According to Alpha magazine, the most definitive publication dedicated to chronicling the hedge fund industry, the top 50 hedge fund managers on their 7th annual ranking list earned an astounding average of $581 million (more…)

The National Cable & Telecommunications Convention will hold its 57th convention May 18-20 in New Orleans.

For a complete list of speakers and other essential information, i.e. sessions, (more…)

What’s the key business motivators used when selecting business or partners? What’s most important…award-winning products/services? great customer service? or an excellent reputation?

Here’s what the survey showed, conducted by Porter (more…)

Victor Ives, a 30-year veteran broadcaster, picked up where he left off in Issue #23 with his exceptional article, “Media Trading—Part 2.” Ives presented the keys to successful media trading in a most convincing manner.

We looked at Jack Schacht’s Illinois Trade Association, the largest independent trade exchange in the U.S., and how he had built an outstanding sales team. Also included was the story on “Restaurant Trading” in which Schacht contends, “The education (more…)

With higher food prices now becoming the norm around the world changes in our eating habits will be guaranteed. One will be the greater consumption of the lowly potato, as it has the potential to feed the global population–which is growing by a billion per (more…)

Contents in the April 15, 2008 Tuesday Barter Report, published by BarterNews magazine include the following (more…)

The International Trademark Association (INTA) and The International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) today welcomed news by the Council of Ministers of the mandate authorizing the European Commission to open negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) between the EU and key economic partners, including the United States, Japan, South Korea, Mexico and New Zealand.

In October 2007, the United States, European Union, Japan, South Korea, Mexico and New Zealand announced that they had reached a tentative agreement on a framework for a new multi-lateral agreement intended to establish a stronger set of common standards for intellectual property enforcement among their (more…)

From the barter desk of Bob Meyer…04/15/2008

Ralph Lauren Barters To Become Official Olympic Team Outfitter

Ralph Lauren’s clothing line Polo has signed a contract with the U.S. Olympic Committee to provide outfits for the 1,500 American athletes to be worn at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, as well as other (more…)

Back in 1983, and having been fired from seven previous jobs, Rush Limbaugh was a public relations man for the Kansas City Royals baseball team. He was admittedly scraping by on $18,000 a year…buying convenience store snacks on a credit card that was near its limit.

Only ten years later Limbaugh’s talk radio audience was the largest in (more…)

The Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence, which had posted a sharp decline in the final quarter of 2007, fell again in the first quarter of 2008 and is now at 38 (a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses). The last time the Measure posted a weaker reading was in the final quarter of 2000 when it was at 31.

“CEOs’ assessment of current conditions suggests we’re still mired in a period of extremely slow growth, and while their short-term outlook moderately improved, they remain quite cautious,” says Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center. “As a result, (more…)