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		<title>Delta the only Fighter Jet of Stocks today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg announced  before the closing bell that Delta Airlines turned out to be the Fighter Jet of stocks today, one of the best performers on Wall Street stated by Adam Johnson &#38; Matt Miller .  Delta is continuing to hire employee&#8217;s and expand the airways, being confident &#38; stable in business and  flight among-st an industry that has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bloomberg announced  before the closing bell that Delta Airlines turned out to be the Fighter Jet of stocks today, one of the best performers on Wall Street stated by Adam Johnson &amp; Matt Miller .  Delta is continuing to hire employee&#8217;s and expand the airways, being confident &amp; stable in business and  flight among-st an industry that has been hard hit by increasing fuel prices and other concerns.</p>
<p>The Dow Jones and other markets across the world continued to stay in the RED with loses across the board in most of the sectors.  Adding to the downturn, was the failed hopes that France and Germany would create a Euro Bond. Financiers, investors and traders were disappointed that the only real accomplishment  that came from the Merkel &amp; Sarkozy meeting, which they felt was important and  necessary to disclose, was the even more disappointing announcement of a  financial-transaction tax for the Euro region. Adding no explanation of the details of what such a tax would entail, only that it would be disclosed in September. Thus adding to the stressor&#8217;s of Europe with other developments putting a stop to short selling in many regions.</p>
<p>Looks like no Pizza Celebration today, like Matt Miller &amp; others enjoyed the other day at the NYSE, as Global Leaders, governments,  and the stock  markets continue the finger pointing back and forth about transparency, truth, the who, the what and the where that has created the decades of palor tricks and instability.</p>
<p>And with the continued concerns,  in July the New York Times reported that &#8220;The S.E.C., which has the largest responsibility under Dodd-Frank, alone has missed 54 deadlines, according to Davis Polk. In June, the <a title="More articles about Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U.S." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/commodity_futures_trading_commission/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Commodity Futures Trading Commission</a> decided to formally postpone some derivatives rules for up to six months.&#8221;</p>
<p>What will make the  people and the world finally pay attention, how much will it take for  individuals  to stand up , how much risk are we willing to take and continue to endure?  What will make  it enough for us to want  to turn things around, since  the speculation, charts, theories and the analysis does not seem  to help lately. It takes focus and attention to not let the elite few misuse, steal &amp; drink at the &#8220;Money Trough&#8221; of the global sweat equity &amp; savings of  many. To name the least.<a href="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Wall-Street-Stock-Drop-Let-it-Roll-coaster-ride.jpg" class="broken_link"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-29972" src="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Wall-Street-Stock-Drop-Let-it-Roll-coaster-ride.jpg" alt="" width="259" height="194" /></a></p>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Gold, heavenly treasures discovered</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Safely hidden away and waiting for the moment the world had reached the tipping point of collapse. As the instability has reach critical mass with the global Financial Markets and Economies, God&#8217;s Gold has been found to help reverse the financial melt down that has been triggered by the current errors of the banks, governments and corporations. The discovery [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Safely hidden away and waiting for the moment the world had reached the tipping point of collapse. As the instability has reach critical mass with the global Financial Markets and Economies, God&#8217;s Gold has been found to help reverse the financial melt down that has been triggered by the current errors of the banks, governments and corporations.</p>
<p>The discovery will put into place funds to all countries to bring about the essentials to bring back a generation of thriving people &amp; countries, and return the world to an evolving  successful global economy and allow humanity to become the productive true responsible citizens of the world.</p>
<p>In truth, and more powerful than any story written about the Da Vinci Code, or  the tales of King  Solomon&#8217;s treasure.  Unfolding is the unseen equation, that no global Financier&#8217;s  or economic theorist could put into there profits, balance sheets or  matrix. Today, on the 40th anniversary, an event that happened on  August 15, 1971, then-President Richard Nixon ended the U.S. monetary system, which had fixed the price of the American dollar to gold and a new global monetary order was created.</p>
