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		<title>Don’t Get Ripped OffShoring &#8211; Overseas Production Can Cost You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Countless executives complain that Chinese factories deliver the wrong products, defective materials, items not made to specifications and shipments delivered late. There are horror stories of knockoffs and counterfeit pieces. “We hired a firm to make our nail clippers, and now the factory is selling nail clippers directly to our clients!” Here are 11 strategies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 tips for selling products in the United States</title>
		<description><![CDATA["The hardest market in the world to do business"]]></description>
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		<title>Getting down to Middle East Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Turmoil may open business opportunities overseas We’re all watching historic developments in Middle East North Africa (MENA) countries. Citizens have been protesting in the streets in defiance of their governments; Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office. Other changes may be coming. All of it is on camera, computer screens and cell phones. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 mistakes made in international banking</title>
		<description><![CDATA["The theme remains the same: Do your homework."]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 accounting mistakes firms make overseas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This last assumption applies to all areas of international business]]></description>
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		<title>Crying &#8220;Uncle&#8221; in International Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA["beyond the age, know-how and wisdom, make sure your uncle is able to be brutally honest with you"]]></description>
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		<title>When to cry &#8220;uncle&#8221; in international business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And beyond the age, know-how and wisdom, make sure your uncle is able to be brutally honest with you.]]></description>
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		<title>10 tips for analyzing a trade deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The “everybody gets a commission” business model — In other words, no one is getting paid until the deal is fully transacted. We should call it the “ everybody only gets a commission” model.]]></description>
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		<title>Reality testing questions to ask yourself overseas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 • How do you know when you are in?]]></description>
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		<title>how do you attract foreign firms to set up shop?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deals are often lost for reasons we can’t understand. How can communities differentiate themselves, attract foreign firms and generate domestic jobs?
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