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Today is the day…actually it was supposed to be two days ago!

Why the delay?

Well, everyone had so many great comments and suggestions I just had to prolong the major event. There were a multitude of things to be done before we opened doors officially.
Heres a short list of the minor tasks which lead up to this day:

• Changes were made to META portion of the website for best search engine results
• All affiliates/partners were updated, please view them by visiting anyone of the pages on b2logs (other than blog)
• Changes were made to the Terms of Service to keep b2logs as safe as possible from a legal stand point
• A few features were added such as an article tracker to keep track of what you read
• This blog was SEO’d - which took more time than expected

Thank you to everyone who participated in the PreLaunch event, it was a tremendous success.

And the winner of the fabulous new Ipod Touch is (drum roll please!)…

Aaron Aldridge!

Thanks to everyone who commented about the website I would like to mention the following people for their more than helpful contributions:

• Miki Saxon - Leadership Turn
• Aran Donohue
• Wilson Shek
• Author of Best Ranking Sites
  
• Justin D.

What are the future plans for b2logs?

Our goal is to provide the best reliable business news, fast while being easily accessible. And to do this we must change constantly to remain at the top of the game.

Some of the ideas we have planned for b2logs are:

• Print option for each article
• Bookmarking tool to save each article
• Customized page for each category
• Introduction of new categories such as real estate, environmental sustainability, technology, and entrepreneurship
• A desktop version of b2logs.com

What are the future plans for b2 gurus?

Our team of expert business authors have been giving you just a taste of the information which they hold.

Some of the things we are planning to do with b2 gurus are:

• Weekly summaries of the financial news on the Canadian and American markets
• Scheduled video posts by major news networks such as the Wall Street Journal with reviews by the team
• Scheduled book reviews on the latest business novels
• Business Profiles! - A once a month review on an extra-ordinary new start-up.
• Occasional posts regarding general business news with a bit about technology

An update on the works of the b2 business network team

For the past year, my entire team has be thinking of new ideas to help the future. The projects which my team will be focusing on, aims to reduce complex problems with simple solutions - that is the essential goal for the b2 business network. The next step for the team is b2charity.com - a website dedicated to helping non-profits find sponsors!

And what a better way to finish off the launch than by watching a video dedicated to innovation and the future.

Whew, what a week. Sorry for not being able to post last weekend. It was Victoria day holiday and I have been scrambling to meet assignment due dates since then. Some interesting finance news this week relates to Mr. Icahn shoving his way towards a yahoo microsoft merger, but the good stuff was all in the commodities sector. Oil, the blackest of gold, has been soaring high. Airlines on the other hand have been cutting costs due to declining profits. The rise in oil prices has added billions of expenses to the airline industry, and related shares are dropping fast (even faster than my marks at school :O) Lastly, but not least, General Motors cut another 1000 jobs. UGH

Well, recently, I heard that McGuinty is going to talk to some Fiat execs and try to lure a new plant to Ontario. That would create a whole new lineup of jobs and help stop Ontario economy from its continuous decline. Good luck McGuinty, we are all counting on you

So back to oil, it is at a rediculous price, and speculating investors are pushing its futures up everyday. The markets are slumping because of this. I have even read an article wondering what would happen to the world if a barrel of oil hit $300. :O *GASP Well, many believe the world would be better if that were to happen. Just think about it, things could not be that bad. Many countries already have oil prices at rediculously taxed rates. Some major differences would be increased recycling, high efficency mini-cars, a better mass transit systems, and moving closer to your workplace. The oil sands over in Alberta would most definately also become ravaged. They say, the tarsands may contain approx. 1.5 trillion barrels of oil (WOW! That is a lot of money!), but I have seen environmental videos and I question if we will lose more if we increased drilling. One single barrel of oil causes over 75 kgs of greenhouse gasses to be released, and creates so much toxic water waste, it is mind exploding. Oil sands production also takes up approx. 10% of all natural gas consumption. and uses mutiples more water than the city of Calgary.

But hey, we all want to drive so who cares?

-Ahh! WHO CARES?

We should care, people are dying and developing cancer from all that oil contamination.

-HUMM, What about our DYING economy?…..

*What do you guys think?