<p>After many years of misdirection, greed and ill will, and the citizen of the world observing the unchanged actions of our global leaders having failed again and again to re-stabilize equality in wealth and  <strong><em>trying not to unveil the tightly wound financial market of tyranny &amp; greed that has prevailed</em></strong>.<a href="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Gods-gold-treasures.jpg" class="broken_link"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29964" src="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Gods-gold-treasures.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="180" /></a></p>
<p>Our reports have confirmed, the time has come and the meeting set, in the Philippines, with the White House, President Obama,  and HON. EDUARDO V. MANALO of the IGLESIA NI  CRISTO, the EXECUTIVE MINISTER will unite with the world leaders listed under the Umbrella Code. The group who  have finally decided to move forward on the brink of the final collapse of our current global monetary system. To accept the Key Program &#8211; of  PERLAS SA DULONG SILANGAN FOUNDATION,INC, the Gold and other funding from  THE BIG ORGANIZATION  of the The Mother Control and to avoid the world wide calamity, preventing and not driving humanity back into chaos, the final, worst battle &amp;  the 3rd World War.</p>
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		<title>Federal Open Market Committee &#8211; expects a slower pace of recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System concluded their meeting today on the current concerns with the down grading of the United States by the S &#38; P and the plunge in the U.S. and Globals Stock Markets.  The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) issued the following: Press Release Release Date: August 9, 2011 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System concluded their meeting today on the current concerns with the down grading of the United States by the S &amp; P and the plunge in the U.S. and Globals Stock Markets.  The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) issued the following:</p>
<h1>Press Release</h1>
<div><img src="http://64.19.142.13/www.federalreserve.gov/gifjpg/PRimage.gif" alt="Federal Reserve Press Release" /></p>
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<p>Release Date: August 9, 2011<!-- sDate --></p>
<h3>    For immediate release</h3>
<p>Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that economic growth so far this year has been considerably slower than the Committee had expected.  Indicators suggest a deterioration in overall labor market conditions in recent months, and the unemployment rate has moved up.  Household spending has flattened out, investment in nonresidential structures is still weak, and the housing sector remains depressed.  However, business investment in equipment and software continues to expand.  Temporary factors, including the damping effect of higher food and energy prices on consumer purchasing power and spending as well as supply chain disruptions associated with the tragic events in Japan, appear to account for only some of the recent weakness in economic activity.  Inflation picked up earlier in the year, mainly reflecting higher prices for some commodities and imported goods, as well as the supply chain disruptions.  More recently, inflation has moderated as prices of energy and some commodities have declined from their earlier peaks.  Longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable.</p>
<p>Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability.  The Committee now expects a somewhat slower pace of recovery over coming quarters than it did at the time of the previous meeting and anticipates that the unemployment rate will decline only gradually toward levels that the Committee judges to be consistent with its dual mandate.  Moreover, downside risks to the economic outlook have increased. The Committee also anticipates that inflation will settle, over coming quarters, at levels at or below those consistent with the Committee&#8217;s dual mandate as the effects of past energy and other commodity price increases dissipate further.  However, the Committee will continue to pay close attention to the evolution of inflation and inflation expectations.</p>
<p>To promote the ongoing economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at levels consistent with its mandate, the Committee decided today to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent.  The Committee currently anticipates that economic conditions&#8211;including low rates of resource utilization and a subdued outlook for inflation over the medium run&#8211;are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate at least through mid-2013.  The Committee also will maintain its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its securities holdings.  The Committee will regularly review the size and composition of its securities holdings and is prepared to adjust those holdings as appropriate.</p>
<p>The Committee discussed the range of policy tools available to promote a stronger economic recovery in a context of price stability.  It will continue to assess the economic outlook in light of incoming information and is prepared to employ these tools as appropriate.</p>
<p><strong><em>Voting for the FOMC monetary policy action were:</em></strong> Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman; William C. Dudley, Vice Chairman; Elizabeth A. Duke; Charles L. Evans; Sarah Bloom Raskin; Daniel K. Tarullo; and Janet L. Yellen.</p>
