Asian spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose to around .50 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) as demand picks up ahead of summer, but trade was limited by a lack of ships to…
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The latest survey conducted by the Gasgoo, a Chinese automotive news website, predicted a negative sales trend in the Chinese auto market for the second half year. Of the 3,812 auto professionals who took part in the survey this month, 47 percent foresee a low business growth of less than 5 percent— possibly even no [...]
ZOO Digital (LON:ZOO), which supplies software and services to the creative media industry, has won a licensing deal with Global Digital Media Xchange – a major player in the provision of production technologies to the film, television and other entertainment industries.
GDMX will use ZOO’s systems to create Blu-ray disc and digital products for ‘video on demand’ (VOD) providers more quickly and efficiently in order to reduce both costs and time to market.
ZOO’s systems provide an automated method for the preparation of digital content, its regionalisation into multiple languages and its assembly for full compliance with Blue-ray and EST (electronic sell through) platforms. ZOO says its toolset can also be used to adapt audio and video materials that have been prepared for physical disc products so that they can be downloaded digitally in a quick and easy fashion.
“The adoption of ZOO’s systems within our proven workflows will enable us to increase our throughput while reducing our costs, bringing significant benefits and improvements to our services,” said Brian McKay, head of GDMX’s production operations.
This latest deal comes after ZOO announced last month that its profitability for the year would be in line with market expectations. It said that earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) would be around US.2 million, with operating profit of approximately US.3 million. At the end of last year, the company had a cash balance of US.6 million that, in addition to a bank overdraft facility of US.8 milllion, it believes gives it sufficient working capital for the foreseeable future.
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One of the greatest benefits of a joint venture is the ability to promote your products and services for free through your JV partner. Consider that this business owner is catering to a very similar target market to your own and has already built up a trusted relationship with his customer base.
When this business owner promotes your products through his business, he is giving you more than free advertising, he’s helping you build a list of potential customers that will be much more likely to buy from you than the general public would.
We have three tips to help you use your joint ventures to promote your products for absolutely no money at all.
Choosing a Partner
The first step in effective promotion of your products is to find a JV partner that caters to a similar target market. In most cases, this will be a business in a related industry to your own.
For example, a professional photographer selling wedding photography services might want to develop a joint venture with a catering company or florist. If a customer sees promotion of your photography business on the florist’s website, she might be more likely to contact your business as well.
While these businesses will be looking at a similar target market, they will not be in direct competition with your specific goods or services. This means that both JV partners can equally benefit from marketing to the same crowd.
Offering Benefits
When you find a potential partner, the next step is to convince this business to promote your products on their website. Since most savvy business owners are not too anxious to give something for nothing, you’ll fare much better if you can present a benefit the other company will receive from the joint venture as well.
Perhaps you will offer a similar promotion on your own website or provide a share of the profits you receive through your partner’s promotion. Begin your presentation with the benefits your partner can expect to receive, and he will be more likely to listen to the rest of your proposal.
Using ClickBank
One practical option for finding partners for promotion purposes is through ClickBank. This is an affiliate marketing website that brings digital businesses together for the sake of forming joint ventures or other types of business alliances.
In addition, ClickBank has tools to process and track sales, so the hard accounting work is done for you. The company will even send out commission checks to partners and handle refunds for customers. This process frees up your time to spend more on promoting your products for greater returns overall.
Effective promotion is one of the essential components to a successful business today, and if you can get that promotion for free, so much the better! Joint ventures are the perfect vehicle for free promotion, especially if the partner you choose already has a loyal, targeted market base. By utilizing the joint venture structure for free promotion, as well as other marketing strategies, you can make the most of your advertising efforts for a healthier bottom line.
Christian Fea is CEO of Synertegic, Inc. A Joint Venture Marketing firm. He exemplifies how to profit from Joint Venture relationships by creating profit centers with minimal risk and maximum profitability.
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Equities research analysts at FBR Capital (NASDAQ: FBCM) upgraded shares of Nara Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NARA) from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note to investors on Monday. The analysts currently have a .00 price target on the stock.
Separately, analysts at Zacks Investment Research reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Nara Bancorp, Inc. in a research note to investors on Thursday, May 12nd. Also, analysts at BMO Capital Markets upgraded shares of Nara Bancorp, Inc. from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note to investors on Thursday, February 17th.
Shares of Nara Bancorp, Inc. opened at 8.525 on Tuesday. Nara Bancorp, Inc. has a 52 week low of .94 and a 52 week high of .75. The stock’s 50-day moving average is .31 and its 200-day moving average is .36. The company has a market cap of 4.0 million.
