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Successful Small Business - The Top Three Requirements
PassionEntrepreneurship is about being truly and fully passionate about a product or service. It doesn't matter what your passion is, whether it's chocolate, IT, cleaning houses, dust balls, cats, video, matchmaking or information. If you have a genuine and heart felt passion that is half the battle in starting and seeing through a business. Go for it! Start now!PerseveranceWithout perseverance an entrepreneur will undoubtedly fail. I believe perseverance is the single most important trait an entrepreneur can possess. And if he/she lacks perseverance then they need someone to inspire / support them. Perseverance includes believing in yourself and rising above the financial challenges, competition, time constraints and dozens of other challenges. Without the support of my wife (who is a successful entrepreneur with two businesses) I would have possibly folded up my business. Since I am now seeing results, that would have been a colossal mistake.Always Understand The CompetitionBill Gates has stated that the most important contribution to his success is understanding the competition. If you don’t understand the competitions focus and strategy, you'll soon find your

ing these companies as you do when you go to purchase a new television, it’s only for your protection. When it comes to thinly traded securities stagger your orders or put a limit order in to avoid a run up.

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Business Promotion In A New Way
If you are running a business or providing a service, it is most certain that you will be alarmed at the rate, which your competition is growing. Yesterday, it was you and your school chum who were running the online store to sell tattoo designs (or used jeans or whatever) and today you see that two more guys have opened up much better stores. Hey, they got all the products you are selling and something more. You are surprised. Tomorrow, it is certain that you will see few more stores popping-up and you will be, yes we all know, ALARMED!!It is time for you to wake up from that comfortable couch and start singing those marketing songs about your business on all the available channels. If you are one among the royal lot, throw those investor backed marketing campaigns to woo your prospective customers. The bottom-less purses give you the freedom to experiment and take risks to utilize all media streams for promoting your business. However, if you are serious about each dollar that goes out of your wallet, you will be checking for the right cost-effective mediums for your business promotion as the first step.Search Engine optimization and postings, Link Exchanges, Affiliate Programs, Banner Advertising are s

It’s Wednesday May 3, 2006, and crude oil prices begin to surge as it works its way to $80 a barrel as it sits close to the $75 mark.

On a sad note, after some time of battling cancer, the face of “Wall Street Week” and the father of financial journalism, Louis Rukeyser, has passed away at the age of 73. We at the NAMC Newswire and Wall Street to Main Street send our condolences to his family.

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Political Front

The United States just confirmed that during a raid back in November of 2005 they captured a top Al Qaeda strategist and he is currently under interrogation.

At some point today a Federal bird flu plan is supposed to be released, as the increased worry of a bird flu pandemic still looms.

The United States, the UK and France are sitting down to figure out what they are going to do about Iran, as Iran continues to play poker with the world.

In New Orleans, Louisiana, the Mayor has initiated an evacuation plan that would force residents to leave the city and they will be banned from using the Convention Center or Super Dome as shelter.

Movers and Shakers

Some major movers in yesterday’s trading session included TXU Corp (NYSE: TXU) which traded up $7.59 to close at $57.50, General Cable Corp (NYSE: BGC) which traded up $.26 to close at $36.24, Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) which traded up $2.73 to close at $27.20, First Oak Brook Bancshares (NASDAQ: FOBB) which traded up $8.55 to close at $35.58 due to acquisition news, Vical Inc (NASDAQ: VICL) which traded up $1.69 to close at $7.19 a 30% move, MGP Ingredients (NASDAQ: MGPI) which traded up $3.58 to close at $29.48, Cyberonics, Inc (NASDAQ: CYBX) which traded up $2.86 to close at $25.24 and Metalico Inc (AMEX: MEA) which traded up $1.67 to close at $5.84.

Analyst Upgrades/Downgrades

Recent Analyst upgrades include Hartford Financial Services (NYSE: HIG) which was upgraded to a Buy from a Hold by Citigroup Investment Research, Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) which was upgraded to an Overweight from a Neutral by JP Morgan, Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK) which was upgraded to an Overweight from a Neutral by JP Morgan, Alcatel (NYSE: ALA) which was upgraded to a Buy from a Neutral by UBS and Sigmatel, Inc (NASDAQ: SGTL) which was upgraded to a Neutral from a Sell by Janney Montgomery Scott.

