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Archive for March 5th, 2008

More Horse Cruelty In Florida

Posted by Bill on March 5, 2008

horse.jpg  A few posts back, Click Here, we mentioned horse cruelty cases happening in Virginia. Horse cruelty is not unique to the Commonwealth. Florida Animal Law reports of an incident in Florida. The reason for the horse’s condition, according to the article, the high prices of feed, hay and gas.

See original article Sun-Sentinel news story

Bill Lowrance

President PIAVA

Information Insights Inc., McLean, VA

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Competitive Intelligence–Get It Now

Posted by Bill on March 5, 2008

competitive_intelligence.jpg  Competitive intelligence (CI) is a term used to describe businesses gathering background information on competitors and other businesses in the trade. But, the techniques and resources for competitive intelligence work is suitable for almost any “due diligence” work or other background investigations.

Here is a great summary and starting point for CI resources from a good investigative Blog–The Confidential Resource, one of our Canadian friends Click here competitive-intelligence. Richard McEachin of McEachin & Associates Ltd. writes the posts on the Blog.

Most of the CI material came from www.bnet.com which has a lot of business news and management information.

Bill Lowrance

President PIAVA

Information Insights Inc., McLean, VA

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