<p><strong><em>Voting against the action were</em></strong>: Richard W. Fisher, Narayana Kocherlakota, and Charles I. Plosser, <em>who would have preferred to continue to describe economic conditions as likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate for an extended period.   </em></p>
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		<title>Does Pimco really have confidence in the United States?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After another day of lack luster from the culmination of decades greed and ill-will in the U.S. Financial Markets. We decided to ask &#8220;If Pimco is so confident about the U. S. then why don&#8217;t they invest in the U.S. instead of  having a portfolio full of foreign investments&#8221;? And why do all the major [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Pimco-CEO-Mohamed-A.-El-Erian.png" class="broken_link"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-29936" src="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Pimco-CEO-Mohamed-A.-El-Erian-150x150.png" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>After another day of lack luster from the culmination of decades<br />
greed and ill-will in the U.S. Financial Markets. We decided to ask <strong><em>&#8220;If Pimco is so confident</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>about the U. S. then why don&#8217;t they invest in the U.S. instead of  </em></strong><br />
<strong><em>having a portfolio full of foreign investments&#8221;?</em></strong></p>
<p>And why do all the major media groups like Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Reuters and CNN avoid looking at <em><strong>&#8220;the proof in the pudding&#8221; of PIMCO&#8217;s portfolio&#8217;s</strong></em> and asking Mohamed<br />
A. El-Erian and Bill Gross and others just that. Yet looking at a lot<br />
of who is blaming President Obama, they themselves have turned their<br />
investments away from the United States, while trying to convince<br />
hard working America’s to keep their dollar&#8217;s and investments in<br />
the United States and to trust Wall Street.</p>
<p>It seems as if it is a case of <strong><em>&#8220;Do as I say not as I do&#8221;,</em></strong><br />
is what is being offered by these so called experts, but what is<br />
there true agenda?</p>
<p>Is it a bigger plan and trap to collaspe the United States, and should people continue to accept<br />
the <strong><em>games being played not only in the U.S. but in the worldwide markets?</em></strong></p>
<p>And will a new injection of Quantitative Easing being touted by many, that<br />
will be the third QE for the United States, only put more large bonuses<br />
into the pockets of Bankers and Corporate Financiers, while many are<br />
scrapping to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads.</p>
<p>Ask yourself what is really going on? Are we heading for not a Recession, but a Depression, here in the United States. And do those leaders chatting their advice truly (from the individuals in Government, Banking, corporations, Wall Street) have the people of Amercia best interest and the interest of the Global community in their hearts and mind or is it the Power,  Money and Greed? <em><strong> Is the bottom line of their ROI and Balance sheets  &#8220;PEOPLE OR MONEY&#8221;?</strong></em></p>
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		<title>Concerns of lack of freedom of information, transparency and accountability with G-7</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the midst of the Global Crisis, many Global citizens are voicing concerns about the freedom of information, transparency and accountability with the G-7  finance ministers,  and the media blackout of information availability, except for the small trickle out to just a &#8220;cherry picked few&#8221; large media Conglomerates such as Reuters and Bloomberg, the G-7  has not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Global-Stock-Markets.jpg" class="broken_link"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-29930" src="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Global-Stock-Markets.jpg" alt="" width="259" height="194" /></a>In the midst of the Global Crisis, many Global citizens are voicing concerns about the freedom of information, transparency and accountability with the G-7  finance ministers,  and the media blackout of information availability, except for the small trickle out to just a &#8220;cherry picked few&#8221; large media Conglomerates such as Reuters and Bloomberg, the G-7  has not furished out right information for decades.</p>
<p>With confidence shaken, stocks across the Asia Pacific continued today to drop and extended declines that have wiped $5.4 trillion off equity markets since July 26, 2011.</p>
<p>So why are the G-7 finance ministers, especially the United States who has not been able to solve their countries own financial concerns, now able to have such deep pockets and wisdom to help save Spain and Italy, while not extending the same non chastizing help to Greece.</p>
<p>Many frustarted global citizens are not only taking to the streets in protest, as seen over the weekend in London and continuing in Greece, and other countries, but are asking what kind of game are the global leaders of the world countries playing?</p>
