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The future of marketing has an important place in social media. The consumers benefit from having such an intricate society of networks talking and sharing information. People can now share their own testimonials about products and services, while backing or demeaning a service or store.

The Made In America Store offers consumers a place to see new products that are being introduced, converse about the 100% American manufactured items and help potential vendors to pitch their products. It also gives the Made In America Store a place to read complaints and problems about the store or customer service.

Social media puts the consumers in charge of the market. Instead of stores introducing products that customers just wouldn’t be interested in, people can talk about what they’d like to see or what changes need to be made to a product line up. Both the consumer and the store benefits through this network.

The internet also offers a further reach when it comes to getting the message out. Companies now have an outlet to reach new potential customers.

Twitter, Google+ and Facebook allow users to contribute ideas in a social manner for all the public to see. Consumers can chat with other people about products or even review the Made In America Store’s product lineup. Also it gives the store a chance to post new items and let it’s followers know what events the Made In America Store is hosting.

FourSquare allows followers to digitally “check in” with their smartphones to where they are. Businesses can also reward consumers who visit the store with special coupons based on how many times they visit or how much they spend.

Pinterest gives the Made In America Store a chance to show their story through a series of pictures and articles. Pinterest let’s users be a little more creative than with Facebook or Twitter.

The Made In America store also offers special deals and coupons through a lot of their Social Media websites. Right now through FourSquare you can receive a 5% discount coupon for visiting the store three times in the month of February.

The Made In America Store offers consumers a 100% American made guarantee on all their products.

You can follow the Made In America Store on such social networks as Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, Tumblr and FourSquare!

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Dan Andol
Made In America Store
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Article source: http://news.yahoo.com/made-america-store-launches-social-media-websites-080406965.html

BISMARCK, N.D., Feb 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
MDU Resources Group, Inc.


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through its wholly owned
subsidiary, WBI Holdings, Inc. (WBI) and Calumet Refining, LLC, an
entity owned by the existing owners of the general partner of Calumet
Specialty Products Partners, L.P.


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(“Calumet”)
today announced they have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to
explore the feasibility of jointly building and operating a 20,000
barrel per day diesel refinery in southwestern North Dakota. The
facility would process Bakken crude and market the diesel within the
Bakken region.

Site selection, permitting, crude oil feed procurement, marketing and
engineering studies are currently underway. Upon successful completion
of the project, Calumet Refining, LLC expects to contribute its interest
in the joint venture to Calumet in exchange for cash and/or partnership
interests.

“This project will capitalize on the capabilities and expertise of two
strong companies to develop a facility that will serve demand for diesel
by agriculture and industry in the rapidly developing Bakken play,”
said Terry D. Hildestad, president and chief executive officer of MDU
Resources. “We believe this joint venture will add value to
Bakken crude. It will provide value to southwestern North Dakota
communities by providing steady, good-paying, long-term jobs and through
the two companies’ longstanding commitment to the communities in which
they operate and serve.”

“We are excited that the owners of our general partner are partnering
with MDU Resources and WBI to explore refining opportunities in the
Bakken,” said Jennifer G. Straumins, president and chief
operating officer of Calumet’s general partner. “We believe that our
refining capabilities and their operating experience in the Bakken would
be a strong combination. Both companies provide operational expertise
and capability vital to the success of a large industrial project
similar to this planned facility.”

Hildestad said the project exemplifies the potential that exists for all
of the major subsidiary companies within MDU Resources to participate in
a value-added project in the Bakken region and elsewhere.

“Bakken crude is expected to be sourced, in part, by our oil and natural
gas production company, Fidelity,” he said. “There may be opportunities
for the facility’s natural gas and electric generation needs to be
provided by Montana-Dakota Utilities. The company’s construction
companies are also capable of providing materials and services required
to build the facility.”

