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In May 2006, issued a press release that hit the Israeli economic environment. It was the purchase, by W. Buffet, 80% of the company Oscar, a maker of tools for the metalworking industry, for four billion dollars. The news, at that time, he realized a very important event and that certainly could be interpreted, rightly, as a show of confidence in the country’s industrial capacity.

However, we should remember that at that time the treatment the media gave Israel the transaction was such that it seemed that we were all fortunate. This led me to write at the time that “very nearly every one of us feel personally that was about to pocket some of that money and shared the honor of being chosen by the said investor to buy it ‘our’ company”.

Course and had passed while the impact of the transaction, re-entry to normal and the acceptance of that in the best, the most favored are the former owners of Oscar, while for the country and society can have meant a further step in the weakening of its ability to control their resources.

I came to mind this incident to reflect on what is happening with the discovery of large deposits of natural gas in the territorial waters of the country, news that has again placed as the subject of headlines.

Until recently, Israel was recognized as a country endowed with little natural resources, particularly energy resources. However, in the late 90s were discovered and put into operation a natural gas field (the Mari-B field) in territorial waters against Sakhalin, it is estimated that this site will remain productive until 2012 .

In early 2009 the same company that had explored and exploited the Mari-B field, is an American business consortium partners (Noble Energy) and Israeli (Derek, Asarco, Door Gas) – announced the discovery of a new field natural gas (field Tamar) off the coast of Haifa, estimating that would be able to meet the needs of the country for the next 15 years.

In addition, in June this year the company announced that the consortium said the new discoveries, including the field Leviathan, Israel would be entering a path to energy independence because it would have “sufficient local power for 100 years.”
Please note that Israel imports about eight million dollars to 9,000 annual energy commodities (oil, gas and coal, mostly), which represents almost 20% of total U.S. imports, excluding diamonds.

The world economy is recovering from its worst recession in decades, although some regions such as North America and Asia, recorded slower growth, according to a study released today by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC, for its acronym in English).

There was also a marked difference between the growth prospects of different regions. Globally, the economic sentiment indicator fell slightly from 104.1 in the second quarter of 2010 to 103.2 in the third quarter. This was in part a product of the fall in the indicators of two important regions, North America and Asia.

, the overall numbers continue to show substantial gains compared to the third quarter of 2009, when the global economic indicator was 79.6.

The Report of the Global Economy Quarterly was conducted by the If institute in Munich in cooperation with the ICC, for which questioned more than 1,100 experts in 166 countries.

Western Europe, whose economy seemed to be slowing in the previous report, had a surprise performance this quarter, with Germany as the engine of growth in the euro area thanks to rising exports.

In fact, Germany, with growth of 2.2 percent, had its strongest quarter since the reunification of Germany in 1990. However, the recession in Greece and the ongoing adjustment programs in Spain and restructuring in Portugal and Ireland temper Europe’s prospects.

Meanwhile, in North America, growth has slowed in the last quarter. High unemployment in the U.S., the weak private consumption and capital spending led to a less than satisfactory, according to experts consulted.

Meanwhile, there is evidence of a slowdown in the Chinese economy. While its growth rate remains impressive, the weakening of imports and retail sales, along with the Chinese government’s withdrawal of its expansionary monetary policy that we will have an economic slowdown in coming months.

In Africa, there is a strong contrast between South Africa and Kenya, which show positive signs, and other countries with a weak scenario, such as Tanzania, Gabon and Madagascar. South Africa received a boost from hosting the World Cup.

On trade and investment across borders, the study indicates that private consumption, which is key for growth in these areas, remains weak, influenced by high rates of unemployment. Another factor limiting trade is the lack of access to commercial financing in countries such as Spain, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. These factors, in addition to the protectionist measures in countries like Germany, Denmark and Norway, contribute to the prospects for trade and investment are not the most positive.

Since the boom in social networking platforms, many people from various industries recently took notice of the Internet as a platform for “serious” business and marketing.

Because of this rapid growth and explosive, a good number of businesses and independent professionals have overlooked the basics of internet marketing and have trained many myths. Here I tell you that I think are the three main

one. Web traffic is not as important

People / businesses that do not get much traffic (visitors) on their websites obviously tell you that traffic is not as important, but you must understand that traffic is what makes a business on the Internet is good or not.

While you and your business are exposed to, more people the better. It is true that most important is the quality of the visits that are interested in what you have, but who said you cannot have quality visits, and many are themselves?

2. The email marketing is dead

the fact that now the majority of internet users spend much time on social networks does not mean go out there to sell directly.

When you signed up for You Tube, Face book, Twitter and linked in did you do it without an email account? Are communications about your bank account you send them to Face book or Email? “To integrate a payment platform on your website ask for your credit card and your Twitter account or your email account?

Use an email marketing service (not just your RSS feed subscriptions) as Weber for example, and have an email list of subscribers volunteers, with whom you have a good relationship because they give useful content … is the most powerful thing you can have with your internet business.

3. Not need to invest in knowledge because there is free information on all

the great Jim Rohm said, “Skip a meal if you must, but never do with a book.”

Not all information is freely available; do not believe the story of people who skimp on their training. If you want to earn serious money, invest in yourself and your business … invest in the experience of others, no bargain for your success.

Obviously not, invest in any book / course. Notice that the author has own results with what he teaches, and that is key … the author must have own results with what he teaches.

The social network marketing goes far beyond having a bog, a Twitter account and Face book page. Marketing on social networks does not work “in all its glory” if not very well known internet marketing in general. You must have a proven business model, before joining social networks.