<p>So what is the real plan of the G-7 countries, is it to crash the Global Markets to further enslave people in poverty. Why is&#8217;nt there freedom of information in the dialogues and agenda&#8217;s of the G-7 finance ministers of the countries of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and the United States and Canada . There is no global website for the group were official information is disseminated, and most records of prior Summits and talks that occur are classified for decades, so what is there agenda?</p>
<p>So with so many ups and downs, lack of confidence and the risk surmounting for a recession and deeper volitialty around global financial and economic stability, who holds these leaders to accountable transparency? And for every global citizen to have insights and information to the dialogues, the plans, the economic policies, the choices and the governance these few powerful have over billions of people that are overwhelmingly affecting the welfare of all of humanity.</p>
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		<title>Foreign direct investments on the rise in APEC regions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the latest statitics and news release from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) the regions Foreign Direct investment (FDI) rose in 2010 with  the region’s  share of global FDI inflows more than doubling in the last five years, according to an analysis by the APEC Policy Support Unit (APPSU). In their latest news release [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/APEC-2011.jpg" class="broken_link"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-29907" src="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/APEC-2011.jpg" alt="" width="295" height="171" /></a>According to the latest statitics and news release from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) the regions Foreign Direct investment <a href="http://sanebull.com/m?symbol=FDI">(FDI)</a> rose in 2010 with  the region’s  share of global FDI inflows more than doubling in the last five years, according to an analysis by the APEC Policy Support<br />
Unit (APPSU).</p>
<p>In their latest news release by the APPSU,   shares information on the APEC regions exhibiting strong recovery in investment levels:</p>
<p><strong><em>Issued by APEC Policy Unit</em></strong></p>
<p><em>Singapore, August 2,<br />
2011</em> – –<br />
Foreign direct investment <a href="http://sanebull.com/m?symbol=FDI">(FDI)</a> levels in APEC rebounded<br />
significantly in 2010 with  the region’s  share of global FDI inflows more than<br />
doubling in the last five years, according to an analysis by the<br />
APEC Policy Support Unit.</p>
<p>APEC Policy Support Unit Director, Dr.  Denis Hew, provided an Asia-Pacific perspective on current foreign direct  investment <a href="http://sanebull.com/m?symbol=FDI">(FDI)</a> trends in the region. His analysis is based on data found in<br />
the United Nations Conference on Trade and Investment (UNCTAD) <a href="http://www.unctad.org/Templates/WebFlyer.asp?intItemID=6018&amp;lang=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="broken_link">World<br />
Investment Report (WIR) 2011</a>, which was launched last<br />
week.</p>
<p>Weighing in on the economic outlook, Hew<br />
explained that UNCTAD forecasts that world output growth will fall to 3.2<br />
percent in 2011 from 3.9 percent in 2010 and that Japan’s output growth will<br />
drop to 0.7 percent in 2011 from 3.9 percent in 2010. He went on to say that the<br />
World Bank estimates that the damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami in<br />
Japan could be as much as US$ 235 billion.”</p>
<p>Looking at 2010, FDI levels in APEC<br />
rebounded significantly from 2009. Inflows to the APEC region grew 32 percent,<br />
reaching US$ 627 billion, while outflows from the region grew 14 percent,<br />
reaching US$ 742 billion.</p>
<p>“Although the APEC region is still falling<br />
a bit short of 2008 pre-crisis levels, it is out-performing other regions,” Hew<br />
said. APEC’s share of global FDI inflows rose from 32 percent in 2005 to 50<br />
percent in 2010, and its share of global FDI outflows increased from 17 percent<br />
to 56 percent over this same period.</p>
<p>FDI inflows to the APEC region grew by 15<br />
percent per year on average between 2005 and 2010, while inflows to the rest of<br />
the world declined by 2 percent per year on average over this same period.<br />
Similarly, FDI outflows from the APEC region grew by 38 percent per year on<br />
average between 2005 and 2010, while outflows from the rest of the world<br />
declined by 5 percent per year on average over this same period.</p>
<p>The increase in FDI is more pronounced in<br />
developing APEC economies.<a name="_ftnref1" href="http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/welcome?ymv=0#_ftn1" rel="nofollow" class="broken_link"></a>[1] FDI<br />
inflows to the developing APEC economies have recently been even larger than the<br />
developed APEC economies and were valued at USD 344 billion in 2010, growing by<br />
11 percent per year on average between 2005 and 2010. FDI outflows from the<br />
developing APEC economies have grown by 26 percent per year on average between<br />
2005 and 2010 to reach US$ 292 billion.</p>
<p>Hew said that increased FDI activity has been advanced<br />
by the efforts made by several APEC economies towards increased investment<br />
liberalization and facilitation. These measures include the streamlining of<br />
admission procedures and the opening of new, or expansion of existing, special<br />