MDU Resources Group, Inc., a member of the SP MidCap 400 index,
provides value-added natural resource products and related services that
are essential to energy and transportation infrastructure, including
regulated utilities and pipelines, exploration and production, and
construction materials and services companies. For more information
about MDU Resources, see the company’s website at
www.mdu.com
or contact the Investor Relations Department at investor@mduresources.com.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. is a master limited
partnership and is a leading independent producer of high-quality,
specialty hydrocarbon products in North America. Calumet Specialty
Products Partners, L.P. processes crude oil and other feedstocks into
customized lubricating oils, solvents and waxes used in consumer,
industrial and automotive products. Calumet also produces fuel products
including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Calumet Specialty Products
Partners, L.P. is based in Indianapolis, Indiana and has eight
facilities located in northwest Louisiana, northwest Wisconsin, western
Pennsylvania, southeastern Texas and eastern Missouri.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters
discussed in this release are forward-looking statements that involve
certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from results anticipated in the forward-looking
statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things,
the ability of the parties to consummate the transaction; the future
performance of developed assets or businesses; possible drop-down of any
assets; and any other statements about future expectations, beliefs,
goals, plans or prospects constitute forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any
statements that are not statements of historical fact (including
statements containing the words “believes,” “plans,” “anticipates,”
“expects,” “estimates” and similar expressions) should also be
considered to be forward-looking statements. There are a number of
important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements,
including: the ability to consummate the proposed transaction; the
ability to obtain the requisite regulatory, board and conflicts
committee approvals and the satisfaction of other conditions to
consummation of the transaction.

SOURCE: MDU Resources Group

        MDU Resources Group Contacts:
        Financial:
        Phyllis A. Rittenbach, director - investor relations, 701-530-1057
        or
        Media:
        Rick Matteson, director of communications and public affairs, 701-530-1700
        or
        Calumet Specialty Products Partners Contact:
        Jennifer Straumins, president and chief operating officer, 317-328-5660
        jennifer.straumins@calumetspecialty.com

Copyright Business Wire 2012

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Apple appears to be retaliating against The New York Times for its excellent series of articles on Apple’s manufacturing practices.

Those articles, which, among other things, explained why Apple has moved its manufacturing overseas and why no companies build high-tech gadgets in the U.S. anymore, increased the scrutiny of how Apple makes iPhones and iPads.

The articles also unearthed details that Apple presumably did not want emphasized—including how hard the people who make iPhones and iPads work and how little money they make, as well as how many Americans have been left jobless by the industry’s move overseas.

Apple has since responded to these stories and others by beefing up its monitoring of its supply chain and defending its decision to build products in China. And sophisticated New York Times readers at least now understand precisely why Apple builds products in China—and why it has no choice to but to do so. (This trend is not Apple’s fault, and it is not incumbent upon Apple to fix America’s problems.)

But instead of thanking The New York Times for focusing attention on this important issue, Apple is apparently retaliating against it. At least the New York Times thinks it is.

“Thank you, sir. May we have another?”

In the past week, Apple’s famously aggressive PR team gave the Wall Street Journal an exclusive interview with CEO Tim Cook—an interview that produced an important scoop about how Apple is effectively merging the app functionality of its iPhone and Mac operating systems.

And what did The New York Times get?

Squat.*

Erik Wemple of The Washington Post spoke to a source at The New York Times who offered the paper’s theory for the snub:

“They are playing access journalism … I’ve heard it from people inside Apple: They said, ‘look, you guys are going to get less access based on the iEconomy series.’”

Sour grapes?

Perhaps.

But also probably the truth.

This, of course, is exactly the way the traditional mainstream media game is played. If you want to be fed “scoops” and given “exclusive interviews,” you have to toe a company’s line. And no company plays this game harder and more effectively than Apple, which is so popular with readers that it can bless a no-name journalist or publication with star status overnight.

Based on our experience and others, Apple’s PR team does everything it can to hand out favors to journalists who write articles that it approves of and punish those who don’t. This attempted manipulation consists of a variety of standard carrot and stick techniques, most of which are used to some extent by other companies as well. 

The carrots include invitations to Apple’s famous product launch events, flattery, and “exclusive” access to some of Apple’s executives. The sticks include launch-event snubs, guilt trips, and the silent treatment.

