Tent City in Suburbs Is Cost of Home Crisis

Between railroad tracks and beneath the roar of departing planes sits “tent city,” a terminus for homeless people. It is not, as might be expected, in a blighted city center, but in the once-booming suburbia of Southern California. The noisy, dusty camp sprang up in July with 20 residents and now [...]

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Tourists not safe in incredible India

(eTN) – Rising incidents of crimes against foreign tourists has pushed the Tourism Ministry to send a communication to all states asking them to speed up the process of creating a special tourist police force.
The urgency was highlighted by an incident in Mumbai earlier this week where a Latvian national was raped by a driver [...]

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Eight business technology trends to watch

The McKinsey Quarterly has published an article on eight technology-enabled trends that will help shape businesses and the economy in coming years.
The authors James M. Manyika, Roger P. Roberts, and Kara L. Sprague have grouped the eight trends – which each come with their own further reading suggestions – within three broad areas of business [...]

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Hoteliers, don’t be fooled by the Web 2.0 hype

Social media may become a major force to be reckoned with by hotels, but, it isn’t right now. Remember that your first point of sale for the Internet is now your hotel’s web site. Make sure it’s well designed for search/sales, and it is well promoted, says Neil Salerno. Read full article on HotelMarketing.com

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Travel review aggregator Kango goes live

Founded by Yen Lee, former general manager of Yahoo! Travel, Kango is a travel search and discovery application that aggregates and organizes the myriad of the internet’s travel community and review sites into one place. Full article on Hotelmarketing.com

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GET Foundation

We work for small farmers in the developing world. Farmers in developing countries often cannot access the international market without help. GET Foundation offers that help. This website gives you all the information on how we work. More

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Careerjet.nl

In één zoekopdracht 12.141.170 jobs op 54.914 websites doorzoeken.

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Type company

A Washington Post article on the changing face of Africa highlights Type Company a leading graphic design and printing business founded by Kobina Asamah:

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Dutch tour operators: save popular tourist destinations for the future

Six of the Netherlands’ largest tour operators have joined forces in an effort to boost sustainable tourism. By pooling their strength in Travel Foundation Nederland they aim to help ensure the survival of popular holiday destinations which are coming under increased pressure from ever growing numbers of visitors. Cooperation with local entrepreneurs and communities is [...]

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Nieuwe re-integratieinstrumenten gemeente Amsterdam

De gemeente Amsterdam gaat de re-integratie van werkzoekenden anders aanpakken. Een groter deel van de arbeidsbemiddeling zal worden uitgevoerd door de gemeentelijke dienst Pantar. Mugweb

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