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WBE.Net
Newsletter
Release Date:
4-9-08
Work Continues on New World
Trade Center
Get ready for the new World
Trade Center in New York City. This spring, the first
visible signs of the reborn WTC will rise above street
level in Lower Manhattan. The
construction pit already reaches more than 80 feet
into the ground and is now within several feet of
the surface. The new Trade Center will include
five towers, a major transit hub, and a memorial plaza
with more than 400 trees. The project will be completed
in about 4 1/2 years...but look for visible progress
well before then. New York Port Authority Director
Anthony Shorris says the project should be completed,
in his words, "By the end of 2012. What is going
into place is a construction-coordination machine
of truly unprecedented complexity."
Bulk Lots
Available for Traders
Here's a heads-up for WBE.Net traders: West
Coast Trading deals mostly in department store returns.
It has direct contracts with major department stores
and can supply a wide assortment
of goods such as clothing, toys, general merchandise,
tools, electronics and more. This company can
be useful to exporters. It sells pallets, lots, and
truck loads. Their claim: "With our large volumes
of purchasing and sales, we benefit from significant
savings which we pass on to our customers." To
learn more click to westcoasttrading.com.
Words Can Make or Break the
Deal
When you carry your message
to the far ends of the world, it's important
to remember that you'll need to be sensitive to the
foreign languages you'll be dealing with, and
to meanings that occur within small locations. More
than a billion people are on the Internet, and about
7 out of 10 of them speak a language other than English.
If you want to be successful in this multicultural
environment, remember to do more than simply translate.
The key to reaching distant folks and doing effective
business with them involves being sensitive to the
subtle social meanings in the various markets.
In your exporting and importing efforts, use culturally
adjusted imagery, appropriate inter-personal communications
dynamics, and the right jargon or slang. Bottom line:
this is another reason to work
with a local trade agent who is familiar with
the territory!
WBE.Net's
Partner in Commerce Pays Tribute to Dr. King
US Secretary of Commerce Carlos
Gutierrez went to Memphis to honor the memory of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated there
40 years ago. In his remarks, Mr. Gutierrez said,
"Dr. King recognized the American Dream was not
just about the absence of discrimination. It was about
the spread of opportunity to every person in our country."
The Commerce Secretary, a partner with the World Business
Exchange Network, continued, "Dr.
King's legacy lives. The principles for which he fought
and died - freedom and social justice, regardless
of race, creed, religion or color - are at the heart
of our nation's strength and decency. He made
America a better place, a more compassionate country.
Dr. King had a vision for all to participate fully
in society, to fully develop their minds, and to rise
as far as their abilities and talents will take them.
The more Americans are able to live that vision, the
stronger our nation will become."
Trade Secrets
A trade secret is any info
that lets you make money because it's not known by
most people. This could include
a formula, process, device, method, computer program,
technique or customer list. Perhaps the best
example of a trade secret is the formula for Coca-Cola.
Only a few people know it, and it's kept in a vault
in Atlanta. The people who know the secret formula
have signed secrecy agreements. Trade-secret
protection can last as long as the secret is kept
- possibly much longer than patents.
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