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Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Media Player VLC Now Available for Android as Beta

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Asian shares inch up as weak factory data boost Fed hopes

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Missing Wimbledon hawk returned

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Monday, 2 July 2012

Stocks face questions entering 2nd half of '12

By Angela Moon, Reuters

NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks finished the first half of the year with a bang as investors welcomed news that the euro zone is a step closer to solving its 30-month-long debt crisis. Now for the question: Is this rally strong enough to last for more than a day?

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq posted their best daily percentage gains since December on Friday after an agreement by European leaders to stabilize the region's troubled banks, a pact that helped remove some of the uncertainty that has plagued markets.

"That is the major question. Can this fuel a longer-term rally? It can, but only to some degree if, over the weekend and the course of next week, we don't see any major push back or headlines that suggest that this deal is not going to happen," said Quincy Krosby, a market strategist at Prudential Financial.

"But I don't think this is a major game changer. I do, however, think that this is really the first time we got a relatively immediate answer to what they (the euro-zone leaders) are going to do about the issue."

Under pressure to prevent a catastrophic breakup of their single currency, euro-zone leaders agreed on Friday to let their rescue fund inject aid directly into stricken banks starting next year and intervene in bond markets to support troubled member-states.

They also pledged to create a single banking supervisor for euro-zone banks based around the European Central Bank in a landmark first step toward a European banking union that could help shore up struggling member Spain.

Wall Street's previous reaction to euro-zone bailout packages or other rescue plans had been somewhat muted. Initial gains would quickly disappear by the day's end as investors realized that there isn't a quick fix to the region's problems.?

On Friday, it was a different story. The three major U.S. stock indexes jumped 1.5 percent to 2 percent shortly after the opening bell on news of the euro-zone agreement.

By the close, stocks ended at session highs with the major indexes up between 2 percent and 3 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average surged 277.83 points, or 2.20 percent, to end at 12,880.09. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index jumped 33.12 points, or 2.49 percent, to finish at 1,362.16. And the Nasdaq Composite Index shot up 85.56 points, or 3.00 percent, to close at 2,935.05.

For the week, the Dow rose 1.9 percent, the S&P 500 advanced 2 percent and the Nasdaq gained 1.5 percent.

For the month, the Dow added 3.9 percent, the S&P 500 rose 4 percent and the Nasdaq climbed 3.8 percent.

But for the second quarter, the Dow dropped 2.5 percent, the S&P 500 slid 3.3 percent and the Nasdaq lost 5.1 percent.

Despite the weak second quarter, the three major U.S. stock indexes wrapped up the first half of the year with decent gains: The Dow was up 5.4 percent, the S&P 500 was up 8.3 percent and the Nasdaq was up 12.7 percent.

"The next question is whether the ESM/EFSF will have enough capital and assuming they don't, will the ECB chip in by giving it a bank license, thus leveraging its size. That is yet to be determined," said Peter Boockvar, an equity strategist at Miller Tabak & Co in New York.

"For now, party on and turn that hourglass over as more time has been bought. But only the symptoms are being fought as the underlying disease of excessive debt and lack of growth still remains."

The leaders of the 17 European Union countries agreed on a series of short-term steps to shore up their monetary union and bring down the borrowing costs of Spain and Italy, seen as too big to bail out.

To that end, the euro zone's temporary European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and permanent European Stability Mechanism (ESM) rescue funds will be used "in a flexible and efficient manner in order to stabilize markets" to support countries that comply with EU budget policy recommendations, a joint statement said.

Any market reaction to further developments this week could be exaggerated by lighter-than-usual volume. Wall Street trading desks may be more sparsely populated because it will be a short week. The U.S. stock market will be closed on Wednesday, the Fourth of July, in observance of Independence Day.

The market's focus will shift to the European Central Bank this week as investors wait to see whether it cuts interest rates to complement the measures taken by EU leaders to shore up banks and bring down borrowing costs for Spain and Italy.?

Most economists polled by Reuters expect the ECB to cut borrowing costs on Thursday, July 5, at its meeting, which takes place against a darkening economic backdrop.

