Sep 11
A lot of online business owners focus so much on getting traffic from the search engines and optimizing for Google that they completely neglect the search functions for their own website! After running our online store for several years now, I’ve found that many customers who visit our store don’t browse the categories to find the item they want to buy. Instead, they jump straight to the search toolbar and look for exactly what they want. And guess what happens if they yield the big donut from the search results? Over 95% leave the store immediately. The frustrating thing is that it doesn’t matter if they can’t spell. It does
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Sep 09
There are a lot of online games you can find by accessing the internet. Some serious players can get extra money from it by just playing online games. One of the many games flocked by serious players around the world is the online gambling. By joining such game online, you can have the tendency to get to the top and earn real money. The easiness of accessing casino online gives many players to enjoy different casinos game.
Sep 06
Unfortunately, business license and permit violations occur all the time — leading to costly penalties, tax problems, and even the closure of your operation.
So if you are starting a company be sure not to overlook federal, state and local licensing requirements for you business or industry. Here are some tools and resources you can put to work for you to ensure you are compliant from the get-go.
Get the Right License and Permit in One Simple Step with “Permit Me”
Every business has different licensing and permit requirements depending on its location and industry, so it can be difficult to know where to start.
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Sep 06
PROVIDENCE – GTECH Corporation, the Providence-based subsidiary of Italy’s Lottomatica Group, signed a 10-year contract with Pan Malaysian Pools to provide a new central lottery system, terminals and ongoing services, Lottomatica announced Wednesday. Financial details of the agreement were not released.
“This new partnership in Malaysia is strategically important for GTECH as we look to further expand our footprint in the Asia-Pacific region,” said Jaymin B. Patel, GTECH president and CEO.
Pan Malaysian Polls administers and operates lottery games in Malaysia.
GTECH will replace PMP’s existing central lottery system with the GTECH Enterprise Series and the existing terminal base with 1,600 of the provider’s Altura GT604 lottery terminals. The new sys
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Sep 05
BOSTON – Newly compiled statistics from the New England office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that Rhode Island was among a majority of New England states that saw employment decline during the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a Business Employment Dynamic report released Thursday.
Rhode Island private sector employment fell 0.5 percent, losing 2,062 jobs, in the three months ended Dec. 31; New Hampshire and Maine private sector jobs also shrunk by 0.5 percent in the same period.
Massachusetts saw the largest employment decrease in the region with 14,490 jobs lost, falling 0.6 percent. I
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Sep 03
The UKconstruction industry looks worrying as it’s forecasted to drop back into recession, research shows.
According to the Construction Products Association (CPA), output for the rest of 2010 will fall within the construction industry and will remain in decline for the first part of 2011.
Despite strong growth in the first six months of the year, forecasts show that the industry must prepare for a sluggish economic growth and sharp public sector cuts.
Construction output fell by 12% in 2009, the sharpest fall since 1974.
Michael Ankers, chief executive of the Construction Products Association, said:
“Although 2010 as a whole is likely to be slightly better than 2009, it is very much a year of two halves with construction output slipping back in the second half of the year as a result of growing uncertainty in the housing market and cuts in public spending.”
“Whilst we can see the prospects for a pick-up in output in 2012 and the following two years, this recovery is going be slow and hold back a more rapid growth in the wider economy. Even by
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