下面网页上做一次简单捐助www.sustainabilitysymbol.com/donate/
同时在捐助时确定您留下了照片文件名及号码
Don't forget to add your name, and address to the comment box indicated in the online donation form, so we can provide authorized, written permission for you to use the images.
请不要忘记将您的姓名和地址添加到在线捐助表格上的评论文本框内，这样我们可以为您提供图片使用授权及书面许可。
If you like what we do, please support the effort, this is how we raise money to encourage eco-civilization in China and around the world_\!/
如果您喜欢我们所从事的活动，请支持我们，这是我们为在中国及全世界促进生态文明筹措资金的途径。
For more information, visit: www.PeacePlusOne.cn
www.SustainabilitySymbol.com
欢迎您了解更多信息，请访问以下网址www.PeacePlusOne.cn
www.SustainabilitySymbol.com "
Photo Courtesy: McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce
图片集锦：麦克马斯特可持续发展商务研究所
Photographer: Philip McMaster (unless otherwise noted)
Please credit and link back to www.SustainabilitySymbol.com
图片作者：菲利普 麦克马斯特
请在使用图片时注明图片作者，并附加图片来源网址的链接www.SustainabilitySymbol.com
Samsung to Join InfoComm China 2013
Image by samsungtomorrow
Samsung Electronics participates in the 9th InfoComm China 2013, the largest display trade exhibition in Asia, entering Chinese and Asian digital signage market in earnest. Samsung Electronics suggested optimal display solution for a variety of other applications including airports, stores, menu boards and others under the title “The New Business Experience,” increasing the floor space by 40% to 270㎡.
삼성전자, 아시아 최대 규모
디스플레이 전시회 '인포콤 차이나' 참가
삼성전자가 올해로 9회째 열리는 아시아 최대 규모의 디스플레이 전시회 '인포콤 차이나(InfoComm China 2013)'에 참가해 아시아와 중국의 '디지털 사이니지(Digital Signage)' 시장 공략에 나섰다. 삼성전자는 10일부터 12일까지 중국 북경 국가회의 센터에서 열리는 전시회의 참가규모를 전년보다 40% 확대한 270㎡로 넓히고 '새로운 비즈니스의 경험(The New Business Experience)'을 주제로 공항, 매장, 메뉴 보드 등 다양한 상황을 연출해 최적의 디스플레이 솔루션을 제안했다.
A few nice what is business images I found:
What's in my BAG 18th March
Image by Claire_Sambrook
Dylon Image Maker, Santa Cruz Bag, Tado Badge, Post-it notes, Three Very Small Comics, Karen Ryan's Business card, wristband, Jobo Gorilla Pod, Leica CLUX, Skimming Stones, Clarins Perfume, Posca Pen, Holga Fisheye, Lomo MultiSampler, Qee, Kurecolor Pen, Uniball and Copic Pen, Bermuda Lighter and Bottle Opener, UHU Glue Pen, Stabilo Pen, Trident White Gum, Moo Business Cards, Moo Holder, Moo Sticker Book,
Check out these catering business images:
20110715-RD-LSC-0389
Image by USDAgov
Southwest view of the Bath County Agricultural Education and Marketing Center, Owingsville, KY, on Friday, July 15, 2011. The adjoined buildings are the Education Center (right with two windows), commercial kitchen with two catering loading docks (far right), Kentucky Market Pavilion (center), and the Bath County Cooperative Extension (left). The farmer's market and produce auction facilities are behind these buildings. The Center was the recipient of a 0,000 Rural Business Enterprise Grant. It has given farmers and producers from Bath and surrounding counties the opportunity to manufacture and market their locally grown and locally produced value-added and “Kentucky Proud” branded products, including but not limited to, fresh produce, artisan crafts and specialty food products. The Center is open year-round and allow residents to sell products in four different retail categories, including Kentucky products, regional crafts, “green” groceries and bakery/deli. Several producers expressed their gratitude for Rural Development’s assistance in making the center a reality. The project was made possible through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funding enacted by the 111th United States Congress in February 2009 and signed into law on February 17, 2009, by President Barack Obama. USDA photos by Lance Cheung.
kitchen windowsill
Image by Vertigogen
We stayed here:
More information here.
A few nice online business images I found:
Marketing on Tour 2012 München
Image by WeissenbachPR
Impressionen von der Abschlußveranstaltung der MARKETING ON TOUR 2012 in München. Am 16. November trafen sich Marketing-Entscheider im Lenbach Palais, um sich über die neusten Trends des Digitalen Marketings zu informieren und sich mit Kollegen auszutauschen.
