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Spain to End Golden Visa Program, Prioritizing Housing Affordability and Social Equality

Allwork

On Monday, Spain announced its decision to terminate the “golden visa” program, which granted residency to non-EU investors purchasing property over €500,000 ($541,250). The change in policy could decrease the number of digital nomads and foreign workers within the country.

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Ecommerce Driving Steep Declines in Retail Foot Traffic

Small Business Labs

.  Key quote: "Retailers got only about half the holiday traffic in 2013 as they did just three years earlier, according to ShopperTrak, which uses a network of 60,000 shopper-counting devices to track visits at malls and large retailers across the country. in 2011, 16.3% The data firm tracked declines of 28.2%

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Why India Is a Rising Star Among Exporting Nations

The Small Business Blog

The average Indian factory worker was paid about 90 cents an hour in 2011, among the lowest rates in the world. percent between 2006 and 2011. According to the GMCI survey, in 2011 India had the lowest average labor costs among the top 10 manufacturing countries: 90 cents an hour, as previously mentioned. South Korea and Taiwan.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

One of the reasons I started Practically Perfect PA back in 2011 was because I wanted to create an online community for assistants. Sherien : Being awarded the PA Executive Magazine/Hays Award ‘1 st runner up for the PA Newcomer of the Year’ 2013 Award was an amazing achievement for me.

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The Truth About Impostor Syndrome and How to Overcome It

Stephanie LH Calahan

Research published in the International Journal of Behavioral Science in 2011 suggests that approximately 70 percent of people will experience at least one impostor syndrome episode in their lives. One day soon, the jig would be up … ” — Lean In* , March 2013. Maybe you have not purchased that bold outfit you know you want.

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Ron Finley, the Self-Proclaimed Gangsta Gardener, Found Purpose Fighting Food Poverty in South LA

Success

Nearly two years after his first parkway garden, Los Angeles updated the law in 2011 to allow Angelenos to plant food in their parkways. you can purchase a 12-ounce pack of cherry tomatoes—which pair perfectly with hummus—and that’s the end. It’s a question all-too familiar to the frequent networker, or online dater. “I

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What to Do When You Hit Your Writing Wall

Men With Pens

Gotham Books had purchased my book. They’d publish it in 2013. His extremely strange memoir The World’s Strongest Librarian will be published by Gotham Books in 2013. What to Do When You Hit Your Writing Wall first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. I didn’t care. I couldn’t.

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