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• How to Buy a Safe Car
  on Jul 29, 2013
  in surveys to gauge new-car buyers’most-wanted features, fuel economy and reliability often trump safety. But at Kiplinger, we think safety is paramount.Safety accounts for more than one-third of the possible points in our annual newcar rankings. H...
• What Is a Small Business?
  on Jun 18, 2013
  How can you tell a small business from a large one? The Small Business Administration (SBA), the federal agency most directly involved with this sector of the economy, defines a small business as an “independent business having fewer than 500 e...
• Google and Facebook Face Off in India’s Social Networking Wars
  on Jun 18, 2013
  India is the world’s largest democracy and, with 1.2 billion people, the second-most populous country (after China). It is considered a major growth Internet market, with a tradition of free speech, a growing middle class that is still discovering...
• DEPA terms changed to aid Gazprom bid
  on Jun 9, 2013
  Greece agreed to change some terms in the planned privatisation of natural gas distributor DEPA, opening the way for Russian energy giant Gazprom to bid for the firm. Privatisation agency HRADF finalised the terms of the sale contract late on Friday,...
• ND extends lead in opinion polls
  on Jun 9, 2013
  The ruling conservatives have widened their lead over anti-austerity opponents, three polls showed, in a sign that improving business sentiment has bolstered support for the crisis-ridden country’s government. A survey by GPO pollsters for Mega TV...
• Turkish unit lifts NBG to profit
  on Jun 9, 2013
  National Bank of Greece posted a profit for the second consecutive quarter on Friday, helped by strong earnings from its Turkish unit Finansbank, lower funding costs and reduced provisions for bad debt.The bank posted net profit of 27 mln euros in th...
• Europe’s Troika should grow up
  on Jun 9, 2013
   In early 2010, a group of men (and a few women) in dark suits landed in Athens. They belonged to a global institution, the International Monetary Fund, and to a pair of regional ones, the European Commission and the European Central Bank. Their...
• The business idea:-The sucess story of Papa belts pre-sold via a crowdfunding site
  on May 27, 2013
  The Papa belts, leather and custom, delight users. Their creator, Olivier Taco, intends to take advantage of crowdfunding platforms to launch his business, before opening his own website selling online. The history of the belt Dad started in the...
• Brussels interrogate on iPhone sales
  on May 27, 2013
  The European Commission is considering possible Apple uncompetitive practices in order to promote sales of its iPhone on the European market for smartphones, reports the "Financial Times". The European Commission is considering possible Apple un...
• That night in Asia: Beijing makes eyes investors
  on May 18, 2013
  One hundred types of investments, so far, required the approval of Beijing, will now be done without administrative authorization.Beijing wants to encourage private investment ...The Chinese government has published on its website a text in which he...

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