Marketing on Tour 2012 München
Image by WeissenbachPR
Impressionen von der Abschlußveranstaltung der MARKETING ON TOUR 2012 in München. Am 16. November trafen sich Marketing-Entscheider im Lenbach Palais, um sich über die neusten Trends des Digitalen Marketings zu informieren und sich mit Kollegen auszutauschen.
Some cool business consultants images:
Business Consultant (Female) Early 21st Century
Image by basheem
Business Consultant (Male) Early 21st Century
Image by basheem
Check out these small business financing images:
Ever Feel Your Being Cheated?
Image by eyewashdesign: A. Golden
New Yorkers Protest the US0 BILLION (US TRILLION) Wall Street BAILOUT: Wall Street, NYC - September 25, 2008
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE on 04 NOVEMBER 2008!
Photographer: a. golden, eyewash design - c. 2008.
Friends,
The richest 400 Americans -- that's right, just four-hundred people -- own MORE than the bottom 150 million Americans COMBINED! 400 of the wealthiest Americans have got more stashed away than half the entire country! Their combined net worth is .6 trillion. During the eight years of the Bush Administration, their wealth has increased by nearly 0 billion -- the same amount that they were demanding We give to them for the "bailout." Why don't they just spend the money they made under Bush to bail themselves out? They'd still have nearly a trillion dollars left over to spread amongst themselves!
Of course, they are not going to do that -- at least not voluntarily. George W. Bush was handed a 7 billion surplus when Bill Clinton left office. Because that money was OUR money and not HIS, he did what the rich prefer to do -- spend it and never look back. Now we have a .5 trillion debt that will take seven generations from which to recover. Why -- on --earth – did -- our -- "representatives" -- give -- these -- robber -- barons -- $ US850 BILLION -- of – OUR -- money?
Last week, proposed my own bailout plan. My suggestions, listed below, were predicated on the singular and simple belief that the rich must pull themselves up by their own platinum bootstraps. Sorry, fellows, but you drilled it into our heads one too many times: THERE...IS...NO…FREE... LUNCH ~ PERIOD! And thank you for encouraging us to hate people on welfare! So, there should have been NO HANDOUTS FROM US TO YOU! Last Friday, after voting AGAINST this BAILOUT, in an unprecedented turn of events, the House FLIP-FLOPPED their "No" Vote & said "Yes", in a rush version of a "bailout" bill vote. IN SPITE OF THE PEOPLE'S OVERWHELMING DISAPPROVAL OF THIS BAILOUT BILL... IN SPITE OF MILLIONS OF CALLS FROM THE PEOPLE CRASHING WASHINGTON "representatives'" PHONE LINES...IN SPITE OF CRASHING OUR POLITICIAN'S WEBSITES...IN SPITE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING AROUND THE COUNTRY... THEY VOTED FOR THIS BAILOUT! The People first succeeded on Monday with the House, but failed do it with the Senate and then THE HOUSE TURNED ON US TOO!
It is clear, though, we cannot simply continue protesting without proposing exactly what it is we think THESE IDIOTS should/'ve do/one. So, after consulting with a number of people smarter than Phil Gramm, here’s the proposal, now known as "Mike's Rescue Plan." (From Michael Moore's Bailout Plan) It has 10 simple, straightforward points. They are that you DIDN'T, BUT SHOULD'VE:
1. APPOINTED A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO CRIMINALLY INDICT ANYONE ON WALL STREET WHO KNOWINGLY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COLLAPSE. Before any new money was expended, Congress should have committed, by resolution, to CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE ANYONE who had ANYTHING to do with the attempted SACKING OF OUR ECONOMY. This means that anyone who committed insider trading, securities fraud or any action that helped bring about this collapse should have and MUST GO TO JAIL! This Congress SHOULD HAVE called for a Special Prosecutor who would vigorously go after everyone who created the mess, and anyone else who attempts to scam the public in future. (I like Elliot Spitzer ~ so, he played a little hanky-panky...Wall Street hates him & this is a GOOD thing.)
2. THE RICH SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THEIR OWN BAILOUT! They may have to live in 5 houses instead of 7. They may have to drive 9 cars instead of 13. The chef for their mini-terriers may have to be reassigned. But there is no way in hell, after forcing family incomes to go down more than ,000 dollars during the Bush years, that working people and the middle class should have to fork over one dime to underwrite the next yacht purchase.