economic zones.</p>
<p>&#8220;However, we cannot ignore that one of<br />
reasons for APEC’s growing share of global FDI is the EU’s declining share,”<br />
said Hew. The EU’s share of global FDI flows has decreased significantly – from<br />
50 percent in 2005 to 24 percent in 2010 for inflows and from 69 percent in 2005<br />
to 31 percent in 2010 for outflows.</p>
<p>Hew observed that mergers and acquisitions<br />
(M&amp;A) is the preferred mode over greenfield projects by investors in the<br />
APEC region, and is likely to continue.</p>
<p>“The value of M&amp;A sales in the APEC<br />
region rose sharply in 2010 to US$ 176 billion, with strong growth experienced<br />
by both developed (88 percent increase) and developing (40 percent increase)<br />
APEC economies compared with an 11 percent increase in the value of M&amp;A<br />
sales in the rest of the world,” Hew added.</p>
<p>The value of greenfield FDI to the APEC<br />
region continued to decline in 2010, falling another 9 percent to US$ 395<br />
billion, compared with a 21 percent drop in the value of greenfield FDI to the<br />
rest of the world from 2009 to 2010. Only 7 APEC economies experienced increases<br />
in the value of greenfield FDI into their economies from 2009 to 2010.<a name="_ftnref2" href="http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/welcome?ymv=0#_ftn2" rel="nofollow" class="broken_link"></a>[2]</p>
<p>Foreign direct investments on the rise<br />
in APEC regions</p>
<div><a href="http://www.apec.org/en/About-Us/Policy-Support-Unit/~/media/Files/AboutUs/PolicySupportUnit/PSU_Work-Recent-FDI-Trends-APEC-Region.ashx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.apec.org/en/About-Us/Policy-Support-Unit/~/media/Files/AboutUs/PolicySupportUnit/PSU_Work-Recent-FDI-Trends-APEC-Region.ashx</a></div>
<div>United Nations Trade &amp; Development</div>
<div>World Investment Report 2011- Non-Equity Modes of International Production<br />
and Development:</div>
<p><a href="http://www.unctad.org/Templates/WebFlyer.asp?intItemID=6018&amp;lang=1" class="broken_link">http://www.unctad.org/Templates/WebFlyer.asp?intItemID=6018&amp;lang=1</a><br />
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<p>Footnotes:</p>
<p>[1] The highest growth rates of FDI inflows to developing APEC economies between 2005 and 2010 include Viet Nam (32 percent growth per year on average), Russia (26 percent growth per year on average), Peru (23 percent growth per year on average), Singapore (20 percent growth per year on average), Malaysia (17 percent growth per year on average), Chile (17 percent growth per year on<br />
average).</p>
<p>2 Australia (144 percent), Chinese Taipei (104 percent), Singapore (42 percent), Chile (17 percent), Russia (10 percent), Thailand (9 percent), and Malaysia (5 percent)</p>
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<p><strong>For more information contact: Ai  Ghee Ong </strong></p>
<p><strong>at +65 6891 9671 or </strong><a href="http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=oag@apec.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="broken_link"><strong>oag@apec.org</strong></a><strong> or<br />
Michael Chapnick + 65 6891 9670 or </strong><a href="http://us.mc658.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mc@apec.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="broken_link"><strong>mc@apec.org</strong></a><strong></strong></p>
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		<title>The upside of the Economic Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article by Dr. John Demartini The deflation of the global markets and the decline in spending is impacting most people regardless of their economic status. People are going to bed each night wondering if their job is secure and how much longer they can afford their mortgage. Business owners are worried about the next payday and workers [...]]]></description>
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<p>The deflation of the global markets and the decline in spending is impacting most people regardless of their economic status. People are going to bed each night wondering if their job is secure and how much longer they can afford their mortgage. Business owners are worried about the next payday and workers are wondering how to add more value to their work in order keep their jobs.</p>
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<p>History has taught us that out of the ashes rise great opportunities. Challenge can be transformed when we know how to ask a new set of questions and shift our perceptions, then our actions. For example, difficult financial times can make us place a higher value on conservatively saving money, which increases the chances of accumulating future wealth.</p>
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<p>Losing a job may be the catalyst for creative entrepreneurialism. Chaos can bring unity and awakening to a new order. This is exemplified in the way world leaders have united in their will to restore stability to the financial markets.</p>