But internal resistance to the central bank reviving its bond-buying program remains high. The ECB has already loosened its collateral rules to make it easier for banks in Spain to access its funds.

"Investors have to be cautious because the market may be getting ahead of itself. We really don't have any details. The big question is still what direction the ECB takes" this week, said Omer Esiner, chief market analyst at Commonwealth Foreign Exchange in Washington.

"It's (the EU deal) certainly not a silver bullet for the debt crisis, but the market is kind of acting like it is. It may set us up for another push down in the weeks ahead."

Stocks had enjoyed a run earlier this month on hopes that global central banks would announce additional measures to stimulate economic growth, which has been tepid.

On June 20, the Federal Reserve extended its "Operation Twist" program to sell short-term securities and buy longer-term ones to keep long-term borrowing costs down. But investors were disappointed when U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who spoke at a news conference after the Fed's two-day policy meeting, gave few hints that further monetary stimulus was imminent, denting hopes of cheap money in the equities market.

European bond yields will be closely watched this week. Madrid will auction three-year, four-year and 10-year bonds at a primary auction on Thursday in another big test for Spanish yields that are still not far below 7 percent.

France will sell between 7 billion and 8 billion euros in long-term bonds on Thursday.

This week's data includes the Institute for Supply Management's U.S. manufacturing index and construction spending on Monday, followed by factory orders and June car sales on Tuesday.

After Wednesday's holiday, investors will face a blitz of economic indicators. On Thursday, weekly jobless claims and mortgage data, ADP's private-sector payrolls report and the ISM's U.S. services-sector index will be released.

On Friday, the government's June nonfarm payrolls report will come out. Economists polled by Reuters have forecast a gain of 90,000 jobs, with the U.S. unemployment rate holding steady at 8.2 percent.?

Below, CNBC's Tyler Mathisen looks ahead to what are likely to be next week's top business and financial stories.

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Source: http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/01/12508970-2nd-half-of-year-shapes-up-as-big-question-for-stocks?lite

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Sunday, 1 July 2012

Like Hetalia and HetaOni?

Played HetaOni and feel you can do better? Join this RP then. We have three OC's who are joining the groups but we still need the other Nations to be filled in. Prussia is taken already but everyone else is open. There is also a Steve/Tony spot for whoever wants it.

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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

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#Autism and the Tornado Warning; Update

Thanks everyone for all the thoughts and prayers.? We have dodged the brunt of the storm.? The kids are done freaking out and Emmett has given up on hunting ?tomatoes?.

We still have some rough thunderstorms possibly hitting but nothing we can?t easily survive.?

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Education of Business Online from NCSU Internet Marketing ? A ...

So you have seen, read and heard all about Internet Marketing and feel you?d like a piece of the action.

There?s no doubt about it ? a lot of money can be made on the internet and if you have the right knowledge, a piece of that pie can certainly be yours.

And that is where the problem lies? The right knowledge.

You see, if you search for ?Internet Marketing? on Google, you will get a massive number of results ? I?ve just done it whilst writing this article and got 34,700,000 results.

Now getting on for 35 Million results is an impossible amount of information to sift through ? and do all of those pages tell you how to make money on the internet? I don?t think so.

Here?s a scenario ? you come across a great web page, it promises to share the ?secrets? of internet marketing success. It sound great ? for less than $ 100, you can have the ?secret? and start making money right away ? by this time next year, you?ll be bringing in over a million dollars ? the sales copy just pulls you in and you take out your credit card?

But once you have paid your money and downloaded the eBook, software, video etc? that is going to change your life, you then realize that it isn?t such a wonderful product after all.

You see another great offer and out comes the credit card again?

Sound familiar? You?re not alone ? I?ve been seduced by great sales copy more times than I can remember.

Don?t let me put you off though ? there are some good guys out there, that will share their knowledge with you for a fair price. A good mentor will guide you through the pitfalls and advise you where you should be channeling your efforts.

So back to Internet Marketing?