If they truly needed the 0 billion they say they needed, well, here is an easy way they could have raised it:
a) Every couple makeing over a million dollars a year and every single taxpayer who makes over 0,000 a year should pay a 10% surcharge tax for five years. (It's the Senator Sanders plan. He's like Colonel Sanders, only he's out to fry the right chickens.) That means the rich would have still been paying less income tax than when Carter was president. That would have raise a total of 0 billion.
b) Like nearly every other democracy, they should have charged a 0.25% tax on every stock transaction. This would have raised more than 0 billion in a year.
c) Because every stockholder is a patriotic American, stockholders should have forgone receiving a dividend check for ONE quarter and instead this money would have gone the treasury to help pay for the bullsh*t bailout.
d) 25% of major U.S. corporations currently pay NO federal income tax. Federal corporate tax revenues currently amount to 1.7% of the GDP compared to 5% in the 1950s. If we raised the corporate income tax BACK to the levels of the 1950s, this would give us an extra 0 billion.
All of this combined should have been enough to end the calamity. The rich would have gotten to keep their mansions and their servants and our United States government ("COUNTRY FIRST!") would've have a little leftover to repair some roads, bridges and schools...
3. YOU SHOULD HAVE BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BUILD AN EIGHTH HOME! There are 1.3 million homes in foreclosure right now. That is what is at the heart of this problem. So, instead of giving the money to the banks as a gift, they should have paid down each of these mortgages by 0,000. They should have forced the banks to renegotiate the mortgage so the homeowner could pay on its current value. To insure that this help wouldn't go to speculators and those who tried to making money by flipping houses, the bailout should have only been for people's primary residences. And, in return for the 0K pay-down on the existing mortgage, the government would have gotten to share in the holding of the mortgage so it could get some of its money back. Thus, the total initial cost of fixing the mortgage crisis at its roots (instead of with the greedy lenders) is 0 billion, not 0 BILLION.
And let's set the record straight. People who have defaulted on their mortgages are not "bad risks." They are our fellow Americans, and all they wanted was what we all want: a home to call their own. But, during the Bush years, millions of the People lost the decent paying jobs they had. SIX MILLION fell into poverty! SEVEN MILLION lost their health insurance! And, every one of them saw their real wages go DOWN by ,000! Those who DARE look down on these Americans who got hit with one bad break after another should be ASHAMED.! We are a better, stronger, safer and happier society when all of our citizens can afford to live in a home they own.
4. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A STIPULATION THAT IF YOUR BANK OR COMPANY GOT ANY OF OUR MONEY IN A "BAILOUT," THEN WE OWN YOU. Sorry, that's how it's done. If the bank gives me money so I can buy a house, the bank "owns" that house until I pay it all back -- with interest. Same deal for Wall Street. Whatever money you need to stay afloat, if our government considers you a safe risk -- and necessary for the good of the country -- then you can get a loan, but WE SHOULD OWN YOU. If you default, we will sell you. This is how the Swedish government did it and it worked.
5. ALL REGULATIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BE RESTORED. THE REAGAN REVOLUTION IS DEAD! This catastrophe happened because we let the fox have the keys to the hen-house. In 1999, Phil Gramm authored a bill to remove all the regulations that governed Wall Street and our banking system. The bill passed and Clinton signed it. Here's what Sen.Phil Gramm, McCain's chief economic advisor, said at the bill signing:
"In the 1930s ... it was believed that government was the answer. It was believed that stability and growth came from government overriding the functioning of free markets.
"We are here today to repeal [that] because we have learned that government is not the answer. We have learned that freedom and competition are the answers. We have learned that we promote economic growth and we promote stability by having competition and freedom.
"I am proud to be here because this is an important bill; it is a deregulatory bill. I believe that that is the wave of the future, and I am awfully proud to have been a part of making it a reality."
FOR THIS NOT TO REOCCUR, This BILL SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPEALED! Bill Clinton could have helped by leading the effort for the repeal of the Gramm bill and the reinstating of even tougher regulations regarding our financial institutions. And when they were done with that, they should have restored the regulations for the airlines, the inspection of our food, the oil industry, OSHA, and every other entity that affects our daily lives. All oversight provisions for any "bailout" should have had enforcement monies attached to them and criminal penalties for all offenders.
6. IF IT'S TOO BIG TO FAIL, THEN THAT MEANS IT'S TOO BIG TO EXIST! Allowing the creation of these mega-mergers and not enforcing the monopoly and anti-trust laws has allowed a number of financial institutions and corporations to become so large, the very thought of their collapse means an even bigger collapse across the entire economy. No ONE or TWO companies should EVER have this kind of power! The so-called "economic Pearl Harbor" can't happen when you have hundreds -- thousands -- of institutions where people have their money. When we have a dozen auto companies, if one goes belly-up, we DON'T FACE A NATIONAL DISASTER! If we have three separately-owned daily newspapers in your town, then one media company can't call all the shots (I know... What am I thinking?! Who reads a paper anymore? Sure glad all those mergers and buyouts left us with a STRONG and "FREE" press!). Laws Should have been enacted to prevent companies from being so large and dominant that with one slingshot to the eye, the GIANT FALLS and DIES. And no institution should be allowed to set up money schemes that NO ONE understands. If you can't explain it in two sentences, you shouldn't be taking anyone's money!
