Well? What was the first thing you thought of? Bankrupt? Stupid? Behind the times? Surely this must be a trick question. It’s 2013. Every business has a website. Right? It blows my mind, but last year, an Ad-ology study found, 46 percent of small businesses surveyed said they did
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“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” — James Allen You and your buddy down the street have gone to all the same seminars, taken the same busines management programs, learned the same techniques and formulae
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When he was a little boy his uncle called him “Sparky”, after a comic-strip horse named Spark Plug. School was all but impossible for Sparky. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He flunked physics in high school, getting a grade of zero. He also flunked
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Africa has always been viewed as a continent that isn’t very connected in terms of internet speeds and the number of users – compared to other parts of the world. Research done by Net Index has reaffirmed this belief, and while Africa has some pretty impressive average
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A coin toss has decided the winner of the position of mayor in a central Philippines town after two candidates received the same number of votes. Marvic Feraren triumphed over Boyet Py from San Teodoro town in Mindoro Oriental province after both had received 3,236 votes in
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Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has once again urged the 2012 presidential candidate of the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo to accept whatever the outcome of the election petition before the Supreme Court would be. Otumfuo also asked him to prevail on his supporters and followers to accept the
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David Beckham is going out on top after 20 years playing professional soccer. Less than a week after capturing France’s Ligue 1 title with his current club Paris Saint-Germain, the 38-year-old midfielder announced he will retire at the end of this season. This latest title was the tenth
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It’s not easy to send money digitally. Paypal, an early leader in the field, requires users to have a Paypal account. Users of Venmo, a mobile app, must also have an account, plus download the app. And Google Wallet, first announced two years ago, has struggled to
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The World Economic Forum on Africa is currently taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. The program, which kicked off on Wednesday and ends Friday, is playing host to the crème of African society- presidents, prime ministers, diplomats, technocrats and business leaders. This year’s meeting features an
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The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or the market value of all goods and services remains the standard by which wealth is measured. As of today, these are the top 10 richest cities in the world based on their 2013 GDP. 10. Shanghai, China GDP: $516.5
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Scientists at the Intelligence Space Systems Laboratory of the All Nations University in Koforidua, have launced the CanSat, a miniature satellite into space on Wednesday. Joy News’ Fiifi Koomson who was at the space laboratory said the cylindrical CanSat probe measures about 5 inches in diameter and
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Using Social Networking Skills Now that you have a small home business, you need to get customers. One way to do that is to tap into the power of the internet. Knowing how to make money with Facebook for free can help. People love to shop and
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The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has set up a committee to investigate an alleged gay sex scandal involving one of its pastors, Reverend Kingsford Kusi-Kyere of the Abokobi branch of the Church in Accra. Seven young men aged between 20 and 28 have individually accused Rev Kusi-Kyere
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It’s time we descendants of slaves brought to the United States let go of the term “African American” and go back to calling ourselves Black – with a capital B. Modern America is home now to millions of immigrants who were born in Africa. Their cultures and
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More African Americans are seeking dual citizenship and reconnecting with their ancestral homelands thanks to increasingly sophisticated technology. As a child growing up in Houston, Isaiah Washington said, his first impressions of Africans were discomfiting TV images of “natives running around in raffia with bones in their
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Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice F.Y. Kpegah, has cautioned the General Legal Council, the Judiciary and the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) to desist from conspiring to frustrate him in his case against the 2012 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. He
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I recently came across this piece written by David Rowan of Wired Magazine, titled Want to become an internet billionaire? Move to Africa. It’s worth a read. In the article, Rowan enthuses, “If you want to become extremely wealthy over the next five years, and you have
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Are you running a business or making money from a hobby? If the IRS believes your income producing activity is a hobby, you won’t be able to deduct all of your business expenses. Here’s what you need to know about the hobby loss rule and how to keep protect your business expense
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The options available in portable computing have exploded in recent years. Find out which mobile device – netbook, tablet, e-reader or ultrabook – will serve your computing needs best. Tired of lugging your heavy notebook computer around? Wondering whether you should buy an e-reader, tablet, netbook or
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