Recent Analyst downgrades include Aviall Inc (NYSE: AVL) which was downgraded to a Neutral from a Buy by Sidoti & Co, Aramark Corp (NYSE: RMK) which was downgraded to a Hold from a Buy by Deutsche Bank Securities, Frontier Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ: FRNT) which was downgraded to an Underweight from a Neutral by JP Morgan, Jetblue Airlines (NASDAQ: JBLU) which was downgraded to an Underweight from an Overweight and Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) which was downgraded to an Average from an Above Average by Carris & Co.

Recent Analyst Coverage Initiations include Youbet.com Inc (NASDAQ: UBET) was initiated with a Buy rating and a $8 price target by Sidoti & Co, Sima Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: RNAI) was initiated with an Above Average rating by Carris & Co and Teton Energy Corp (AMEX: TEC) was initiated with a Buy rating an a $10 price target by AG Edwards.

Prudential Equity bumped their target price for Emerson (NYSE: EMR) to $103 from $89 and AG Edwards bumped their target price for Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) to $100 from $82.

Tid Bits

Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) first quarter earnings dropped 7.1% due to special items as the nations largest Telco Company races to connect homes with fiber-optic lines to offset a decline in its traditional phone business. The company is also dealing with the executive pay situation as other companies have ben feeling the pain of that trend as of late.

Dreamworks Animation (NYSE: DWA) hits a major snag as their profits sank 73% with their film Madagascar, this was one of the company's biggest earners. net income fell to $12.3 million, or 12 cents a share, from a year-earlier profit of $45.7 million, or 44 cents a share. The company’s latest film “Over the Hedge” should close that gap in the next quarter.

We mentioned this scenario a few times on Wall Street to Main Street as we see Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) possibly making a bid for Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) as Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) continues to take online market share from both companies. The latest word on the street is that Microsoft and Yahoo may join forces to combat the mighty Google. Microsoft is working on an Advertising System that they hope will compete with Google but that is a pipe dream at this point as web traffic dictates the value to advertisers, so we still see a better scenario being a Microsoft Yahoo combo.

On the UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) front, shareholders are on the warpath as the media continues their UNH bashing parade, at their latest shareholders meeting approximately 28% of the votes were held back for the re-election of two board members. All the scrutiny that CEO’s face in today’s market could be a major deterrent for quality CEO’s to lead publicly traded entities. Now the SEC’s Cox is looking for Mutual Fund Managers to disclose their executive compensation, this is in an effort to boost confidence in the U.S. markets but at what price?

TXU (NYSE: TXU) as we touched on earlier traded up $7.59 to close at $57.50 this was due to their first-quarter net income coming in at $576 million, or $1.22 a share, as opposed to their net income of $416 million, or a loss of 10 cents a share a year earlier.

FURIOUS FIVE

This is the third of our “Furious Five” companies that we see excelling in their industry in 2006. The third addition to this week’s Furious Five is Under Armour, Inc (NASDAQ: UARM) it trades on the Nasdaq under the symbol UARM.

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We cannot stress enough that investors need to do their due diligence, call the companies, get the information, consult with your investment advisor and if you do not have one consider getting one. Put the same time into investigating these companies as you do when you go to purchase a new television, it’s only for your protection. When it comes to thinly traded securities stagger your orders or put a limit order in to avoid a run up.

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Location Or Information - Which Is More Important?
Businesses nowadays are now aware of the power of the internet. Who would think decades ago that Yahoo, Google, Ebay or Amazon will became large corporations today? Twenty years ago no one would imagine that this would happen. Now even here in the Philippines there are some online entrepreneur from rags to riches made his way to success. So what is the most important thing to start a business? Is setting up a brick and mortar (this is a physical business like a grocery store for example ) comparable to an online business? It has similarities in some ways like both sell products or services. But the big difference for both to succeed is:Brick and Mortar -> Need Good LocationOnline Business -> Need Good InformationWhy did I say that? simple. A brick and mortar business should have a good location, for example, in a place where many people pass by like in a commercial place. A school perhaps. If you will build a store away from the crowd, no one or very few will have a chance to go to your store. Very few people will know that your store exist.I remember many years ago about my sister who has a general merchandise store. I was wondering why people flock to her store since it is very small and h

pandemic still looms.

