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{ Monthly Archives } December 2008

In The Name of God

The Prayer
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The Forsaken
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2008 12 31 BlahBlog BlogMouth
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Billions Lost

It seems that the global economic downturn has even made paupers out of billionaires. Here is a top list, compiled by Forbes, of billionaire who lost billions of dollars from their net worth over the last year.

Anil Ambani (was worth: $42 billion/current worth: $12 billion)
Oleg Deripaska ($28 billion/$10 billion)
Bjorgflur Gudmundsson ($1.1 billion/$0)
Luis Portillo ($1.2 [...]

2008 12 31 BlahBlog BlogMouth
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Peace in the Middle East

Those involved in the Mid East conflict are not adherents of the Middle Way. To those that cry for ‘peace in the Middle East,’ I say ‘not in our time.’ The Bush administration warned the Palestinians to to stop firing rockets, but continue dying, and perhaps in the afterlife they can attain peace [...]

2008 12 29 BlahBlog BlogMouth
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Marketing Hall of Fame

Entrepreneur, January 2009 edition, has a nice compilation of the best use of marketing. I definitely have to agree on some of there selections, such as the following top five…

Best Contest: Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
Best Slogan: Got Milk?
Best Jingle: NBC Jingle
Best Logo: Nike Swoosh
Best use of Outdoor Advertising: The Goodyear Blimp

2008 12 28 BlahBlog BlogMouth
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Keep Your Eyes on the Franchise

Franchise allow you to be your own boss while using an establish business plan. Entrepreneur magazine recently released their 30th Annual Franchise 500 list. According to the 2008 Franchise 500 list, the top 10 franchises are the following…

Subway
McDonald’s
Liberty Tax Service
Sonic Drive In
Intercontinental Hotels Group
Ace Hardware
Pizza Hut
The UPS Store/Mail Boxes Etc.
Circle K
Papa John’s

The fastest [...]

2008 12 28 BlahBlog BlogMouth
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First They Laidoff…

Here is a modern economic crisis edition of the poem First They Came…

They laid off first the unskilled workers, and I did nothing because I wasn’t unskilled.
Then they trimmed the manual laborers, and I did nothing because I wasn’t a manual laborer.
Then they outsourced the blue collar worker, and I did nothing because I wasn’t [...]

2008 12 14 BlahBlog BlogMouth
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