If the process is slow, if the events seem trivial, it is paradoxically because the crisis is the first truly global systemic crisis, one much deeper than the one in 1929, affecting all countries and overwhelming the heart of the system. Whereas 1929 was the adolescent crisis of a new world power, the US, we now experience the last days of an incurable, and incurable that had been the world’s sole superpower since 1945. But the whole organization of the world was built around the US, and it is no one’s interests for it to collapse before a complete decoupling. So it is for everyone to safeguard the usual appearances while ensuring a smooth transition, which explains the slow crash in progress.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/global-systemic-dislocation-the-economic-implosion-of-the-eu-internationalization-of-the-yuan-crumble-of-the-dollar
Why Smartphones Are Forcing Retailers To Rethink Their Business Models
Some interesting thoughts… As smartphones become more ubiquitous in established markets, traditional business models have begun to quickly shift and adapt. Entire markets based on specific technologies …
http://www.webpronews.com/smartphones-to-significantly-change-the-retail-industry-2013-11
Look It In The Eye
You Are Always Responsible For How You Act
Do It Now – Sometimes Later Becomes Never
Google’s Hummingbird Update is More Significant than Businesses Think
Hummingbird is the biggest iteration of the Google algorithm since Caffeine in 2010. It is, however, going to have less impact immediately on search marketing than the Panda and Penguin updates. Amit Singhal, of Google, said 90% of searches have been affected by this algorithm change.
The details of the Hummingbird amendments are provided below, detailing what has changed and how it impacts search marketing strategies.
http://www.sitepronews.com/2013/11/15/googles-hummingbird-update-significant-businesses-think/
First Things First
Why start-ups should focus on sales before everything else.
http://mybusiness.com.au/experts/why-start-ups-should-focus-on-sales-before-everything-else