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<p>Here are some examples of perceived challenges, along with their compensatory blessings that may help you become aware of the other side. Reading these may assist you in allaying your fears around the challenges associated with the temporary loss of money.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Credit crunch: </strong>As government introduces credit restrictions, lenders become more accountable. This will provide for a stronger economy in the future. The credit crunch also means you are protected from making foolish financial decisions that could affect your tomorrow. It will make you prioritize your purchases, which will trim your fat, making you more efficient and lean. This can certainly pay off, saving you more money in the future.</p>
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<p><strong>Losing a job:</strong> Losing your job could open the pathway into a new job you really love and can also be the catalyst for going after a long- sought dream. You may find yourself generating new ideas that awaken your entrepreneurialism. Being free from the perceived &#8220;security&#8221; of your previous job may assist you in discovering the courage to start up your own company. A retrenchment package could become the capital for a new business.</p>
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<p><strong>Restructuring:</strong> In good times, companies tend to become over-fed and overlook the decline of inefficiencies. Recessionary times force companies to become lean, fine-tune their marketing campaigns, streamline all areas of ineffectiveness and create a well-oiled machine that prospers when the tide turns.</p>
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<p><strong>Not being able to afford previous lifestyle: </strong>Friends and familiesbecome innovative and spend more quality time with each other. Fathers may play more sports with their children, rather than paying for coaches. Imagine what benefits there are to having family members learning to more deeply appreciate what they still do have.</p>
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<p><strong>Difficulty getting start-up funding:</strong> Bank lending is at a minimum, making it difficult to fund a new business. This forces entrepreneurs to fine-tune their business plans and present a financially sound strategy that ensures success and loan repayment. This gives you a level of certainty for your future business success. Easy money can be the recipe for complacency and failure.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>No money for a holiday:</strong> Holidays bring their own stresses like overspending, busy airports, delayed planes, lost luggage, etc. This forces us to take a less expensive local holiday, which boosts the local economy, or forces us to stay home and get things in order, bringing a peace of mind all its own. Remember, peace of mind is in fact the definition of a true holiday. We also get to link up and deepen relationships with friends who find themselves in the same situation. If we help others give and receive what they would love, we tend to give and receive what we would love.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Challenging financial times do many beneficial things. They calm our unrealistic fantasies about life, quell our need for instant gratification, force us to be introspective about what we really truly want out of life, teach us how not to live beyond our means and help bring us back into equilibrium. These are all long-term blessings. When we transform our crises into blessings, we catalyze others to do the same.</p>
<p><strong>Article </strong>by Dr. John Demartini the author of  the book &#8220;How to make a Hell of a Profit and still get to Heaven&#8221; Human Behavior Specialist, Educator &amp; Author,  Dr Demartini is considered one of the world&#8217;s leading authorities on human behavior and personal development. He is the founder of the Demartini Institute, a private research and education organization with a curriculum of over 72 courses covering multiple aspects of human development.</p>
<p>Find out more about his programs, books and events at:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.drdemartini.com/">http://www.drdemartini.com/</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>In a speech that President Obama gave in a news conference at the East Room of the White House with the press, he shares his vision to address the &#8220;Deficit Reduction Negotiations&#8221; necessary to begin to solve the U.S. economical and financial woes. </p>
<p>The president shared about the progress on Trade Adjustment Assistance for American workers and pending free trade agreements that will support tens of thousands of American jobs. </p>
<p>Tough decisions and balanced solutions is the theme the president asked for not only for regular citizens but large corporations and executives to make the decision as leaders to accept their shared portion of taxes for the greater good. </p>
<p>Obama remarked &#8220;Take on the sacred cow and do tuff things&#8221;, that tax breaks for &#8220;Corporate Jets or Oil and Gas subsidies&#8221; needs to end, that congress needs to make a deal, especially republicans.  That having the lowest tax breaks for those who can afford it is not the kind of sacrifice we can afford to continue and these giants need to offer to pay taxes is necessary to create the revenue to sustain our country. Otherwise the kinds of cuts that may need to take place will compromise America in areas like education, food safety, National Weather Service, and critical Medical research. </p>
