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		<title>McDonalds new payment terminal</title>
		<link>http://io81.com/corporate-issues/2011/07/mcdonalds-payment-terminal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Qaiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this in McDonalds Barcelona, i guess for a faster ordering and reduce queue time. If you see it from McDonalds management point of view, they may have calculated that customer average time to order is 3 minutes and by introducing this terminal it drops queue time by a minute maybe. Then multiple this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw this in McDonalds Barcelona, i guess for a faster ordering and reduce queue time. If you see it from McDonalds management point of view, they may have calculated that customer average time to order is 3 minutes and by introducing this terminal it drops queue time by a minute maybe. Then multiple this minute by how many customers they may serve more. Banks do this too, they calculate that queues are a waste of time. It all revolves around more analysis and to reduce cost.</p>
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		<title>Kuwait internet payment providers</title>
		<link>http://io81.com/e-commerce-internet/2011/06/kuwait-internet-payment-providers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Qaiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to the increase of online stores in Kuwait, I thought of sharing info about visa/master card and knet gateway options in Kuwait. This post is about online payment and not in a physical store. Ok knet is simple and can be installed with most banks in Kuwait, as an online payment service.  But to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Due to the increase of online stores in Kuwait, I thought of sharing info about visa/master card and knet gateway options in Kuwait.</p>
<p>This post is about online payment and not in a physical store.</p>
<p>Ok knet is simple and can be installed with most banks in Kuwait, as an online payment service.  But to do so you need a company account. They would charge about 350KD one time fee and no monthly fee. Another charge would be 1% on every transaction.</p>
<p>With Visa/master card you have to pay the same amounts but with a monthly fee of 40KD and a transaction charge of 3%. But not all banks have such a facility online. I know that NBK and Burgan both provide  the service, and I do not recommended Burgan because there service is horrible.</p>
<p><a href="http://io81.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/knet.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1477" title="knet" src="http://io81.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/knet.jpg" alt="" width="146" height="74" /></a></p>
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		<title>The Shredding Truck</title>
		<link>http://io81.com/corporate-issues/2011/06/1467/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Qaiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my friends went to a training course in the states and saw this truck there, came back to me with the idea. I thought it was nice and easy to start and handle but the laws in Kuwait dont really help. You see in the states there are laws that companies must comply [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of my friends went to a training course in the states and saw this truck there, came back to me with the idea. I thought it was nice and easy to start and handle but the laws in Kuwait dont really help. You see in the states there are laws that companies must comply by for document shredding of customers. We do have a 15 year law for documents in Kuwait but when i asked who does the shredding its the poor cleaner who if sez NO to his boss gets fired. The cleaners are supposed to clean only and not shred but most companies in Kuwait for low cost reasons (being a cheap asses) they dont hire anyone else and just make the cleaners do this job too. </p>
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		<title>Show me The money</title>
		<link>http://io81.com/corporate-issues/2011/05/show-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 21:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fezya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I watched documentary talking about business and economy in basic simple language and that&#8217;s the most important thing in documentaries, I believe the best efficiently MSG is the one we get it without any extra boring explanation. We all need money and spend our time, health and more running after it and every one [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I watched documentary talking about business and economy in basic simple language and that&#8217;s the most important thing in documentaries, I believe the best efficiently MSG is the one we get it without any extra boring explanation. </p>
<p>We all need money and spend our time, health and more running after it and every one have his own reasons for example I want money to <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXLCOIcb41Y'>Buy Fancy cars to Attract girls </a>;r anyways money became purpose in our life not a method to make it better so we should at least know more about creating that expensive piece of paper. I&#8217;m gonna make it simple so don&#8217;t worry readers who hates economic language- derivative <img src='http://io81.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  &#8221; In a world that 34,000 children die every single day from poverty &#8220;Thanks god we have Oil&#8221; wela chan ma7ad fakar eysawy rejeem&#8221; and preventable diseases, in a world 50% of population lives on less than two dollars a day let us see how hard creating money is, well if united state government for example decides that it needs some money it give the federal reserve &#8220;US Central Bank&#8221; a call and request the amount &#8220;say 20 Billions&#8221; the federal reserve reply sure we will buy 20 Billions in government bonds for you and then the government takes some pieces of papers put special design on them and call them treasury bonds then they put value on this bonds to the sum of 20 Billions and sends them over to the federal reserve to make the trade :</p>
