Not only the rich and famous are buying real estate in foreign countries. With markets in the US and UK down, and the low dollar doing its job, folks all over the world are gaining interest in properties outside of their own country.
But how can average realtors in the US attract foreigner buyers? One way […]
You gotta love Canada…
The union there for governmental employees says that Blackberry users are always “on call” and should earn more money due to the increased availability. ” Ed Cashman of the AFPC has been quoted as saying: “these devices have changed the definition of working time” and need to be included in the new […]
There is a new vending machine making its way into hotel lobbies: the ChargeBox. Sitting next to the ATM and the candy machine, it looks like a storage facility for your valuables. Insert a coin (in the UK where I first saw the device, 2 pounds) and you can connect your cell phone or […]
Yesterday my company received a Request for Proposal (RFP) in French.
Now, I am a US citizen living and working in Germany. In our office in Munich, we have folks from a lot of different countries including Spain, Poland, UK and India. But no one from France. (Murphy’s Law)
This time, instead of sending the 40-plus pages out […]
The Blackberry “B” List is a small application you can download to your Blackberry for storing and sharing your favorite locations for dining, drinks and shopping. The idea sounded interesting to me; it certainly got a lot of press, most recently in Cosmopolitan. So I downloaded it to see what all the hype is about.
My […]
Facebook, the popular social networking site, will soon be available in German and French versions. The translations will be performed by Facebook members. Over 2000 German natives volunteered to translate the site in two weeks. A Spanish version was completed by members in February.
Translations for free is becoming a popular trend. For another example of […]
The good news: Almost everywhere I go on business these days (hotels, airports), WiFi is available.
The bad news: Outside of the US, WiFi is rarly for free and the price is rising.
The hotel I will be staying at next week outside of Paris charges Euro 15 per hour.
Recently, I got a UMTS card for […]
Why bother with the travel to international trade shows when you can visit a virtual trade show 24/7 from your own desk?
Yes, virtual reality is encompassing more aspects of our business and personal lives every day. In the past year, virtual trade shows have not only gotten more press, they also have big businesses signing […]
There are a lot of ways that technology has made doing international business easier and faster, especially in the area of communication.
Take phone calls as an example.
In the pre-cell-phone days (or BC for short - Before Cell) or in the days when Americans didn’t have tri-band cell phones and couldn’t use their phones outside of […]
I was on a painfully long international conference call earlier this week, attempting to negotiate a settlement in a tricky case. The problem was, while the opposing lawyer and client were together in a room somewhere out west, my client and I were thousands of miles apart, with me here on the US East Coast […]
Doing business across cultures
Written by J. Christopher Erb [email], and Jean Mercedes [email] for b5media.
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