When you hear the term ?Internet Marketing? what do you think it means?

There are many aspects to Internet Marketing, but it can basically be broken down into the following areas:

Niche Marketing

Affiliate Marketing

List Building

Generating Traffic

Email Marketing

Now these five things are not really separate ?modules? but more ?ingredients? ? like the ingredients of a cake, they all come together to make the finished product.

Niche Marketing.

With Niche Marketing, you will find a niche within the market ? What?s a niche? I like to think of it as a market within a market.

For example, Golf is a large market, but left hand golfers who want to improve their swing ? that?s a small section of the golf market ? a niche.

Find a product that appeals to this niche and you can target them.

And the product can be a physical thing such as an instruction book or DVD, or a digital product that the buyer can download such as an eBook or video file.

Affiliate Products

To make money on the internet ? you need to sell something, So what do you sell? The easiest thing is to sell other people?s products for a commission ? that way, you don?t have the hassle of sending stuff out.

In the above example, you could sign up as an affiliate for Amazon and sell instructional books or DVDs. For digital products, I?d go with Clickbank ? find a suitable product and promote it.

Once you have identified a niche, you find a product to feed it ? if no product exists, but the market is there ? create your own product and make a killing.

If you HAVE created your own product ? then you can have others sell it for you as your affiliates. It works both ways.

List Building.

To target potential buyers within the niche, you need to get them onto your list. List building is probably the most important aspect of Internet Marketing. Because people that subscribe to your list have actively shown an interest in what you have to offer.

And if they have already bought from you, they are far easier to sell to again.

Generating Traffic.

But to build a list, you need to get traffic to your web page so that visitors can opt in, which is where search engine optimization (SEO) comes in.

Search engines are used to find things online and produce results based on rules. These rules are very complex. Search Engine Optimization takes into account these rules and enhances your position in the search engine results.

To get visitors to your site ? you need the right keywords that the search engines will find. With a niche market, the keywords will be searched for by smaller groups of people, but there will be less results for those keywords in a google search and so less competition.

As an example, I?ve just searched Google for ?Left Handed Golf? and got 97,000 results. Compare that with the results when I just searched for ?Golf? ? that gave me over 335,000,000 (335 Million). So the left handed golf search result was less than 0.03% of the overall golf market.

Now golf is a massive market ? and I have probably over simplified the percentage ? but imagine using the same principle on smaller markets.

Email Marketing

Once you have build a list of people interested in your niche, you send them regular emails ? not always with a selling proposition, but that?s the ultimate aim.

Send a regular newsletter or bulletin about the topic of the niche and when you have a new product they may be interested in, send them an email about it with a link to the sales page.

If they don?t buy, send a follow up email ? if they do send them a thank you email ? offer an additional product at a discount.

Keep in touch with your subscribers. Quite often a subscriber will be on your list for several months before he or she makes their first purchase. By keeping in touch, you?ll build a relationship with them so when you do have a great offer for them, they?ll think ?I know this guy ? he?s OK?? and you will have more chance of making a sale.

You can see how the five ?ingredients? interact:

To build a list you need to get traffic to your opt in page.

To get traffic, you need the right keywords.

To get the right keywords, you need to identify the niche

For email marketing, you need to build a list.

Before selling affiliate products, you need to know the niche.

This is a general overview of Internet Marketing and it goes deeper ? for example copy writing ? you need to have a great page to convince your visitors to opt into your list. And of course there?s Google?s Adsense and Adwords? But to benefit from these you need traffic ? back to one or our main ingredients?

Luckily there are some excellent tools available to help you make a success of internet marketing, but it?s not a get rich quick thing ? despite what you may read. Sure, there are the big boys who can make a million dollars in three months, but even they had to start at the beginning and work their way to the top ? it won?t happen overnight.

If you are looking to make a good living from the internet, you need to start slowly and build it up over time. There will be a very steep learning curve, after a while you will feel like giving up ? there will be a period where you are having money going out, but none coming in ? but stick with it, apply the right knowledge and you will be successful.

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