<p> &#8221; Government ==Bonds==&gt; Federal reserve&#8221;  &#8221; Fed ==20 Billions==&gt; Government Bank Account&#8221;</p>
<p>at this point paper notes become legally money that&#8217;s mean adding 20 billions to the US Money Supply and there it is 20 Billions New Money Have been created.</p>
<p>In another way the government signed loan contract with the federal reserve &#8220;Central Bank&#8221; in other word the money created out of debt . hehehe <img src='http://io81.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>My article ends here but I&#8217;ll give you more as a bonus only if you really want to know how world largest economy money supply expand :</p>
<p>When 20 B  deposit in U.S government bank account it will become part of the bank reserve and 10% of the amount &#8221; which is 2 Billions&#8221; will be held as required reserve and the 90% of the amount &#8220;18 Billions&#8221; gonna be Excessive reserve and will be used as bases for new loans so what they do when they make loans is to accept promissory notes &#8220;Loan contract&#8221; in exchange for credits &#8220;Money&#8221; to the borrowers transaction accounts. In other word we will always create money out of nothing simply because there is a loan demand and there is deposits that satisfy the reserve requirement . </p>
<p>Technically the average mathematical result is 180 Billions Dollars can be created from 20 Billions in other word 9 × Any Deposit amount can be created out of thin air and that&#8217;s because of  our perfect deposit money creation/loan cycle System ;O</p>
<p>the question is what give the newly created money value ? Answer : the money that already exist, the new money steal value from the existing money supply and decrease the purchasing power of dollar then price of goods and services rise &#8220;that&#8217;s what we call Inflation&#8221; . Our system cause Inflation, $1 IN 1913 Required $21.60 IN 2007 to match value !! hehehe ;] that&#8217;s 96% Devaluation in 94 years since the federal reserve came into existence .<br />
in our financial system money is debt and debt is money .<br />
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The more money there is the more debt there is</p>
<p>&#8220;If there were no debts in our money system, there wouldn&#8217;t be any money&#8221; Marriner Eccles &#8211; Governor of the federal reserve Sept 30th 1941 . ! ;] </p>
<p>The story behind the title : show me the money is a cheat word for an old strategy game I used to play it and when I write show me the money in the game I get a lot of money out of nothing! but I couldn&#8217;t imagine that some one can use it in real life !! <img src='http://io81.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
<p>PS : The more I know about business and economy the more I care about health and happiness . </p>
<p> Sources : <a href='http://lisgi1.engr.ccny.cuny.edu/~makse/Modern_Money_Mechanics.pdf'>Modern Money Mechanics </a> </p>
<p>It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society J-KRISHNAMURTI </p>
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		<title>Zain great idea!!</title>
		<link>http://io81.com/corporate-issues/2011/05/zain-great-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 05:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Qaiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A friend sent me the address below: Zaingreatidea.com. I was excited when I saw it first but then kept on reading and found out that this “great campaign” provides nothing beneficial. Let me explain, if Kuwait Small Projects Company is a sponsor then they sure are providing the funding and all due diligence that comes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> A friend sent me the address below: <a href="http://www.zaingreatidea.com" target="_blank">Zaingreatidea.com</a>. I was excited when I saw it first but then kept on reading and found out that this “great campaign” provides nothing beneficial.</p>
<p>Let me explain, if Kuwait Small Projects Company is a sponsor then they sure are providing the funding and all due diligence that comes with it to make sure the project presented is feasible. So why apply on Zaingreatidea.com just go to Kuwait Small Projects Company directly? But no! Zain the largest telecom operator in the GCC region and North Africa will provide a one year cubicle rental space! and professional advice too. The other thing that people don’t know is that the due diligence at Kuwait Small Projects Company cost 5000KD which you have to pay as an entrepreneur. Is Zain gona pay this? That’s a huge sum even though you have to pay the 15% of the newly established company you want to setup. We need more info about this campaign, its unclear!</p>
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		<title>Food</title>
		<link>http://io81.com/corporate-issues/2011/04/food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fezya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[===================================================== I used to buy Turkey Breast from Sultan Center &#8220;Ashwa 3adat salema&#8221; and now after showing the names of companies that are selling rotten food in our country I feel safer to buy from them again because everybody know that Sultan center involved with rotten food so sultan will do the best to go [...]]]></description>
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I used to buy Turkey Breast from Sultan Center &#8220;Ashwa 3adat salema&#8221; and now after showing the names of companies that are selling rotten food in our country I feel safer to buy from them again because everybody know that Sultan center involved with rotten food so sultan will do the best to go back to the right track to gain customers trust again that&#8217;s why in my opinion they wont take the risk and continue selling rotten food bel 3araby &#8220;el motaham ra7 eysawy kel el ashya ely etwakher asabe3 el etehaam 3ana&#8221; . Now the story is Turkey Breast price increased 22% in one week !! is it because now its fresh and good? ha 3amo sultan??:P hehe well if you buy the same food every month or week you will notice the price and I think 22% is not a small tiny profit . &#8220;Yasqo6 Al 7etaan&#8221;  </p>