7. NO EXECUTIVE SHOULD EVER BE PAID MORE THAN 40 TIMES THEIR AVERAGE EMPLOYEE, AND NO EXECUTIVE SHOULD RECEIVE ANY KIND OF "PARACHUTE" OTHER THAN THE VERY GENEROUS SALARY HE OR SHE MADE WHILE WORKING FOR THE COMPANY. In 1980, the average American CEO made 45 times what their employees made. By 2003, they were making 254 times what their workers made. After 8 years of Bush, they now make over 400 times what their average employee makes. How We have allowed this to happen at publicly held companies is beyond reason. In Britain, the average CEO makes 28 times what their average employee makes. In Japan, it's only 17 times! The last I heard, the CEO of Toyota was living the high life in Tokyo. How does he do it on so little money? Seriously, this is an OUTRAGE! We have created the mess we're in by letting the people at the top become bloated beyond belief with millions of dollars. THIS HAS TO STOP! Not only should no executive who receives help out of this mess profit from it, but any executive who was in charge of running his company into the ground should be FIRED before the company receives ANY help.
8. CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE STRENGTHENED THE FDIC AND MADE IT A MODEL FOR PROTECTING NOT ONLY PEOPLE'S SAVINGS, BUT ALSO THEIR PENSIONS AND THEIR HOMES. Obama was correct to propose expanding FDIC protection of people's savings in their banks to 0,000. But, this same sort of government insurance must be given to our NEVER have to worry about whether or not the money they've put away for their old age will be there. This should have meant strict government oversight of companies who manage their employees' funds -- or perhaps it means the companies should have been forced to turn over those funds and their management to the government? People's private retirement funds must also be protected, but perhaps it's time to consider not having one's retirement invested in the casino known as the stock market??? Our government should have a solemn duty to guarantee that no one who grows old in this country has to worry about becoming destitute.
9. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH, CALM DOWN, AND NOT LET FEAR RULE THE DAY. Turn off your TVs! We are NOT in the Second Great Depression. The sky is NOT falling, Chicken Little! Pundits and politicians have lied to us so FAST and FURIOUS it's hard not to be affected by all the fear mongering. Even I wrote to and repeated what I heard on the news last week, that the Dow had the biggest one day drop in its history. Well, that was true in terms of points, but its 7% drop came nowhere close to Black Monday in 1987 when the stock market in one day lost 23% of its value. In the '80s, 3,000 banks closed, but America didn't go out of business. These institutions have always had their ups and downs and eventually it works out. It has to, because the rich do not like their wealth being disrupted! They have a vested interest in calming things down and getting back into their Jacuzzis before they slip into their million thread-count sheets to drift off to a peaceful, Vodka tonic and Ambien-induced slumber.
As crazy as things are right now, tens of thousands of people got a car loan last week. Thousands went to the bank and got a mortgage to buy a home. Students just back to college found banks more than happy to put them into hock for the next 15 years with a student loan. I was even pre-approved for a USK personal loan. Yes, life has gone on with little-or-no-change (other than the whopping 6.1% umeployment rate, but that happened last month). Not a single person lost any of his/her monies in bank, or a treasury note, or in a CD. And, the perhaps the most amazing thing is that the American public FINALLY didn't buy the scare campaign. The citizens didn't blink, instead telling Congress to take that bailout and shove it. THAT was impressive. Why didn't the population succumb to the fright-filled warnings from their president and his cronies? Well, you can only say 'Saddam has the bomb' so many times before the people realize you're a lying sack of shit. After eight long years, the nation is worn out and simply can't take it any longer. The WORLD is fed up & I don't blame them.
10. THEY SHOULD HAVE CREATED A NATIONAL BANK, A "PEOPLE'S BANK." Since they're really itching to print up a trillion dollars, instead of giving it to a few rich people, why don't We give it to ourselves? Now that We own Freddie and Fannie, why not set up a People's bank? One that can provide low-interest loans for all sorts of people who want to own a home, start a small business, go to school, come up with the cure for cancer or create the next great invention. And, now that we own AIG - the country's largest insurance company - let's take the next step and PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR EVERYONE. MEDICARE FOR ALL! It will SAVE us SO MUCH MONEY in the LONG RUN (not to mention bring peace of mind to all). And, America won't be 12th on the life expectancy list! We'll be able to have a longer lifespan, enjoying our government-protected pension and will live to see the day when the corporate criminals who caused this much misery are let out of prison so that We can help re-acclimate them to plain old ordinary, civilian life -- a life with ONE nice home and ONE gas-free car invented with help from the People's Bank.
