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Overcoming the Force of a Tsunami
Yuli's story - Banda Aceh, Indonesia

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Why Are You Waiting to Ask For Referrals
In December, 2004 I was referred to Bill Cates by The Brooks Group. Bill Cates is the author of 2 best selling books: "Unlimited Referrals" and "Get More Referrals Now!" Bill is President of Referral Coach International and is the nation's foremost expert on how to enhance customer loyalty and increase sales through high quality referrals and word-of-mouth.

A Website Is Good Business For Your Business
The world is busy searching online. According to Nielsen/NetRatings, online searches grew to 5.1 billion in the month of December 2005; that's an increase of 55% over the previous December. Millions of Internet users are online each day and growing at an annual rate of 18%. When a customer comes to your door, chances are he has already been to your website or attempted to find you online.
2.2 Sectoral performance I: Economic Report on Africa 2007
African economies are experiencing a structural shift whereby the service sector is becoming an important driver of growth. In 2004, the service sector contributed 49 per cent of GDP growth compared to 36 per cent for industry (including mining and quarrying) and 15 per cent for agriculture. In 2004, all three sectors continued to grow, albeit at relatively low rates. The industrial sector had the highest growth rate at 9.05 per cent, although growth in the manufacturing sector fell by almost 3.8 per cent compared to 2003. Developments within each sector and for each subregion are discussed in more detail below.
II.D. Foreign Direct Investment: TRADE AND CAPITAL FLOWS BETWEEN CHINA AND AFRICA
China’s direct investment in Africa, as reported by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, amounted to US$392 million in 2005, up from US$317 million in 2004. Data from other sources show significantly higher figures: in 2004, Chinese FDI was estimated to be more than US$900 million; total FDI in Africa was US$15 billion (Table 2). China’s Ministry of Commerce puts China’s direct investment to Africa for 2000–06 at US$6.6 billion. Among the 800 Chinese enterprises investing in Africa, only about 100 are state-owned. The rest are private businesses with interests ranging from trade, manufacturing and processing, services, and communications to agriculture and natural resource development.
Another Microfinance Institution (MFI) Closes in Uganda as Chaos Continues in the Sector
The Support Organisation for Micro Enterprises Development (SOMED), a microfinance firm in the Kibaale District of Uganda was shut down in December last year while police claim they are investigating allegations of extortion, embezzlement and fraud. The company had been offering low-interest loans since 2004.
Microsoft Acquires SAP? (A Commentary)
In her December 3rd posting in Information Week, Mary Hayes Weier reported a rumor in which Microsoft was in the process of moving toward acquiring SAP. The markets as Ms. Weier put it “felt strongly enough about the rumor that they drove up SAP’s stock by nearly 2%.” She went on to say that “there could be something to it,” as Microsoft had originally “looked at acquiring SAP” in June of 2004. Here is the link to the post in its entirety: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/12/microsoft_rumor_1.html?cid=nl_IWK_daily#community

10 Golden rules to survive the Global Crisis
How do you best set yourself and your business up for the current financial Tsunami??
The Little BIG Things
On July 28, 2004, I made my first Blogpost at tompeters.com. The topic was then-Illinois State Senator Barack Obama's speech to the 2004 Democratic Convention in Boston.

Tsunami 2012: Why More of Us Will Find Ourselves with Underwater Mortgages
Very few people even considered this as a possibility from the 1990s on, but a tsunami was building then that led to the millions of underwater mortgages that are with us today. In fact, 24% of homeowners in the US have a mortgage that's under water, and one in ten of them owe 25% more than what their houses are worth! We know you want to think that we've hit bottom and that prices can only go up from here, but don't count on it.

5 Tips To Make Sure You Don’t End Up An Accidental Spammer
The Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007has only caught one victim – Lance Atkinson who in December 2008 was fined NZ$110,000 for being part of an “international spam email operation” (NZ Herald 23 December 2008). But does that mean that a NZ business that isn’t part of such an operation can safely ignore it? The answer is no, because people’s tolerance of spam is ever decreasing and with that there is an expectation that legitimate businesses will have email policies in place which comply with the Act. Not to have one exposes you to prosecution but perhaps more importantly could seriously damage your reputation in the marketplace.
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