JIN-499 -- Fiat money plan seems like more of the same.

The government proposes to throw some more money at voters as the election approaches.

Terrie's Job Tips -- Securing Your Position in Sales - Part Six: Solution Selling

When economic times are hard, it is only natural for clients to want to cut costs. It is also only natural that they do so by reducing their reliance on outside parties and doing as much as possible in-house, or by dispensing with certain services all together. This means that if you're in the "dispensable" services category, such as training, marketing, translation, design, and technical support sectors, your company is probably also feeling the pinch of the recession. It can be very draining on sales staff morale when they go out to see clients and have to report back to the sales manager that yet another contract is going to be lost or reduced in size.

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TT-503 -- Wind Turbine Venture, ebiz news from Japan

With Obama fully backing up the R&D for Green energy, how about a petite internet controlled wind turbine for starters?

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Terrie's Job Tips -- Securing Your Position in Sales – Part Five: Selling With Mr. Maslow

In 2006, I introduced in this column the social theory of an American psychologist called Abraham Maslow, who in the mid-20th century decided that in contrast to Jung and Freud, he would study what motivates normal people. His findings resulted in a simple layered pyramid, which he dubbed the "Hierarchy of Needs". According to Maslow, and certainly I agree with him, different people are motivated by different things according to the space they occupy physically and mentally.

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TT-502 -- Value-leaders Make Money in Recession, ebiz news from Japan

Even during a recession, closely analyzing the economy can expose a wealth of profitable markets. Uniqlo is one, and rising SNS star GREE is another. But how can we identify the right markets?

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JIN-497 -- Bittersweet days as Toyota gets set to take pole position

No time for celebration as Japan's auto giant poises to overtake GM as the world's biggest automaker.

Terrie's Job Tips -- Securing Your Position in Sales - Part Four: 70-20-10 Rule

For my own sales staff, and certainly for employees in new companies, which are perpetually in crunch mode until the company breaks through into profit, I have a sanity formula that I share with them. I call it my 70-20-10 rule.

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TT-501 -- Is Now a Good Time to Start a Business? Ebiz news from Japan

The recession is predicted to to be with us for a while. Are low costs and government funds to SMEs good enough reasons to start up a business now?

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JIN-496 -- "Can't buy me love" by Taro Aso and the LDPs

The latest stimulus package from the government hasn't exactly received a warm reception.

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