| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Go to the MarketPlace and Tell Your Story - I recently gave a presentation to a group of professional people who are service providers in the Southern California area. One of the people in the audience is the owner of a dozen pizza restaurants and is a franchisee of a major distributor. I couldn't really understand |
| Axel Meierhoefer (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Don't let Patience turn into Bitterness - Let's start at the beginning: This morning I was sitting at the breakfast table reading the newspaper when I ran across an AP-article about an accountant in a small town bank. |
| SOP newswire2 |  | Northrop Grumman Receives Contracts Totaling $252 Million - Northrop Grumman Receives Contracts Totaling $252 Million for the F-22 Raptor Fighter Jet Program |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Deliver Great Customer Service - Some companies just get it. They are in touch with their customers, they're people who like people and they understand what it takes to create a good, successful, long-term business relationship with a customer. |
| Deremiah *CPE (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Juliet Robertson: The Great Outdoor Educator - The U.S. was recently visited by one of Scotland's most dedicated educators. Juliet Robertson a British born educator whose dreams and desires are to make sure children world wide get better tools and more outdoor experiences in their daily education. |
| Axel Meierhoefer (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Do You Hate Your Job? - One of the issues many individuals face when they are in an established, recurring rhythm is the realization that things seem to stand still. |
| SOP newswire |  | Last-minute Loan Keeps Alitalia Flying - The $478 million is an effort to keep the cash-strapped Italian state airline Alitalia in business and to avert an immediate bankruptcy. |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later - I just met a gentleman at my health club where I work out, and we started to chat. He told me that he's a forensic investigator. |
| SOP newswire2 |  | Real estate prices up 11% in China in Q1 - Property prices in 70 large and mid-sized Chinese cities rose 11 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on Friday. |
| SOP newswire2 |  | Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Support Army, Navy and Air Force Research Programs - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) was awarded a five-year contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to support theoretical studies and engineering research for Army, Navy |
| SOP newswire |  | Verizon Wireless continues to torment former customers - Verizon and Afni spokespeople say the debts are real and that if people don't pay up, their credit could be damaged. |
| Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor) |  | Judyth Piazza chats with Axel Meierhoefer Consulting LLC - Axel Meierhoefer is a published author, educator, coach, consultant, and the founder of Axel Meierhoefer Consulting LLC (AMC LLC). |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Fixing A Broken Industry - I have spent many years working with newspapers all over the United States and around the world on new media initiatives. |
| SOP newswire2 |  | China has more than 3 million trademarks registered - China made progress in its battle to protect intellectual property rights (IPR) last year with better implementation of relevant laws and regulations. |
| SOP newswire |  | 1 million Ford Explorer owners settle for pennies - Settlement said to rank among the very worst in terms of value to the consumer. |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Go Where the Customers Are - I was having coffee with a good friend of mine yesterday who said something that exemplified entrepreneurial thinking. And it wasn't the kind of entrepreneur thinking that I want to continue to promote. |
| SOP newswire |  | Are you on the Do Not Call Registry? - More than 157 million phone numbers are on the National Do Not Call Registry. |
| SOP newswire |  | Family pets pay price in mortgage crisis - One Washington, DC shelter reports that 15% of the animals received in the past two months are a direct result of foreclosures. |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Hilton Rewards Great Performance - Last week while on vacation with my family, I found an incentive program being implemented across the Hilton chain of hotel properties. |
| SOP newswire |  | 72-carat diamond draws no bid - It was the largest diamond of its kind ever on offer at an auction in Asia. |
| SOP newswire |  | Thousands stranded by American Airlines - The major US carrier says cancellations were necessary so it could comply with government safety regulations. |
| SOP newswire2 |  | Ford Shareholder Proposal Withdrawn - In a shareholder proposal filed with Ford Motor Company on October 29, 2007, Thomas Strobhar, President of Pro Vita Advisors, asked Ford to |
| Simon Bailey (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Stale..Stuck..Spiritless - That is what brands become when they lose the mojo! Simply launching a new product in this hypersensitive, over-communicative society isn"t enough anymore. |
| SOP newswire |  | 100 Business Schools endorse UN Educational Inititive - Institutions participating in the PRME make a commitment to align their mission and strategy with UN values. |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Don't Let Your Ego Take You Down the Drain - I recently had breakfast with one of my lender friends and he told me the most disturbing news. |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Chevron Knows How to Do It - Last week, we were on a family vacation with the kids. We drove from our home in Los Angeles to Las Vegas, and then headed to the Grand Canyon. |
| SOP newswire |  | In one week, Mortgage applications plunge 29% - The number of consumers applying for a mortgage dropped sharply perhaps reflecting the true state of the real estate market. |
| SOP newswire |  | Radio News merger delivers 'The Truth Listeners Crave' - According to Nielsen Media Research, the merger has created one of the largest news networks in America. |
| SOP newswire |  | Ronald McDonald and friends support Gay Agenda - VP of Communications: 'I'm thrilled to join the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce team and ready to get to work.' |
| SOP newswire |  | Confidence causes US stocks to climb - Shares of Lehman Brothers Holdings and Swiss bank UBS rose after the two raised a combined $19 billion in capital by issuing new stocks. |
