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De ce a cumparat Domo un concurent din Ungaria

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Pentru un om de afaceri care a incasat cateva zeci de milioane de euro din vanzarea businessului sau acum doi ani, Lorand Szarvadi este o persoana ocupata. Scaderea pietei de electronice si electrocasnice tine in priza tot managementul Domo, din care Szarvadi nu s-a retras. Pentru ei, criza a adus pana acum o oportunitate: luna trecuta, compania a preluat reteaua de magazine Electro World din Ungaria, intr-o tranzactie despre care “s-a spus ca am platit un euro, dar totalul investitiei este de cateva milioane de euro”, declara Szarvadi, care insa nu da o cifra exacta. El precizeaza totusi ca a … Continue reading De ce a cumparat Domo un concurent din Ungaria

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Panama City’s Rental Market–What A Difference Two Years Have Made!

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“I’m planning to move from the sleepy Panamanian town where I’ve been living for nearly two years, paying US$200 a month to rent a three-bedroom house at the beach,” writes Editorial Assistant Rebecca Tyre, “back to Panama City, where I lived for two years before moving to Las Tablas. “Boy, how the rental market in Panama City has changed in the past two years! “Two years ago, I lived in a three-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment in the heart of the city. This apartment was big–about 140 square meters. I had a balcony that overlooked the tree-lined streets of El Cangrejo. For … Continue reading Panama City’s Rental Market–What A Difference Two Years Have Made!

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Two Budgets For Your New Life In Panama

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How much does it cost to live in Panama? We take up this cost-of-living question regularly. This time, my point has to do with how much your cost of living can vary within a particular country. Is Panama still a bargain destination? Not really…and you betcha! Our Panama editorial team considers this question regularly and in a real-world way. We live here. We know what it costs. So when we set out to create a detailed budget for Panama, we agreed straightaway that that would be an impossible thing to do. We can’t tell you how much it costs to … Continue reading Two Budgets For Your New Life In Panama

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Victims of crisis – the end of Xing Interactive?

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Dear readers and business partners, we are not comfortable publishing this but, unfortunately, the crisis makes new victims in the markets surrounding us. We are facing a tremendous amounts of spams, threats, obscene words and stupid invented accusations from Mr. Alex de Vries, a small business man in IT/software working under the commercial name of Xing Interactive. We tried to introduce their products (pc games) in the Romanian market some time ago but unfortunately our end customers rejected them despite of our marketing efforts. We don’t have the habit of speaking or writing bad things about the people or companies … Continue reading Victims of crisis – the end of Xing Interactive?

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Italian property buying guide

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When purchasing a property in Italy you should go through 3 stages: 1) Proposta irrevocabile d’acquisto (reservation offer) 2) Contratto preliminare di vendita (preliminary contract) 3) Atto di vendita (deed of sale) Once you have chosen your property you should engage the services of a solicitor, whether you buy through a real estate agent or directly from the vendor. An Italian solicitor’s knowledge of Italian Real Estate Law is invaluable and he is there to look after your interests and your interests only! When buying a property in Italy the first document you will be called upon to sign is … Continue reading Italian property buying guide

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A Good Time To Look At Roatan

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“Most of the expats and retirees in Honduras,” explained Correspondent Michael Paladin yesterday, “have flocked either to the north of the mainland, beginning at Copan, variously described as the Athens or the Paris of the Mayan world, or to a few enclaves along the Caribbean coast and the Bay Islands, especially the famed diving island of Roatan. “The current U.S. Ambassador to Honduras estimates that there may be some 3,000 American retirees among Roatan’s population of 30,000-plus. “Roatan is where most of the development in this country has been focused to date, much of it to support the big volume … Continue reading A Good Time To Look At Roatan

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Words of Wisdom: Diversify to Succeed

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REALTOR® Emeritus L. Harrell Pendleton attributes his successful, five-decade career to hard work and intrepid investing. Find out more about how he kept his business strong in good times and bad. How did you get started in real estate?   PENDLETON: I got into it by accident. I was working for a local movie theater as a projectionist and part-time manager in the late 1940s. I was in my early 20s and had just returned from a tour of duty with the army in Japan. But between shifts at the movie house, I helped out my stepfather, W.S. Holdway, with his … Continue reading Words of Wisdom: Diversify to Succeed

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Use GPS to Send Buyers in the Right Direction

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Not all buyers love jumping in the car with their real estate practitioner to scout out neighborhoods and homes, and some buyers don’t even want to take separate cars. Special situations may require that house hunters take solo trips to look at homes you’ve recommended.   Technology can make such scenarios as fruitful as possible. Practitioners are lending out preprogrammed automotive GPS devices to customers, who can use the technology to guide them from home to home. And some new in-car GPS products have Web access, which adds the ability to upload or remove addresses in real time, while customers … Continue reading Use GPS to Send Buyers in the Right Direction

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Mortgage Update: Jumbos Remain Elusive

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At a time when some mortgage products are showing signs of life, jumbo mortgages are hard to get and expensive, making it difficult for many would-be move-up buyers to take action. What to do? Since the credit crunch hit about two years ago, many lenders have all but abandoned jumbos, which are too big for secondary mortgage market companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy for packaging into securities and outside the limit of FHA. Yet with their reluctance, lenders are leaving money on the table, say analysts and professionals in the lending community.   A study by the … Continue reading Mortgage Update: Jumbos Remain Elusive

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9 Ways to Get Glowing Online Reviews

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Whether you like them or not, online rating Web sites are a reality for today’s real estate professionals. Those sites, in addition to Facebook and other social media outlets, create a powerful tool for spreading the word about you and your services. But to do it right, you need your customers’ help.     The advent of social media has brought on the era of the educated real estate consumer. These days, customers go online not only to look at property listings, but also to research your experience, qualifications, and attitude. If you handle it right, the trend could present … Continue reading 9 Ways to Get Glowing Online Reviews

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Ce probleme are sistemul GPS

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Un raport dat publicitatii de U.S. Government Accountability Office semnaleaza pericolul ca in 2010 sistemul Navstar GPS sa nu mai poata functiona la parametri normali datorita ritmului lent de inlocuire a satelitilor. Succesul unei tehnologii vine in trei trepte. Prima este trecuta atunci cand oamenii inceteaza sa o priveasca din perspectiva tehnica. Nu ne mai intereseaza cum functioneaza sistemul de televiziune, ne intereseaza doar utilitatea sa. A doua treapta este ubicuitatea. Dar succesul este deplin atunci cand tehnologia intra in sfera implicitului si devine invizibila. De exemplu, Flash. Probabil ca fiecare computer din lume este echipat cu un Flash Player, … Continue reading Ce probleme are sistemul GPS

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One Good Reason To Retire To Honduras

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“Here’s a reason to retire to Honduras,” writes Correspondent Michael Paladin: “No one over age 65 can be sent to prison…not for anything. “Here’s another: Obtaining retirement residency is a straightforward matter. Show proof of US$600 a month in income to qualify for the pensionista visa or US$1,000 a month in income to qualify for the rentista visa. “And here are some more: As a foreign retiree resident, you can own real estate free and clear; purchase up to a maximum of three-quarters of an acre, or 3,000 meters, of land; import a car and appliances duty-free; and live very … Continue reading One Good Reason To Retire To Honduras