P.S. Call your Senators NOW !!! ---> www.visi.com/juan/congress/
Since they voted against passing the extension of unemployment benefits and skipped out to "campaign" to us to be re-elected...call them and tell them you will vote for the other "guy" if they don't get their act together!
UPDATE:
The Bailout Is A Truly Evil Disaster And Enabler Pelosi Must Go
We are hearing more and more reports of how badly the ill-advised banker's bailout is being handled, multi-million dollar bonuses for Paulson's old cronies at Goldman Sachs, billions going to finance the takeover of rival banks, making the "too big to fail" even bigger, and the taxpayer getting an otherwise rotten deal for their investment. We even heard a Republic senator asking how fast they could blow the money.
NONE of this could have happened without the fawning complicity of Nancy Pelosi, who infamously said it was Bush's proposal, INSTEAD of coming forward with a robust alternative plan. Just like Bush, she believes she is immune, she believes she is unaccountable, and shame on us if we don't do everything we can to defeat her this Tuesday, and replace her with Cindy Sheehan.
Here is Cindy's last TV spot. Please make whatever donation you can to put this ad on the air in these critical final days.
Last Cindy TV Spot Action Page:
www.usalone.com/cindy/donations_tv2.php
There is still time for you to make a real difference. We thank all of our participants who have already donated so generously to make this campaign what it is. For those who cannot make a contribution, please consider helping with the phone banking, and there is a link for that also on the page above.
The one thing we know is that we must continue to speak out. We must continue to challenge. Surrendering is what our current so-called representatives in Congress are so prone to, NOT what we do. Ultimate victory is not only possible, it is assured if we work as hard as we can for real change, not just the rebranding of the same old boys'
network.
And we promise you, immediately after the election we will go right back to work on pure issue advocacy full time, to continue to build the base of action for the future.
Paid for by Cindy Sheehan for Congress
Donations to Cindy Sheehan for Congress are not tax-deductible
Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this alert as widely as possible.
If you would like to get alerts like these, you can do so at www.usalone.net/in.htm
Or if you want to cease receiving our messages, just use the function at www.usalone.net/out.htm
HOPE lives.
Image by eyewashdesign: A. Golden
New Yorkers Protest the US0 BILLION (US TRILLION) Wall Street BAILOUT: Wall Street, NYC - September 25, 2008
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE on 04 NOVEMBER 2008!
Photographer: a. golden, eyewash design - c. 2008.
Friends,
The richest 400 Americans -- that's right, just four-hundred people -- own MORE than the bottom 150 million Americans COMBINED! 400 of the wealthiest Americans have got more stashed away than half the entire country! Their combined net worth is .6 trillion. During the eight years of the Bush Administration, their wealth has increased by nearly 0 billion -- the same amount that they were demanding We give to them for the "bailout." Why don't they just spend the money they made under Bush to bail themselves out? They'd still have nearly a trillion dollars left over to spread amongst themselves!
Of course, they are not going to do that -- at least not voluntarily. George W. Bush was handed a 7 billion surplus when Bill Clinton left office. Because that money was OUR money and not HIS, he did what the rich prefer to do -- spend it and never look back. Now we have a .5 trillion debt that will take seven generations from which to recover. Why -- on --earth – did -- our -- "representatives" -- give -- these -- robber -- barons -- $ US850 BILLION -- of – OUR -- money?
Last week, proposed my own bailout plan. My suggestions, listed below, were predicated on the singular and simple belief that the rich must pull themselves up by their own platinum bootstraps. Sorry, fellows, but you drilled it into our heads one too many times: THERE...IS...NO…FREE... LUNCH ~ PERIOD! And thank you for encouraging us to hate people on welfare! So, there should have been NO HANDOUTS FROM US TO YOU! Last Friday, after voting AGAINST this BAILOUT, in an unprecedented turn of events, the House FLIP-FLOPPED their "No" Vote & said "Yes", in a rush version of a "bailout" bill vote. IN SPITE OF THE PEOPLE'S OVERWHELMING DISAPPROVAL OF THIS BAILOUT BILL... IN SPITE OF MILLIONS OF CALLS FROM THE PEOPLE CRASHING WASHINGTON "representatives'" PHONE LINES...IN SPITE OF CRASHING OUR POLITICIAN'S WEBSITES...IN SPITE OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING AROUND THE COUNTRY... THEY VOTED FOR THIS BAILOUT! The People first succeeded on Monday with the House, but failed do it with the Senate and then THE HOUSE TURNED ON US TOO!
