Facebook charges the "king of spam"

I am sure all of you have, at least once, faced unpleasant consequences of spam accumulating in your inbox. According Today, a California court awarded Facebook $711 million in civil damages against Sanford Wallace, the notorious sell proclaimed “spam king” who is also known by the derisive nickname “Spamford.” The court found Wallace guilty of violating the CAN-SPAM act, and he could face time in prison if convicted.
To find out more, read the following articles:
Momento 24 , Just Search , TechnoCom
An article about a Canadian woman who lost her employee benefits because of a facebook photo on Time CNN
Did you know that Facebook is considered to be the next best thing after Google? Do you know how old its founder is? Watch the video and share your thoughts with us:

'CEO of the Decade' by Fortune Magazine

On Monday, November the 9th, Fortune Magazine selected the CEO of the Decade: read the following article to find out who created one the most valuable companies of our times - a real groundbreaking technology leader. Why did that person receive this title? Who are the other business people he/she is compared to? Which company is more valuable than Google? What is its current value? Other related articles published by:
ARS Technica
TalkiPhone
Do you want to see what Bill Gates had to say about that? Watch the video and share your impressions with us:

Professional Networks - LinkedIn

Most of you have an Odnoklasniki or a Facebook account. It allows you to keep in touch with your friends, upload your favourite pictures and learn about the most important events in your community, country, university, etc. There is another spcial network which aims to connect people inside professional communities. Potential employers use it to contact potential employees - check on LinkedIn, a website which helps people empower their resumes and connect to the job market around the world. According to BBC, network has 23 million members worldwide and is constantly growing. CNN Money claims that if you don't connect to LinkedIn, you are left out! This is what professionals think of LinkedIn, this is WHY you should learn about LinkedIn and this one is LinkedIn in plain English: The interview with its founder Hoffman can be watched HERE:

Our Power Point Presentations

This is a collection of all our presentations from last semester - feel free to use it as a resourse or simply have fun watching what your colleagues have done. Great job, everybody! See you next semester.

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World's Happiest Countries

Which are world's happiest countries according to Forbes? How is |happiness evaluated?|How does the unemployment rate and the country's GDP affect the degree of "happiness"? Which are the happiest European countries? How about outside Europe? Why did the northern European countries come out looking so good? Read FORBES article and share your thoughts with us - enjoy!

Best Countries for Business in 2009 - where is Moldova?

Forbes has published its annual rating of best countries for business - this time for the 2009 year.The Best Countries for Business ranking looks at business conditions in 127 economies. This is not a tally of economies with the highest gross domestic product growth or lowest unemployment. Rather, the goal is to quantify for entrepreneurs and investors the oft-qualified dynamics of international economies and make it usable for planning and investing purposes. New to the top 10 this year: New Zealand, Australia and Norway. Falling out of the top 10: Finland, Ireland and Switzerland.

As you know, last year Moldova landed on the 90th place. Read Forbes new list and tell us if this year our country went up and down and why. What is your prognisis for 2010?

Top 2009 Brands

Brandz has already published the Top 100 Brands list for 2009. Compare this year's list with the one we read in class (Brandz 100 Top Brandz 2008). Which brands went up and which ones went down? Why?

Video Resumes - A Fast Growing Trend

While looking for a summer job for an international company dealing with online educational projects, I couldn't help noticing how difficult it was to make my resume stand out in the wide variety of CVs and highly professional educators like me also looking for work. Then I discovered this great tool which can empower your creativity and imagination while convincing your future employers that you are the best they can hire: video resumes!

These are several samples of the video resumes my students created as their final project for our summer intensive Business English course. Enjoy the videos and get inspired!
Sanda C. Video Resume - Looking for a job in the Marketing Sector
The Resume of the Modest yet Awsome David Merhe
A very professional resume for a marketing expert

Some Moldovan companies require the Euro Pass format which you can find here: EuroPass
If you heve never seen a cover letter, then you should check the following website: Free Professional Cover-Letters for Job Seeking Professionals

There are two easy tools you can use to create your Video Resume:
1. Photo Story for Windows
(go to the official website and watch the tutorial on how to make a movie using this tool here)
2. Windows Movie Maker (how to use the tool YouTube tutorial).
Good luck with your video resumes and see you in class!

Moldovan Wine Industry

Moldova Wine Industry

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Learning from Donald Trump

"The Apprentice" is an American reality television show hosted by Donald Trump, a famous business magnate. Billed as "The Ultimate Job Interview," the show stars sixteen to eighteen businesspeople competing in an elimination-style competition for a one-year, $250,000 starting contract of running one of business magnate Trump's companies. Even Arnold Schwarzenneger was involed in the show!!!What did he say about his success story in US - what is the KEY to success according to Schwarzenneger?
Take your time to watch the video and list the 4 business tips for young entrepreneurs Donald Trump is describing. Can you name them?