So it would certainly be no surprise to us if The New York Times is now serving some time in Apple’s penalty box.

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* The NYT’s gadget guru, David Pogue, did get a sneak-preview review copy of Apple’s new operating system for a week, which is another favor Apple PR gives to approved journalists.* It would have been self-defeating for Apple PR to snub Pogue, who has his own following and who generally writes breathless reviews of Apple products. So Apple’s retaliation, in other words, appears to be cleverly subtle. Did we mention that Apple’s PR team is really good at this game?

*UPDATE: This post originally said that David Pogue, the NYT’s gadget reviewer, did not appear to have gotten the same access to Apple’s marketing team as other reviewers did. Pogue has now said that he did get the same access to Phil Schiller as Gruber and other reviewers. So the “penalty box” for the NYT, if any, appears to be confined to access to Tim Cook. (This, too, would be shrewd on Apple’s part.)

Article source: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-retaliates-against-new-york-times-2012-2?utm_source=mostcommented&utm_medium=rightrail&utm_term=&utm_content=4&utm_campaign=recirc

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Victorian novelist and playwright George Bernard Shaw said “if all economists were laid end-to-end, they would not reach a conclusion.” Although this comment was made just under a century ago, it seems appropriate now more than ever in the light of the perpetual Greek bailout talks. However, the one-step-forward-two-steps-back strategy of the Greek government may finally be over this week due to ever increasing signs of a final approval due today. On Saturday the Greek cabinet approved a final set of austerity measures requested by the EU and IMF, and following a pre-meeting Eurogroup conference call on Sunday; many market participants are looking forward with optimism to any key announcements made following today’s EU Finance Ministers’ meeting. This optimism was evident in the close last week, with the SP 500 approaching its highest level since May last year and the DJIA posting its highest close in almost four years.

This leaves a few possibilities for Greece. The country could secure the second bailout and avoid a chaotic, messy default with a permanent Troika presence in Athens overseeing the government’s every move, including full commitment to austerity.

A second option is Greece remains tantalisingly close to securing a bailout but the restructuring talks do not quite succeed. The Troika may then act mercifully and cover the EUR 14.5bln debt repayment costs on March 20th but lose face, credibility and future bargaining power in the process, although crucially avoiding a Greek default. 

The final option is debt restructuring talks collapse; the Troika withdraw all offers of support and Greece face default in a month’s time with hopes of a steady European recovery cast into shadow. 

The focus for investors however may not solely lay on the Greek outcome. Bondholders will also be looking towards Portugal, Ireland and even Spain and Italy to decide for themselves if Greece really is a one-off and an exception to the rules. Many prominent fixed-income analysts have said the most important aspect for policy-makers at the moment is not preventing default in Greece, but reassuring markets that they will not go through this laborious process time and again in the weaker European economies. 

Energy markets may experience volatility this week following reports from the Iranian oil ministry, announcing that Tehran will cut the sale of crude to British and French companies. Many have noted that this would be a symbolic move at best, as many French and British companies have already, or are in the process of halting the purchase of these exports. However we may still observe price fluctuations as the nation becomes one step closer to cutting exports to other European economies that are yet to find replacement suppliers, including Spain, Italy and fragile Greece. 

In global news, China has responded to market demands and lowered its RRR by 50 basis points, in an effort to boost liquidity and ensure a soft landing for the Asian economy. Although there is no significant Chinese data this week, this change may be reflected in data releases once the effect has trickled through. 

Other risk events this week include the release of the BoE minutes for their February meeting, wherein the central bank kept the base rate on hold but expanded the total amount of QE by GBP 50bln. This release will show the MPC’s reasoning behind these decisions. We are unlikely to see anything in the way of new forecasts or predictions for the UK economy as the BoE released its quarterly inflation report last week, predicting a steady decline in inflation and a mild economic recovery beginning in the second half of this year. 

Article source: http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/columns/ransquawk/8393/week-in-focus-report-including-china-has-responded-to-market-demands-and-lowered-its-rrr-by-50-basis-points-8393.html

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