Today is the day! The official PreLaunch of b2logs.com.

Why a PreLaunch?

Well, before b2logs.com officially opens doors, I want to know everyone’s ideas. My goal for this website is for it to become the top business news network on the Internet. Along with additional projects, I hope b2 business network is the best business network on the web.

In order to celebrate the launch of b2logs.com, which is planned for May 23rd, I am giving out an Ipod Touch (16 GB)! All you have to do to win is simply provide a bit of feedback and tell at least two friends about this website and you could be listening to your favorite tunes in less than a week. The winner will be decided based on draw.

So hurry up and provide some feedback and tell a few people because the winner will announced on the day of launch!

Meanwhile, check out this video for what you can expect to see in the week ahead.

Enjoy the long weekend!

Who would like to be a part of the next best business reality show on the web?

Well, if you dream of making all those management achievements shine, then why not take a chance at Miki Saxon’s new reality show. Her great blog, Leadership Turn has been helping up-coming and established leaders, with her latest idea, I am sure that she can improve the lives of many leaders and help them achieve managerial success.

Even if you aren’t interested in participating in the show, you can definitely help create the event. There are many positions available on the team including:

• Tech wizards who know how to do the web thing.
• Talking heads to emcee the show.
• Promotional gurus.
• Project managers to keep organized
• Additional leadership gurus for various reasons.
• Anybody who thinks it sounds like fun!

Be sure to check out the post and keep reading Leadership Turn for the best in management news. Leadership Turn is also featured in our management section.

Hope to see you all there, and there are prizes for the people that help put the show together

Hello World!,    I am hoping many of you will read this Tuesday morning when you all check your emails. First off I hope it is not too late to apologize for not posting last week. I was down in Atlanta along with my friend Ram at Deca Internationals. It was a fun and educating experience and I look forward to it next year. Anyways a recap at last week. Tech stocks are moving yet again and P/Es are somewhat coming back down though some good numbers were released from Google. There are predictions that the US economy will start rolling again. Also, big news, Microsoft walks away from Yahoo, (or was it Yahoo that rejected MSFT?), *SLAP….

First off, the yahoo-microsoft deal was pretty interesting. Mr. Yang asks for about 37$ a share, Mr. Ballmer says no, 33$, I can imagine that conversation going back and forth LOL. How come, they couldn’t agree at $35?  Well, Yahoo stock is still drifting pretty high. I suspect shareholders believe the deal might come back if Yahoo begins struggling again. I think Yahoo has a long way to go from its pre-deal price of 19$ a share to where Mr. Yang wants to go. But then again, who knows what Mr. Yang has up in his sleeves, … headlines, “The return of YANG’s YAHOO!” or  is there another deal going on? with AOL? Google even? Imagine the headlines that day; “Google and Yahoo team up to become GOoHOO! !!!, but would the federal board allow such a monopolistic deal? Probably NOT, or the merger could take a longggg time like Serius and XM radio which has many lawmakers up in arms.

Lastly, the stock I am going to follow this week, actually make that two, are going to be Pinnacle airlines and Apollo investment group. Theres been a lot of news about Pinnacle and its incredible cash flows, but a pilot picket strike seems to provide short term downfalls. I think the price will keep dropping, perhaps to a p/e of even in the 1.0 range. Apollo investment has also been steadily going up, and I have been following it for a few weeks, its also in our finance section. It has a crazy good dividend, and low P/E but something must be going wrong in the company for it to be downgraded a few weeks back. I hope they solve their issues, whether they be management, and I hope they improve on their ultra low earnings report last quarter. Well, their next earnings is in June, and I hope they have some good numbers, and enough cash to pay out those amazing dividends.

Anyways, I am going back to doing what normal kids do… ENGLISH homework :’(

To a rising economy

Zan Zhang is Logging out

Hey Guys,

I wanted to let everyone know that the b2logs team was competing in the International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I was specifically competing in the Business Services Marketing category representing the province of Ontario.

Overall, I didn’t do so well, but I will definitely succeed next year.

For our weekly financial newsletter, we will be releasing a post this weekend. In the mean time, enjoy this video interview from the Oracle himself on his thoughts about various business issues.

Cheers,

Ram Sharma