The United States, the UK and France are sitting down to figure out what they are going to do about Iran, as Iran continues to play poker with the world.

In New Orleans, Louisiana, the Mayor has initiated an evacuation plan that would force residents to leave the city and they will be banned from using the Convention Center or Super Dome as shelter.

Movers and Shakers

Analyst Upgrades/Downgrades

Prudential Equity bumped their target price for Emerson (NYSE: EMR) to $103 from $89 and AG Edwards bumped their target price for Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) to $100 from $82.

Tid Bits

FURIOUS FIVE

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Why Desktop Bookracks?
If you are a law firm or the kind of business that requires constant reference to books on your subject, then you must have certainly invested a lot of money on purchasing bookshelves for your office. However, your desk does seem to still overflow with books that you have picked up for reference and are loath to put back on the shelves till you have completed the work on the manuscript you are preparing. Soon you find yourself seated amidst large volumes of books that just seem to leave your room messy and untidy. So much so that, you are ashamed to usher in your client into your office! So, would it not be a good idea if you could tidy up your desk and yet arrange the books on your desktop itself on an easily accessible rack?Desktop bookracks are designed for just this purpose. You can place the books neatly right in front of you in a small desktop bookrack that matches with the rest of the d?cor. These bookracks are small, elegant and at the same time very functional. A good desktop bookrack will help you organize your work and sort them in a way that will enable you work efficiently and in a much more structured manner. The books you are working with can be right there on your desk. The piles of books th

Hold from a Buy by Deutsche Bank Securities, Frontier Airlines Holdings (NASDAQ: FRNT) which was downgraded to an Underweight from a Neutral by JP Morgan, Jetblue Airlines (NASDAQ: JBLU) which was downgraded to an Underweight from an Overweight and Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) which was downgraded to an Average from an Above Average by Carris & Co.

Prudential Equity bumped their target price for Emerson (NYSE: EMR) to $103 from $89 and AG Edwards bumped their target price for Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) to $100 from $82.

Tid Bits

FURIOUS FIVE

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South African Mining Companies and Mining Houses are Being Reevaluated
South Africa holds the world’s largest reserves of gold (35%), platinum group metals (55.7%), manganese ore (80%) chrome ore (68.3%) titanium metals (21%). It also produces a large share of the world’s diamonds and mineral deposits.Lucrative opportunities exist for downstream processing and value adding of iron, carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminium, platinum group metals and gold.Beneficiation of minerals before export is a major growth area. The Department of Minerals and Energy has embarked on a small-scale mining programme aimed at encouraging and facilitating the development of economically viable small-scale mining and mineral-based industries, in line with the government's desire that small miners gain access to mineral rights suited to small mining activity.Relationships between individual mining companies and the controlling mining houses are being reevaluated. Mergers, restructuring and unbundlings have created much optimism for the industry in recent years, driven by the need to develop black ownership, to expand abroad and by a languishing gold price.Mining and minerals in South Africa:South Africa is a world leader in mining. The country is internationally renowned for

to take online market share from both companies. The latest word on the street is that Microsoft and Yahoo may join forces to combat the mighty Google. Microsoft is working on an Advertising System that they hope will compete with Google but that is a pipe dream at this point as web traffic dictates the value to advertisers, so we still see a better scenario being a Microsoft Yahoo combo.

FURIOUS FIVE

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Why Identity Theft Is Likely To Get Much Worse
In 2005 some ten millions residents of the USA were victims of identity theft with each one losing an average of about $7,000.Clearing their name can take each victim a year during which time they’ll spend some 200 hours working on the problem (writing letters, making phone calls, etc.) at a personal cost of over $1,000 in expenses. That’s over a month of full time employment.Even then a quarter of all victims will not succeed in clearing their name.So how do identity thieves steal the personal information they use to such devastating effect?Identity thieves will steal your mail, search through your trash, steal from your home, steal your purse or wallet.And don’t imagine these identity thieves are always unknown to you because the people who have the easiest access to your belongings are people you let into your home or people you associate with at work, in clubs and in public place.Identity thieves can also make use of public records and phone books. And these days many of these records are stored and easily accessed online.Of course, some identity thieves will go to greater lengths by using easily available software programs to attack insecure networks or vulnerable h

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