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Can the Internet Grow My Business in a Slow Economy?: This article explains few web-marketing ideas that help to improve your sale. In fact, the Internet may be the boost you need during a downturn in the economy like taping into your on-line target market, making the best use of e-mail. The slowing economy may be an opportunity for you...; Tags: Salestrainingplus.com, Internet, e-mail; White papers 2003-01-01
Bond ETFs Take the High Road: IndexUniverse submits: By Murray Coleman Investors have been avoiding riskier parts of the credit market for most of 2008 as concern mounts about inflation and a slowing economy. by Index Universe; Tags: ETF; External links 2008-06-18
PJO Offers a Fundamental Approach to Japan - Can It Recover?: Don Dion submits: Japan?s Nikkei Stock Average, one of the country?s key benchmark indices, rose 2.3% last week, finishing May with a 3.5% gain. Since March 17, the index is up 22%. Still, the index remains down 6.3% year to date, compared to a...; Tags: Japan, ETF, Canon Inc., Honda Motor Co., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Sony Corp., Toyota Motor Corp.; External links 2008-06-06
Talent Remains In The Spotlight: From the executive summary: ‘Finding and managing talent has become much more challenging than in the past, requiring new strategies and tactics. Despite the slowing economy and increasing layoffs, and despite the troubles facing certain industries, employers have not gained a significant advantage in attracting and retaining high-performing employees.’ Experts...; Tags: Workforce management, talent, layoff, strategy, industry; White papers 2003-01-01
Real Estate Industry Poised for Recovery Despite Slowing Economy: The article explains about situation of real estate. It defines about the meeting in which participants says that the real estate industry, which triggered the last recession, comes into the current slowdown in a much stronger position than it was in the 1980s. That assessment, along with new opportunities in...; Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Knowledge@Wharton, real estate, pension fund, tenant, leasing, finance, industry; White papers 2001-11-21

Staying Afloat In Bad Times: The material handling industry is not feeling much of the economic slowdown yet, in many cases, users of material handling equipment are. In spite of the slowing economy, however, the material handling industry is amazingly holding its own. In moderate growth the material handling industry expects to enjoy follows on...; Tags: Strategy, Reed Elsevier Inc., industry; White papers 2001-07-01
Practice Groups - Selecting The Most Effective Partners As Leaders: From the executive summary: ‘Today’s law firms face a slowing economy, continued high associate salaries, increasing cost pressure from clients, tremendous competition for business from rival firms, and the commoditization of some areas of legal work. A key to dealing with these trends and maintaining a law firm’s profitability and...; Tags: Litigation, American Lawyer Media Inc., law firm, leader; White papers 2001-09-11
McKinsey's Three Most Important Business Tech Trends: McKinsey's Three Most Important Business Tech TrendsHigh consumer Confidence is the key.The article outlined what I have seen in the alternate health industry. I believe we can successfully weather a slowing economy by actualizing the needs of our customers within a reasonable time frame. Incremental changes over time bring about...; Tags: McKinsey & Co.; Discussion threads 2008-02-23
Does Business Process Outsourcing of Sales and Use Tax Compliance Make Sense for Retailers?: Every day retailers are confronted with new challenges to face in this changing world. From industry consolidation and retrenchment, new competitive threats and a slowing economy, retailers are forced to rethink how they run their operations to maximize shareholder value. Within this climate of market saturation, a retailer's internal weaknesses...; Tags: Retail, retail company, outsourcing, BPO, back-office, shareholder, business process, industry, sales, information technology; White papers 2003-09-10
IMF Outlook on U.S. Economy Remains Bleak: MONTREAL (Reuters) - IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sounded a pessimistic note on the U.S. economy on Monday, saying a stronger-than-expected first-quarter performance did not necessarily mean the worst is over. "I am only partly reassured by data for the first quarter ...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, IMF, inflation, bond, food price, consumer confidence, U.S., China, Thomson Reuters Corp., finance, performance, food; News items 2008-06-09
