OP-ED - Page 59

The doldrums of summer arrived early, it seems. Several recent research reports on consumer sentiment and shopping behavior show that Americans are not ready to open their wallets any wider this year than last.

The FINANCIAL -- Online shopping in Georgia, no matter how theoretically therapeutic, has a tendency to become a burdensome task: only a few online stores deliver purchases to this part of the world; their use of such carriers like FedEx or

We have, in the past year, entered an entirely new dynamic in Eastern Mediterranean and South-East European strategic affairs.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said that it now expects world oil demand to grow by 900,000 barrels a day in 2010.

According to the Doing Business 2010 Georgia has made a progress and moved forward by five steps to the 11th place with regard to the ease of doing business. At the same time, Georgia recently made the amendments to its company

Inside Beltwayistan, a number of Bushevik oil patch zombies still roam the recession-blasted landscape mindlessly chanting their Caspian mantra, “Happiness is multiple pipelines” - with the caveat that they flow westwards and bypass both Russia and Iran.

BAGHDAD - What was once considered a pipe-dream could become reality: after decades of dictatorship, war and international sanctions, Iraq’s massive oil reserves are set to be tapped proper and the country once known for two overflowing rivers could be crowned

The FINANCIAL — I. SHARE TRANSFERS IN LLCs   All Georgian Limited Liability Companies (LLC) are required to submit to the National Agency of Public Registry of Georgia not later than December 1, 2009 detailed information about the share transfers that took

" We have a shared interest in preventing Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for extremists and terrorists who might target any of our states", writes Mikheil Saakashvili in UK's Telegraph.

Understanding your customers is one of the first rules any good marketer learns. But during a recession, it is all the more important for companies to know which consumers or business buyers best match the profiles of their most loyal