Nara Bancorp, Inc. last announced its quarterly results on Tuesday, April 26th. The company reported .15 earnings per share (EPS) for the previous quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of .09 EPS by .06. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted (.10) earnings per share. On average, analysts predict that Nara Bancorp, Inc. will post .15 EPS next quarter.
Nara Bancorp, Inc. (Nara Bancorp) is a bank holding company. The Company offers a full range of commercial banking through its wholly owned subsidiary, Nara Bank (the Bank). The Company operates in three business segment: Banking Operations, Trade Finance Services and Small Business Administration Lending Services. Nara Bancorp has 21 branches and one loan production office. It accepts deposits and originates a range of loans, including commercial business loans, commercial real estate loans, trade finance loans, Small Business Administration (SBA) loans and provides courier services to qualifying customers and personal banking officers. The Company also offers round the clock banking by telephone. Its Website at www.narabank.com offers both English and Korean applications and certain Internet banking services.
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This morning IGas Energy (LON:IGAS) unveiled plans for a major step-up in drilling in the coming months, now that it has full control of its UK coal bed methane (CBM) assets.
CBM is an unconventional hydrocarbon that has been widely developed in Australia, North America and China but has yet to catch on in a meaningful way in Europe.
IGas had been developing a portfolio of CBM projects across the UK through a joint venture with Canadian oil and gas firm Nexen. However in January it executed a transformational deal to buy-out its major partner and it simultaneously raised £20.6 million.
Crucially the deal gave IGas full ownership of the 1.7 trillion cubic feet of CBM gas (C2 resource).
The deal made many of the City’s market watchers sit up and take notice. Several big name institutions have took an interest in the AIM-listed group – with Goldman Sachs, RBS and Numis issuing ‘buy’ recommendations in the early part of the year.
Now IGas has decided to press ahead with an expanded drill programme that will see it drill four to six wells in the first half of 2012.These wells will be spread across five separate development sites.
This morning RBS analyst Phil Corbett said that the enhanced drill programme will help IGas convert resources into reserves – and in turn into production – but more importantly it could give investors more confidence in the viability of the CBM resource play.
The analyst upgraded his price target, from 100 to 125 pence a share, in response to the group’s more aggressive drill plans.
“We continue to believe there is significant upside potential in the share price if IGas can unlock the potential of its CBM resource,” Corbett said in a note to clients.
“Crucial to this, in our view, will be delivering positive results from the drilling programme.”
Corbett emphasised that his target 125 pence target fairly balances the risks and rewards, and he expect the share price to appreciate in coming months as the group nears the active drilling campaign.
Meanwhile Numis Securities – who currently see the stock as a ‘buy’ with a 139 pence target – highlighted that its target is conservative and in a ‘high case’ scenario the stock could be worth 260 pence a share.
This ‘high case’ foresees better gas prices, faster development and cheaper capital expenditure.
“The 2010 results released today represent a company in transition, from a minority owner of UK CBM assets to a business that now has full control (and is sufficiently funded) to begin rolling out its portfolio of full CBM production sites,” Numis analyst Matthew Lambourne said in a note to clients.
“We think it is positive that IGas is diversifying its drilling campaign across several sites – several concurrent developments allows dewatering (which is an important stage in developing CBM wells) to occur simultaneously and de-risks several assets at the same time.”
This morning’s full year financial results showed an expected loss – IGas is a resource development company and its revenues largely came from management fees paid by Nexen – of £1.5 million (FY09: £504,000 loss).
By the end of April 2011 IGas had £30.6 million in cash and it expects to spend (capex) between £14 million and £19 million during 2011.
Chairman Francis Gugen said: “As I said in the last annual report, 2010 and 2011 were going to be critical years for IGas to grow.
He added: “We are now totally focused on a step change in activity. During the next nine months we will be operational at five sites and will have more wells being drilled than in the previous four years. I look forward to the next year with optimism.”
He went on: “Looking at the wider energy market in the UK we have been seeing rising prices for gas and electricity and an increasing focus on security of supply.
He said IGas’ portfolio of domestic assets, close to customers and distribution networks, was uniquely positioned.
“Security of supply is a growing political issue in the UK and it is my view that gas fired power generation will be an increasingly material part of the mix. With a growing demand for gas and the UK increasingly relying on importing gas, the benefits of supplying local gas to local consumers, via existing infrastructure, are considerable.”
