Category: Business – Economics

The three principal ways of organizing a business are: as a sole proprietorship, as a partnership, or as a corporation. There are three major types of bankruptcy proceedings. A classic public relations technique is call The Rule of Threes.

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Three Major Record Labels Join the ‘Choruss’

By Eliot Van Buskirk December 08, 2008 | 11:55:27 AM

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U.S. universities are getting a glimpse at a plan that would build a small music-royalty fee into the tuition payments they receive from students. If successful, the model — proposed by digital music strategist Jim Griffin on behalf of Warner Music Group — could be expanded to make ISPs the collector of such micro-payments, eliminating some of the most irksome and contentious issues dividing the music industry and its customers.

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Three steps to public private partnership (PPP) success

by Niko Kloeten | Tuesday December 9 2008 – 07:46am
National Business Review Article

New Zealanders needn’t fear public private partnerships if they’re done properly, says an investment analyst who specialises in broadband infrastructure.

Dr Paul Winton, founder of capital investment company Temple, has conducted research on how to use PPPs in a way that extracts maximum benefit at minimum risk to taxpayers.

Mr Winton has previously spoken to NBR about what he considers the best strategy for the rollout of fast broadband in New Zealand.

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Should we nationalize the Big Three?

By Eoin O'Carroll | 12.09.08

As lawmakers debate a bailout package for the troubled Big Three automakers this week, we’re seeing a word rarely spotted north of Venezuela or west of Scandinavia: nationalization.

Last week the Los Angeles Times ran an op-ed by Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive writer Dan Neil, unambiguously headlined Nationalize GM.

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