It is clear, though, we cannot simply continue protesting without proposing exactly what it is we think THESE IDIOTS should/'ve do/one. So, after consulting with a number of people smarter than Phil Gramm, here’s the proposal, now known as "Mike's Rescue Plan." (From Michael Moore's Bailout Plan) It has 10 simple, straightforward points. They are that you DIDN'T, BUT SHOULD'VE:
1. APPOINTED A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO CRIMINALLY INDICT ANYONE ON WALL STREET WHO KNOWINGLY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COLLAPSE. Before any new money was expended, Congress should have committed, by resolution, to CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE ANYONE who had ANYTHING to do with the attempted SACKING OF OUR ECONOMY. This means that anyone who committed insider trading, securities fraud or any action that helped bring about this collapse should have and MUST GO TO JAIL! This Congress SHOULD HAVE called for a Special Prosecutor who would vigorously go after everyone who created the mess, and anyone else who attempts to scam the public in future. (I like Elliot Spitzer ~ so, he played a little hanky-panky...Wall Street hates him & this is a GOOD thing.)
2. THE RICH SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THEIR OWN BAILOUT! They may have to live in 5 houses instead of 7. They may have to drive 9 cars instead of 13. The chef for their mini-terriers may have to be reassigned. But there is no way in hell, after forcing family incomes to go down more than ,000 dollars during the Bush years, that working people and the middle class should have to fork over one dime to underwrite the next yacht purchase.
If they truly needed the 0 billion they say they needed, well, here is an easy way they could have raised it:
a) Every couple makeing over a million dollars a year and every single taxpayer who makes over 0,000 a year should pay a 10% surcharge tax for five years. (It's the Senator Sanders plan. He's like Colonel Sanders, only he's out to fry the right chickens.) That means the rich would have still been paying less income tax than when Carter was president. That would have raise a total of 0 billion.
b) Like nearly every other democracy, they should have charged a 0.25% tax on every stock transaction. This would have raised more than 0 billion in a year.
c) Because every stockholder is a patriotic American, stockholders should have forgone receiving a dividend check for ONE quarter and instead this money would have gone the treasury to help pay for the bullsh*t bailout.
d) 25% of major U.S. corporations currently pay NO federal income tax. Federal corporate tax revenues currently amount to 1.7% of the GDP compared to 5% in the 1950s. If we raised the corporate income tax BACK to the levels of the 1950s, this would give us an extra 0 billion.
All of this combined should have been enough to end the calamity. The rich would have gotten to keep their mansions and their servants and our United States government ("COUNTRY FIRST!") would've have a little leftover to repair some roads, bridges and schools...
3. YOU SHOULD HAVE BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BUILD AN EIGHTH HOME! There are 1.3 million homes in foreclosure right now. That is what is at the heart of this problem. So, instead of giving the money to the banks as a gift, they should have paid down each of these mortgages by 0,000. They should have forced the banks to renegotiate the mortgage so the homeowner could pay on its current value. To insure that this help wouldn't go to speculators and those who tried to making money by flipping houses, the bailout should have only been for people's primary residences. And, in return for the 0K pay-down on the existing mortgage, the government would have gotten to share in the holding of the mortgage so it could get some of its money back. Thus, the total initial cost of fixing the mortgage crisis at its roots (instead of with the greedy lenders) is 0 billion, not 0 BILLION.
And let's set the record straight. People who have defaulted on their mortgages are not "bad risks." They are our fellow Americans, and all they wanted was what we all want: a home to call their own. But, during the Bush years, millions of the People lost the decent paying jobs they had. SIX MILLION fell into poverty! SEVEN MILLION lost their health insurance! And, every one of them saw their real wages go DOWN by ,000! Those who DARE look down on these Americans who got hit with one bad break after another should be ASHAMED.! We are a better, stronger, safer and happier society when all of our citizens can afford to live in a home they own.
4. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A STIPULATION THAT IF YOUR BANK OR COMPANY GOT ANY OF OUR MONEY IN A "BAILOUT," THEN WE OWN YOU. Sorry, that's how it's done. If the bank gives me money so I can buy a house, the bank "owns" that house until I pay it all back -- with interest. Same deal for Wall Street. Whatever money you need to stay afloat, if our government considers you a safe risk -- and necessary for the good of the country -- then you can get a loan, but WE SHOULD OWN YOU. If you default, we will sell you. This is how the Swedish government did it and it worked.