<p>He then spoke about Libya and the concerns of Khadafy and the massacre of their people.  No boots on the ground and NATO taking the load has protected thousand in that country, and the operation is limited in the time and the scope.  The United States under the United Nations mandate has turn around the concern for Libyans to avoid more casualties of their citizens in that country with the limited operation against one of the worst tyrant’s in the World. </p>
<p>Sharing that this congress understands and acknowledges, Obama said, that we cannot discriminate against others including LGBT population. The federal government cannot poke its noise in State rulings and decisions on civil marriages. We all need to move in a direction of greater equality. </p>
<p>The overall package for job growth that is needed is looking at rebuilding our transportation infrastructures, tax codes need to be reviewed, looking at how to help small business, and trade deals that brings American goods overseas and to the hands of the global consumers. </p>
<p>Go to the link below to listen to the Presidents full address:</p>
<p>http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2011/06/29/president-obama-news-conference</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toyota Motors has new developmental plan with its upcoming production target of 90% which is faster-than-expected level in the wake of Japan reaching to normalcy after it encountering the disasters. The spokesperson of Toyota Motors Paul Nolasco said that “production at domestic manufacturing units has been well recovered up to 90% compared to pre-quake output [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/TO_S147_F002_M001_1_L_S.jpg" class="broken_link"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-29473" src="http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/TO_S147_F002_M001_1_L_S-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Toyota Motors has new developmental plan with its upcoming production target of 90% which is faster-than-expected level in the wake of Japan reaching to normalcy after it encountering the disasters.</p>
<p>The spokesperson of Toyota Motors Paul Nolasco said that “production at domestic manufacturing units has been well recovered up to 90% compared to pre-quake output level which will be seen in June – more than what had been expected.”</p>
<p>“The company had constant recovery in supply chain which is surely positive sign and leaves best effect on car production of Toyota by keeping its pace constant,” says Nolasco further.</p>
<p>There was 74.5% increase in production in domestic factories of Toyota last week whose step had begun in April itself, explained the report.</p>
<p>Industry analysts have already estimated the Toyota network a largest car manufacturing company in the world operating with its big share.</p>
<p>Disruptions occurred in the supply chain and production of Japan&#8217;s car manufacturers due to unexpected hitting hard caused through the earthquake cum tsunami in 11 March this year.</p>
<p>According to company sources there has been constant improvement in the situation over the time.</p>
<p>The release from Toyota opines it a positive sign that its production speed has now increased fast which indicate company&#8217;s production capability and the attempt to recover from bad phase caused due to devastations hitting Japan.</p>
<p>“Combined effort of the firm alongside the role of suppliers and distributors played major role for this growth,” said Nolasco in a press briefing.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovation and affordability is leading the market results. Nokia shares have fallen down by 14%. The company said that it expects sales figure to be below than its quarterly estimates. There is a list of factors involved responsible for the depressed sales numbers. The customer’s buying habits have rapidly changed in the last few months. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Nokia shares have fallen down by 14%. The company said that it expects sales figure to be below than its quarterly estimates.</p>
<p>There is a list of factors involved responsible for the depressed sales numbers. The customer’s buying habits have rapidly changed in the last few months. There is a growing sector for low-priced phones. The company said that large amount of discounts offered by them is also one of the factors. It goes without saying that slumping demand in China and Europe has caused major damage.</p>
<p>Nokia said that second quarter sales in its devices and services will miss the previously set target of $8.8 billion to $9.5 billion.</p>
<p>“Strategy transitions are difficult,” said Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. “We recognize the need to deliver great mobile products, and therefore we must accelerate the pace of our transition.”</p>
<p>Nokia has already partnered with Microsoft to make Windows Mobile Nokia’s primary smartphone operating system. The company has stopped investing heavily in its own operating system called Symbian.</p>
<p>The present phase of customer buying habits is primarily focused on spending on those products which offer complete value for money. Another important aspect is that the respective product must be loaded with all the modern-day advanced features.</p>
<p>Nokia has set its vision on the future of mobile industry by associating with Microsoft. The changing ideology is just an indication that better things are expected to hit the market in the next couple of months or so.</p>
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