IGas also confirmed that its executive technical director Brent Cheshire will retire from the board in June.
Some studies suggest that as many as one-third of the top-growing companies around the world are currently involved in some type of joint venture. Why does this professional partnership garner so much attention from productive companies like these? We have eight reasons right here!
Combined Resources
Joint ventures allow you to combine resources for greater marketing and product development potential. These partnerships, when done currently, accentuate your business’s positives, while filling in the gaps where your company might currently be lacking.
Ramped Up Marketing
Sometimes the easiest way to ramp up your current marketing strategies is by combining efforts with a related company. In addition to sharing ideas and technology, you share success stories, customer testimonials and a host of other resources.
New Product Testing
Businesses looking to try out new products on a targeted market base may find joint ventures are the most efficient method of doing so. Your JV partner already has a targeted customer list at your disposal, so you can send out surveys, give away free samples, or conduct other market research.
Boost to Consumer Confidence
Creating confidence in your online business is no easy task, but partnering with another established company gives you instant credibility that boosts that confidence rating. Choose a company with a loyal customer base, and those clients will be more willing to give your business a try as well.
Increased Revenue
Joint ventures can increase revenue, whether you use the partnership to boost individual profits or create a whole new money-making entity with the joint venture. When your revenue appears to be sagging, partnering with another business may be just the shot in the arm your bottom line needs.
Acquisition of Market Expertise
You may know about printing brochures and other promotional material, but you may be fairly naïve when it comes to Internet marketing. Find a company that thrives online, or vice versa, and combine your expertise to create a comprehensive and successful marketing campaign.
Shared Economic Risk
It can be very intimidating for new businesses to assume too much economic risk, but that is often the recipe if you want to grow your company to its fullest potential. By sharing expertise and resources with another company, you can take your business growth to a whole new level with much less cost up front. Minimal risk and greater gain are what joint ventures are all about!
Bigger Customer Lists
Growing companies understand that bigger bottom lines are a combination of building new customer lists, as well as strengthening customer loyalty. To ensure your advertising gets to the targeted market you want, use your JV partner’s customer list to grow your own business as well.
Growing businesses learn quickly that there are shortcuts to expanding an operation and boosting the profit margin. One of the most efficient methods for business expansion is the tried and true joint venture. With so many benefits that stand to be gained from these strategic alliances, it is no wonder that so many of the top-growing businesses are turning to joint ventures today.
Christian Fea is CEO of Synertegic, Inc. A Joint Venture Marketing firm. He exemplifies how to profit from Joint Venture relationships by creating profit centers with minimal risk and maximum profitability.
To discover more Joint Venture Marketing Strategies join his free report on Joint Venture Marketing.
The Royal Dutch Shell Group has expressed interest in investing in the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) development program. Edgar Chua, Shell Philippines chairman, said that the group is…
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Nanotechnology investor Nanostart (OTCQX:NASRY) said Thursday that US-based portfolio company, Nanosys, an electronic materials architect, has made its LCD technology, dubbed Quantum Dot Enhancement Film (QEDF), available to display makers.
“We believe colour will be a significant differentiator for early adopters of quantum dot technology and QDEF will give display makers a competitive edge by providing consumers with a colour quality experience they have only seen in movie theatres and professionally printed photos,” said president and CEO of Nanosys, Jason Hartlove.
The technology will make colours red and green more vibrant and visceral, allowing device designers to increase colour gamut by as much as three times.
Currently, present generation displays in smartphones, tablets, laptops and TVs are able only to express between 20% to 35% of the colours the human eye can see. The QEDF is the first time quantum dot technology has been made available in an optical film, and will be scalable to fit any size including large TVs.
The company said that QDEF displays will be able to deliver over 60% of visible colours.
The technology will be process-ready, so display makers can integrate QDEF into their existing manufacturing operations, without having to retool an existing line.
Nanosys engineered QDEF through its patented quantum dot materials, which create an improved quality white light with a wide-gamut of hues when triggered by an energy efficient blue LED, resulting in better picture quality and less power consumption than when using white LEDs.
Last year, Nanosys commercialized its quantum dot technology with the QuantumRail, a component used for smaller format LCDs. The company said it plans to expand its manufacturing base as it continues to commercialize its energy storage technology.
Frankfurt-based Nanostart provides venture capital financing for nanotechnology companies in various growth phases, with a focus on sectors such as cleantech, life sciences and IT/electronics. Through its subsidiary and venture capital fund in Singapore, Nanostart is also partnered with the Singaporean government.
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