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Trends, Patterns, Indicators

Identifying consistent patterns and trends in business and in the financial markets. Useful key indicators for market timing, warning signals, bullish investing signals, and trading/investing opportunities.

Polish private label market grows in crisis

The value of the Polish private label market jumped by 29% in 2009, according to estimates presented in “Private label […]

Sex.com Sells: $13 Million Deal Expected to Spark New Domain Gold Rush

By DAWN KAWAMOTO Posted 8:45 PM 10/22/10 Sex! Got your attention? Apparently it worked for Clover Holdings, which recently offered […]

Church: A Place to Recharge Your … Car?

By UCILIA WANG Posted 6:00 AM 10/24/10  Churches and gas stations — the two make an unlikely pair. But Coulomb […]

Hyundai: We’re More American than Detroit

The popular Hyundai Sonata is built in Montgomery, Ala. along with the Santa Fe SUV. By the end of the […]

Emerging Economies Gain Clout in IMF Deal

Sunday, 24 Oct 2010 12:20 PM Fast-growing emerging economies will get more clout at the International Monetary Fund under a […]

The Disruptor In The Valley

Justin Kan and Emmett Shear watched their first startup, an online calendar called Kiko, implode when Google decided to do […]

PRIVATE EQUITY ISN’T DEAD

Buyers of private companies are normally strategic acquirers or private equity investors. Historically, strategic buyers have paid a premium for […]

From China, The Future of Fish

Meet the Chinese tilapia, a bland food product that grows fast and sells cheap. Environmentalists hate it, but Americans keep […]

The Rise of the ‘Homepreneur’

New research shows the economic importance of home-based businesses: They account for more than half of all U.S. businesses and […]

The Twitter Effect

The struggle to create the next perfectly weird company name What’s in a name? If it happens to be Twitter, […]