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Martin, the co-founder of Gratis Internet, said concerns about the site being a pyramid scheme were unfounded...
...It’s a pyramid marketing scheme and some of the online offers are much more fraudulent than others,” said Rachel A. Culley ’07, who started the process two months ago and just recently received her ipod...
...would comment, entranced with the inspirational story of Nelly Furtado’s Portuguese-English “Força,” in which a boy loses a ball on a perch high up on a building and passers-by form a human pyramid to help him reach the ball. I thought it was sappy...
...cornerstone of public networks like LinkedIn, which operates much as Friendster does; most people join by invitation, in turn inviting their friends (and so on). The personal information of everyone but your direct contact remains hidden. Todd Defren of SHIFT Communications, a p.r. firm, has used this social pyramid to close $200,000 worth of new business. Instead of the usual 3% response rate he gets from direct-marketing calls, Defren has elicited a beefy 50% rate courtesy of LinkedIn's referenced referrals. But Defren is careful not to ask for too many favors. "You're limited by your...
...dryer, Andean conditions. Today, Malbecs like Catena's, from $10 to $50, score high with U.S. critics for their exuberant, fruity and floral styles. "We're aiming for the 25-to-40-year-old market," says Catena in his state-of-the-art winery, built like a Maya pyramid. "It's more aligned with the New World trend." Helped by the Argentine peso's 2001 devaluation, Catena now exports 85% of its wine, half of that to the U.S., and its once negligible exports are nearing $10 million...