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Motorola to Split into Two Separate Companies
Written by admin on March 28, 2008 under Business, News | 0 comments
CHICAGO–Motorola announced on Wednesday that it is going to separate its struggling mobile phone manufacturing business from other operations to form two individual publicly traded companies.The Company had faced much pressure from investors’ side. Company came in to this decision after a two-month strategic review of its businesses.
The US based company had arrived at this conclusion after facing strong objection from the billionaire investor Carl Icahn,continuously for two years,who has been very much annoyed with Motorola’s declining phone sales.
Aerion Gets Indian Orders for 5 Supersonic Jets
Written by admin on March 13, 2008 under Business, News | 1 comment
MUMBAI: Aerion Corp, the US-based aircraft manufacturer, received five pre-delivery orders for supersonic business jet (SSBJ) from India, said the spokesperson of the company.
The price tag of the aircraft jet is expected to be $80 million of each and the company plans the make the deliveries at the last quarter of 2014, said Peter Smales, the executive director for ExecuJet Aviation Group and the international sales representative of Aerion SSBJs, in a press meet.
The buyers have already paid an initial refundable deposit of Rs 1crore to order the supersonic jet aircraft.
Under the present rules, neither India nor a host of other countries like the US will allow supersonic flights in their airspace.
“We have got five Indian orders and 25 from other countries, excluding the US,” said Peter Smales.
Warren Buffett Overtakes Bill Gates as World’s Richest Man
Written by admin on March 06, 2008 under Business, News | 2 comments
NEW YORK – Warren Buffett, the chairman Berkshire Hathaway Inc has overtaken Bill Gates as the world’s richest man, according to Forbes annual billionaire’s list.
Forbes announced that Buffett’s wealth increased from $52 billion to about $62 billion in the last twelve months, mostly from a gain in his company’s shares.
The Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates, who held the top position continuously for last 13 years, was dropped to No. 3 behind Buffet and the Mexican based telecommunications businessman Carlos Slim, whose wealth has almost doubled just with in two years. The net worth of Carlos is estimated to have $60 billion, while Gates is now said to be worth $58 billion.
“He is the smartest and intelligent investor of his generation,” said Ken Murray, who administers the Blue Planet Investment Management in Edinburgh. “The incredible amount of wealth he has accumulated puts him up there with Carnegie and Morgan.”
General Motors Announces Buyback Offers
Written by admin on February 14, 2008 under Business, News | 0 comments
Detroit- General Motors has reported a loss of $38.7 billion for 2007, which is the largest annual loss for any automotive company. GM also said that it is presenting a fresh round of buyback offers to U.S. hourly workers in plans of substituting some of them with lower-paid workers.
GM CEO and Chairman Rick Wagoner said, “We have worked with our UAW partners to make sure our employees have a wide range of attractive alternatives to consider“. “The special attrition program is a key initiative, which will facilitate us to transform the workforce”, he added.
USA’s largest automaker reported better 4th quarter results in its overseas auto operations, which hugely helped GM to balance out continuous losses at its North American plants.
Who Will Own The Yahoo Inc.?
Written by admin on February 10, 2008 under Business, News | 0 comments
Today, the most anticipated deal in the business world is the proposal of Microsoft to get the second internet search competitor- Yahoo Inc. Yahoo has failed to crack Google’s dominance, at the same time plans to reject a $44.6 billion takeover bid from Microsoft Corp. – said a source about the situation.
New York (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc. The internet media giant is expected to reject Microsoft’s offer on Monday as undervaluing the business. Yahoo’s shares have fallen, but Yahoo’s websites will remain as the world’s most popular.
The board has spent about a week in reviewing the $31-per-share offer. The Yahoo directors are likely to reject it. Yahoo expects a minimum of $40 – reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Factors Involving With the Revenue Growth
Written by admin on February 07, 2008 under Business | 0 comments
The term revenue means the income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to the customers. Income which a company earns through dividends, interest or royalties amount paid by other companies is also called as revenue. Revenue may refer to the income earned through a business in general, or it may refer to an amount received during a period of time. Profit or net income is generally calculated by subtracting total expenses from total revenue with in a given period. Revenue is also known as “REVs“.
In the case of a non-profit organization, annual revenue is termed as gross receipts. The sources of revenue for these non-profit organizations are as follows:
- Aid from government organizations
- Donations from individuals and corporations
- Income from activities related to the organization’s mission
- Income from fund generating activities
- Financial investments such as stocks and shares of the companies
- Membership dues
Impress your PPC Traffic for Explosive Conversions
Written by admin on November 12, 2007 under Advertising, Marketing, PPC | 0 comments
Introduction
Pay-Per-Click (PPC) traffic has got to be one of the most expensive forms of traffic, especially for home businesses that do not advertise using the mass media mediums (television, radio, etc.). What most people fail to see is that PPC is one of the most profitable sources of traffic you can have, and one which gives you the most control. Having more control means that it is more likely for you to be responsible for the bad results you are getting from PPC – but it also means that you have the power to change that.
 
PPC is one of the most powerful forms of traffic because you can get a very definite figure of the amount you spend and how much you get back from the investment. If you do it right, it will allow you to maximize your profits like no other method can. With such information on the ROI, you will be able to formulate exactly how much you can pay for each click and still get a profit.
Marketing vs. Advertising
Written by admin on October 01, 2007 under Advertising, Marketing | 0 comments
The public debate about marketing vs. advertising is filled with mistaken beliefs of their various roles, often seen by the average man in the street as one and the same thing, tricks used by sellers to capture their interest and manipulate them into buying the product or service. Tricks and manipulation though are terms most marketers and advertisers would be horrified to hear about their campaigns.
Marketers vs Advertisers Defined
Marketing is usually seen by practitioners as the overall discipline used to promote products, services, brands, election candidates, programs etc. Marketing includes advertising as a child discipline, along with market research, public relations, sales, branding etc. Pricing for products and services is usually set by the marketing team of any organization.
Determining the value of a business
Written by admin on September 09, 2007 under Business, Finance | 0 comments
There are five things that should be taken into account when determining the value of a business. Those five things are performance in the future, the amount of financial leverage it has, what the expectations are for financial return, instead of profits; cash flow, and the structure of deals. We’ll look at each of these things in turn.
1. Performance in the Future
While most people look at the past history of a business, the thing that really helps to determine value of a business is what the business will do in the future. The history of a company is helpful and shouldn’t be discounted, but not every business owner does things the same way. Therefore, the past performance is a guideline but is by no means completely accurate and infallible when it comes to determining what will happen in the future.