5. ALL REGULATIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BE RESTORED. THE REAGAN REVOLUTION IS DEAD! This catastrophe happened because we let the fox have the keys to the hen-house. In 1999, Phil Gramm authored a bill to remove all the regulations that governed Wall Street and our banking system. The bill passed and Clinton signed it. Here's what Sen.Phil Gramm, McCain's chief economic advisor, said at the bill signing:
"In the 1930s ... it was believed that government was the answer. It was believed that stability and growth came from government overriding the functioning of free markets.
"We are here today to repeal [that] because we have learned that government is not the answer. We have learned that freedom and competition are the answers. We have learned that we promote economic growth and we promote stability by having competition and freedom.
"I am proud to be here because this is an important bill; it is a deregulatory bill. I believe that that is the wave of the future, and I am awfully proud to have been a part of making it a reality."
FOR THIS NOT TO REOCCUR, This BILL SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPEALED! Bill Clinton could have helped by leading the effort for the repeal of the Gramm bill and the reinstating of even tougher regulations regarding our financial institutions. And when they were done with that, they should have restored the regulations for the airlines, the inspection of our food, the oil industry, OSHA, and every other entity that affects our daily lives. All oversight provisions for any "bailout" should have had enforcement monies attached to them and criminal penalties for all offenders.
6. IF IT'S TOO BIG TO FAIL, THEN THAT MEANS IT'S TOO BIG TO EXIST! Allowing the creation of these mega-mergers and not enforcing the monopoly and anti-trust laws has allowed a number of financial institutions and corporations to become so large, the very thought of their collapse means an even bigger collapse across the entire economy. No ONE or TWO companies should EVER have this kind of power! The so-called "economic Pearl Harbor" can't happen when you have hundreds -- thousands -- of institutions where people have their money. When we have a dozen auto companies, if one goes belly-up, we DON'T FACE A NATIONAL DISASTER! If we have three separately-owned daily newspapers in your town, then one media company can't call all the shots (I know... What am I thinking?! Who reads a paper anymore? Sure glad all those mergers and buyouts left us with a STRONG and "FREE" press!). Laws Should have been enacted to prevent companies from being so large and dominant that with one slingshot to the eye, the GIANT FALLS and DIES. And no institution should be allowed to set up money schemes that NO ONE understands. If you can't explain it in two sentences, you shouldn't be taking anyone's money!
7. NO EXECUTIVE SHOULD EVER BE PAID MORE THAN 40 TIMES THEIR AVERAGE EMPLOYEE, AND NO EXECUTIVE SHOULD RECEIVE ANY KIND OF "PARACHUTE" OTHER THAN THE VERY GENEROUS SALARY HE OR SHE MADE WHILE WORKING FOR THE COMPANY. In 1980, the average American CEO made 45 times what their employees made. By 2003, they were making 254 times what their workers made. After 8 years of Bush, they now make over 400 times what their average employee makes. How We have allowed this to happen at publicly held companies is beyond reason. In Britain, the average CEO makes 28 times what their average employee makes. In Japan, it's only 17 times! The last I heard, the CEO of Toyota was living the high life in Tokyo. How does he do it on so little money? Seriously, this is an OUTRAGE! We have created the mess we're in by letting the people at the top become bloated beyond belief with millions of dollars. THIS HAS TO STOP! Not only should no executive who receives help out of this mess profit from it, but any executive who was in charge of running his company into the ground should be FIRED before the company receives ANY help.
8. CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE STRENGTHENED THE FDIC AND MADE IT A MODEL FOR PROTECTING NOT ONLY PEOPLE'S SAVINGS, BUT ALSO THEIR PENSIONS AND THEIR HOMES. Obama was correct to propose expanding FDIC protection of people's savings in their banks to 0,000. But, this same sort of government insurance must be given to our NEVER have to worry about whether or not the money they've put away for their old age will be there. This should have meant strict government oversight of companies who manage their employees' funds -- or perhaps it means the companies should have been forced to turn over those funds and their management to the government? People's private retirement funds must also be protected, but perhaps it's time to consider not having one's retirement invested in the casino known as the stock market??? Our government should have a solemn duty to guarantee that no one who grows old in this country has to worry about becoming destitute.
9. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH, CALM DOWN, AND NOT LET FEAR RULE THE DAY. Turn off your TVs! We are NOT in the Second Great Depression. The sky is NOT falling, Chicken Little! Pundits and politicians have lied to us so FAST and FURIOUS it's hard not to be affected by all the fear mongering. Even I wrote to and repeated what I heard on the news last week, that the Dow had the biggest one day drop in its history. Well, that was true in terms of points, but its 7% drop came nowhere close to Black Monday in 1987 when the stock market in one day lost 23% of its value. In the '80s, 3,000 banks closed, but America didn't go out of business. These institutions have always had their ups and downs and eventually it works out. It has to, because the rich do not like their wealth being disrupted! They have a vested interest in calming things down and getting back into their Jacuzzis before they slip into their million thread-count sheets to drift off to a peaceful, Vodka tonic and Ambien-induced slumber.
As crazy as things are right now, tens of thousands of people got a car loan last week. Thousands went to the bank and got a mortgage to buy a home. Students just back to college found banks more than happy to put them into hock for the next 15 years with a student loan. I was even pre-approved for a USK personal loan. Yes, life has gone on with little-or-no-change (other than the whopping 6.1% umeployment rate, but that happened last month). Not a single person lost any of his/her monies in bank, or a treasury note, or in a CD. And, the perhaps the most amazing thing is that the American public FINALLY didn't buy the scare campaign. The citizens didn't blink, instead telling Congress to take that bailout and shove it. THAT was impressive. Why didn't the population succumb to the fright-filled warnings from their president and his cronies? Well, you can only say 'Saddam has the bomb' so many times before the people realize you're a lying sack of shit. After eight long years, the nation is worn out and simply can't take it any longer. The WORLD is fed up & I don't blame them.
10. THEY SHOULD HAVE CREATED A NATIONAL BANK, A "PEOPLE'S BANK." Since they're really itching to print up a trillion dollars, instead of giving it to a few rich people, why don't We give it to ourselves? Now that We own Freddie and Fannie, why not set up a People's bank? One that can provide low-interest loans for all sorts of people who want to own a home, start a small business, go to school, come up with the cure for cancer or create the next great invention. And, now that we own AIG - the country's largest insurance company - let's take the next step and PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR EVERYONE. MEDICARE FOR ALL! It will SAVE us SO MUCH MONEY in the LONG RUN (not to mention bring peace of mind to all). And, America won't be 12th on the life expectancy list! We'll be able to have a longer lifespan, enjoying our government-protected pension and will live to see the day when the corporate criminals who caused this much misery are let out of prison so that We can help re-acclimate them to plain old ordinary, civilian life -- a life with ONE nice home and ONE gas-free car invented with help from the People's Bank.
P.S. Call your Senators NOW !!! ---> www.visi.com/juan/congress/
Since they voted against passing the extension of unemployment benefits and skipped out to "campaign" to us to be re-elected...call them and tell them you will vote for the other "guy" if they don't get their act together!
UPDATE:
The Bailout Is A Truly Evil Disaster And Enabler Pelosi Must Go
We are hearing more and more reports of how badly the ill-advised banker's bailout is being handled, multi-million dollar bonuses for Paulson's old cronies at Goldman Sachs, billions going to finance the takeover of rival banks, making the "too big to fail" even bigger, and the taxpayer getting an otherwise rotten deal for their investment. We even heard a Republic senator asking how fast they could blow the money.
NONE of this could have happened without the fawning complicity of Nancy Pelosi, who infamously said it was Bush's proposal, INSTEAD of coming forward with a robust alternative plan. Just like Bush, she believes she is immune, she believes she is unaccountable, and shame on us if we don't do everything we can to defeat her this Tuesday, and replace her with Cindy Sheehan.
Here is Cindy's last TV spot. Please make whatever donation you can to put this ad on the air in these critical final days.
Last Cindy TV Spot Action Page:
www.usalone.com/cindy/donations_tv2.php
There is still time for you to make a real difference. We thank all of our participants who have already donated so generously to make this campaign what it is. For those who cannot make a contribution, please consider helping with the phone banking, and there is a link for that also on the page above.
The one thing we know is that we must continue to speak out. We must continue to challenge. Surrendering is what our current so-called representatives in Congress are so prone to, NOT what we do. Ultimate victory is not only possible, it is assured if we work as hard as we can for real change, not just the rebranding of the same old boys'
network.
And we promise you, immediately after the election we will go right back to work on pure issue advocacy full time, to continue to build the base of action for the future.
Paid for by Cindy Sheehan for Congress
Donations to Cindy Sheehan for Congress are not tax-deductible
Please take action NOW, so we can win all victories that are supposed to be ours, and forward this alert as widely as possible.
If you would like to get alerts like these, you can do so at www.usalone.net/in.htm
Or if you want to cease receiving our messages, just use the function at www.usalone.net/out.htm
