CNOOC Continues To Play Hardball For Unocal

The Chinese National Offshore Oil Company told the Financial Times they might just up the ante up and over their $18.5 billion bid for California based Unocal. The bid, China hoped would be just another business deal but as this saga continues, its international proportions continue to grow.

Do We Really Need a .mobi?

Corporate giants by the dozen teamed up in a Justice League sort of way to procure a new Internet domain specifically for mobile phone users. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will provide the registry service for the new .mobi domain, even though nobody's sure if we really need it.

Franchises: How To Find The Best Franchise

If you are looking for a franchise opportunity, the choice is mind boggling. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of different types of franchise available for you to invest in, with the same variety in cost. Each have their own benefits and usually the more you pay the more potential to earn. You obviously want to select a profitable business venture so it is…

Web Copy – What You Should Know First

Just what is web copy? Some people think that web copy is anything that is written on a web page. But that is "content" and it is decidedly different than web copy. Simply stated, web copy is the copy that is used to sell anything on a web page. So now you say, but that's "sales copy." And you would be partly correct, but traditional…

Do You Get Attention With Your 30-Second Introduction?

I went to a networking event the other day where the meeting leader said, "We're going to skip doing the 30-second introductions today because mine's so bad and it doesn't work that it nauseates me." I thought to myself, WOW! I'd skip the next networking meeting until I'd worked out a new introduction.