If you are an entrepreneur and striving to take your business to new heights, this blog with quotations for performance improvements can help you considerably. These inspiring quotes can surely help you “emerge” as a better leader and redefine performance.

Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or other favorable conditions, become wise for a short time, as glasses rubbed acquire electric power for a while. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.  - Friedrich Nietzsche

I am much better employed from every point of view, when I live solely for my own satisfaction, than when I begin to worry about the world.  The world frightens me, and a frightened man is no good for anything.  – George Gissing

There is in a man an upwelling spring of life, energy, love, whatever you like to call it.  If a course is not cut for it, it turns the ground round it into a swamp.  – Mark Rutherford (William Hale White), More Pages from a Journal, 1910

To take something from a person and keep it for oneself:  that is robbery.  To take something from one person and then turn it over to another in exchange for as much money as you can get:  that is business.  Robbery is so much more stupid, since it is satisfied with a single, frequently dangerous profit; whereas in business it can be doubled without danger.  – Octave Mirbeau, Torture Garden

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Karl Slym, President and Managing Director of General Motors India operations, said on 27th May that the partnership with electric car company Reva has ended.

It is worth noting here that General Motors India and Reva entered into a partnership last year to develop electric cars in India, including an electric version of the Chevrolet Spark.

From in.news.yahoo.com:

General Motors has ended a partnership with electric car company Reva, President and Managing Director of India operations Karl Slym said on Thursday.

The announcement follows Indian utility vehicles maker Mahindra & Mahindra’s deal on Wednesday to acquire a 55 percent stake in Reva.

Reva Electric Car Company had entered into an agreement with General Motors India last year to develop electric cars in the country, including an electric version of the Chevrolet Spark.

This move came after the recent acquisition of Reva by Mahindra & Mahindra, a move in which Mahindra & Mahindra acquired a 55 percent stake in Reva.

Tags: acquisition, Chevrolet Spark, General Motors, General Motors India, Mahindra & Mahindra, Reva

WWE’s new U.S. champion, Bret Hart “Hitman”, published a blog on his Facebook page terming the unexpected U.S. Title victory on Monday’s Raw as “one last great moment” for him and his fans.

Bret remarked that he is still in a state of disbelief after being crowned United States Champion for the fifth time.

From PWTorch.com:

The tone of Hart‘s blog suggested what seems obvious that Hart was given a “feel good moment” in Canada and he will be holding the U.S. Title belt only for a short while.

It’s an interesting turn of events. Going back to last week, Hart said on his Facebook page that he didn’t even know he was booked for a U.S. Title match until his son, Blade, told him about the announcement on last week’s Raw.

“I’m truly grateful for this moment to be here in Toronto celebrating one of the craziest weeks of my thousand-year old career,” Hart said. “I can’t wait to tell Kyra (his new granddaughter) that her grandpa just won the United States championship in front of the world with Natalya, David Hart Smith, and Tyson Kidd cheering me on along with the rest of the Air Canada Centre.”

Bret quipped, “I go to sleep tonight believing in my heart that this was one last great little moment for my fans all over the world.”

Tags: blog, Bret Hart, facebook, WWE

Global Marketing Partners, the leading channel marketing and distribution enabler in the United States, today announced its E3 contest.

This contest is all about a search for the “”most innovative video game or video game accessory” at the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).

From marketwatch.com:

The winner of the Global E3 Innovative Game Contest (IGC) will receive guaranteed distribution at a top-tier channel distribution company. Global has partnerships with Ingram, Navarre, Tech Data and other leading worldwide distributors in the videogame industry. The company currently represents more than 100 manufacturers in the technology channel.

The winner of the IGC program will receive guaranteed distribution for its product (which alone is valued at $12,000), as well as an additional $11,000 in a targeted channel marketing campaign to support its launch through the channel. Contest is open to all E3 exhibitors and attendees with an innovative gaming product. Submissions are free, but must be entered no later than June 3, 2010. The top 10 finalists will be announced in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 15, at the exclusive E3 Startup Debut Event (http://www.startupdebut.com) at BottleRock, 1050 South Flower Street, from 6:00 – 9:00 pm. The final winner will be announced on Thursday, June 17. To enter Global Marketing Partners‘ 2010 E3 Innovative Technology Contest, please fill out the form at http://www.globalwrx.com/BIA_Signup.shtml.

The 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, June 15-17.

Tags: channel distribution, channel marketing, marketing

If you have many IRAs (individual retirement arrangements) but want to convert any of them to a Roth, you can get the conversion but you must be ready to pay taxes on the gains for the respective account by including them in the taxable income.

Mark Nash, an accounting expert with PricewaterhouseCoopers, says that a pro-rata rule exists when it comes to calculating how much of the conversion must be included in the taxable income after conversion of a traditional IRA to a Roth.

From USAtoday.com:

Let’s say you have two IRAs, both are worth $10,000. On IRA 1, you have a basis of $5,000 since you contributed $5,000 in after-tax dollars. In IRA 2, you have no basis, as all the contributions were made with untaxed, or pre-tax dollars. If you convert one of the IRAs to a Roth, you must follow these steps:

1. Measure the ratio of the conversion. In this case, you are converting $10,000 of a total IRA value of $20,000, or 50%.

2. Apply ratio to your basis. Multiply 50%, or 0.5, by your basis, to get $2,500.

3. Subtract the pro rata basis from the conversion amount. This would be the Roth conversion of $10,000 minus the pro rata basis of $2,500 from step 2. That means you have income on your Roth conversion of $10,000 minus $2,500 or $7,500.

The possibility of a Roth conversion is expected to offer great relief to middle-class families trying to save hard-earned money.

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Apple, America’s largest music retailer is reportedly under scrutiny over its marketing tactics for its iTunes music store from the Justice Department.

Apple is the biggest name in the world of music sales in the United States and responsible for approximately 70 percent of online music sold in the country.

From Kyw1060.com:

America’s largest music retailer is reportedly under scrutiny from the Justice Department over its marketing tactics for its iTunes music store.

Apple is the biggest player in American music sales, responsible for about 70 percent of online music sold in this country. It’s how it got there that has federal investigators asking questions of its competitors.

The New York Times and CNet, which is owned by CBS, are reporting that antitrust investigators are asking questions about Apple’s alleged refusal to let rival Amazon.com offer exclusive access to some tracks a day before their wide release. A report from Billboard Magazine earlier this spring suggested the Apple would respond by not promoting those tracks on iTunes.

Investigations by the Justice Department are said to be in their early phases.

Tags: Apple, marketing, marketing tactics