House Prices Fall For Eighth Month: By Matt Falloon LONDON (Reuters UK) - House prices fell for an eighth straight month in June to stand more than 7 percent below the peak hit last year, a survey showed on Tuesday, adding to expectations that the once-booming market may crash. The Nationwide building...; Tags: Housing Market, Economist, Houseprices, Oukbs; News items 2008-07-01
Attracting and Keeping Top Employees Still Tough: Even in a slowing economy, a majority of human resources executives say attracting and retaining talent remains a big problem, according to a study by The Conference Board. Fully 90% of the surveyed executives say they're having trouble getting and keeping the best people for their organization. Corporate turmoil and...; Tags: Benefits, Youngstown Publishing Co., barrier, talent, compensation, career, Human Resources, leadership, board, benefit; White papers 2002-10-09
Recession Fears? Don't Push the Panic Button: Back in October BNET's The View from Harvard Business was reminding companies that "if you aren't already doing some scenario planning about what a slowing or uncertain economy means to your bottom line, you are behind the game." Unfortunately, the economic outlook hasn't grown any rosier since then, and most...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, payroll solutions, Leadership, Strategy, Jessica Stillman, Paul Michelman; Blog posts 2008-01-18
RBA at End of Rate Hikes: Economists: Interest rates might be at the peak of the cycle after the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA talked up the prospects of a slowing economy, while leaving rates on hold.The RBA on Tuesday kept interest rates unchanged for the fourth consecutive month, leaving the official cash rate at a...; Tags: Board, Interest Rate, Economist, Mr., Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Corporate Governance, Financial Services, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, AAP; News items 2008-07-01
What the Bank Has to Weigh Up Next Week: LONDON (Reuters UK) - The Bank of England looks set to hold interest rates steady for the third month running next week as policymakers seem trapped between high inflation on one side and sharply slowing growth on the other. All 72 analysts polled by Reuters this...; Tags: Bank, Analyst, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-07-04
Downturn Doesn't Mean Disaster: Tips For Managing In Difficult Economic Conditions: Next to opening the front door on the first day of business, surviving an economic downturn is likely to be the greatest challenge most business owners will ever face. Many companies today must deal with the results of the high-tech shakeout, an already slowing economy and the effects of the...; Tags: Youngstown Publishing Co., economic downturn, Sept. 11; White papers 2001-10-17
Is ECB President's Call for a Tightening Cycle a Good Idea?: Macro Man submits: Man oh man. Just when you think things can't any weirder, they turn around and do so. Yesterday saw ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet provide further evidence of his affection for late 80's hip-hop music. For having noted that consumer price inflation was likely to perform the...; Tags: US Market, Ambac Financial Group Inc., MBIA Inc.; External links 2008-06-06
Avoiding a Meltdown: Article states that though business has remained constant, recent changes in the economy have caused the refrigerated warehousing industry to rethink business strategies regarding energy, technology, and labor. One of the most significant shifts within the industry in the past few months has been a move from simple storage to...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Reed Elsevier Inc., warehouse, supply chain, storage, warehousing, business strategy, industry, incentive, Internet; White papers 2001-07-01
Utilities' Role in Economic Development: Getting Plugged In: Utility companies play key role in site selection and economic development — especially in a down economy. The GEMC economic development program centers around three initiatives: facilities location, community development and site development. Most utility executives will tell you that breaking ground on a site for a new power consumer...; Tags: Sales force management, FMLink Group LLC, site selection, incentive, tax, survey, telecommunications, database, job; White papers 2003-01-01
Four Ways to Generate Greater Brand Efficiency: To help CEOs and Chief Marketing Officers realize strategic 'brand efficiencies' in a slowing economy, the article have identified four key areas for review. 1. Tighten the communications reins 2. Conduct a brand head count 3. Assess advertising spending 4. Implement a centralized brand management system. A review of all...; Tags: Branding, brand, marketing communication, brand management, advertisement, marketing; White papers 2003-01-01