<p>About Rotten food I always wonder how come KFC &#8220;Sero lazeez&#8221; didn&#8217;t close yet ?! ma a3aref a7ad ma tesamam mena!! KFC is the meaning of Rotten food/oil/kitchen then why KFC still surviving ?! one of my friends said that KFC profits exceed other fast food chains here In Kuwait such as burger King And McDonald&#8217;s!! &#8220;this Information from some one work in the same field&#8221; he told me they actually making profits from the expat they always make special offers specially in the gulf road branch &#8220;sheghel ghada&#8217;a 7ata el eshba3 o feraaakh fa eyhasteron&#8221; J/K kelesh wala our Egyptian brothers <img src='http://io81.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  . I&#8217;ve got another information but I&#8217;m not sure about it  that expat get special discount price in unofficial way. Now I wont ask again why KFC didn&#8217;t close yet! ser el khal6a 6ela3 bel 3arag ely ey6ee7 3ala el bo6a6 :r </p>
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		<title>Your home, a billboard</title>
		<link>http://io81.com/corporate-issues/2011/04/home-billboard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Qaiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thats a crazy idea, people in the states I guess are now working with a company to get their homes branded for exchange in mortgage payments. Wow how desperate people can get to cover their living expenses. http://www.adzookie.com/paintmyhouse.php   (Beware paragraph  below requires thinking:p) There is a thing i always wanted to discuss but am [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thats a crazy idea, people in the states I guess are now working with a company to get their homes branded for exchange in mortgage payments. Wow how desperate people can get to cover their living expenses.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.adzookie.com/paintmyhouse.php">http://www.adzookie.com/paintmyhouse.php</a></p>
<p> <a href="http://io81.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/AdzookiePaintHouse.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1289" title="AdzookiePaintHouse" src="http://io81.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/AdzookiePaintHouse-300x188.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="188" /></a></p>
<p>(Beware paragraph  below requires thinking:p)</p>
<p>There is a thing i always wanted to discuss but am worried it may bore you, I’ll give it a try. If the only thing we hear about from strong world countries is &#8220;economic growth&#8221; and how they push for the economy to grow and open markets, but at the same time, your expenses grow and prices grow even higher (hence the emergence of budget business), so why grow then!? When looking at the numbers things make more sense: annual average growth of salaries is about 5.6% in a year in Kuwait (i think this number is from bayt.com not sure thou) and every other products increases its prices by 20% average, then you do the math. We are always 15% on average short. I say this because in 2003 when i had a store in salmiya, i use to walk to Kurdu shawerma place to have dinner, and i remember paying 350 fils for a shawerma, and at that time we use to argue that the price is higher  than the usual 250 at that time was because he had a better shawerma or meat. But today he sells his shawerma for 650fils and its still the same meat from 2003!, thats about 80% increase. Now multiply my thought to Hienz Ketchup, starucks latte, corn flakes etc etc then you can feel the difference in your pocket.</p>
<p>Is this what some call economic growth? in Dubai i was chatting with tech person in a hospital (MRI operator) and i asked him, so how is Dubai, is business or jobs better here? He does not agree at all. It’s getting expensive by the day, and he said something weird. There are no more public beaches in Dubai like before, mostly everything is private property. Another thing is how many Kuwaitis where not in debt in 2001 and how now all are in debt in 2011. This is also the same with the states too, in 1980  most American saved or had saving accounts, now 2011 its all about who has the credit card or loan with a lower interest rate.</p>
<p>Maybe economic growth is not related to happiness, it seems the more the economy grows the less happy we are.  Google: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness" target="_blank">Gross national happiness </a>instead of Gross national product.<span id="_marker"> </span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.adzookie.com/paintmyhouse.php"></a></p>
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		<title>Digumz and Google maps</title>
		<link>http://io81.com/startups/2011/04/digumz-google-maps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Qaiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Am very fond of Google and how amazing their services are, i used many of them like advertising and Google maps to find my way when in the states. So a friend of mine told me that i should add Digumz on Google maps and so i did. So now when you open google maps [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Am very fond of Google and how amazing their services are, i used many of them like advertising and Google maps to find my way when in the states. So a friend of mine told me that i should add Digumz on Google maps and so i did. So now when you open google maps , Kuwait map opens up based on your IP i guess. I followed the instructions on adding a business on the map, and it started to ask me questions like, what time the store opens, upload photos, more information you would like to show to your customers etc etc, so when done and all happy i have submitted my request and then i was surprised that they need to confirm that am the owner of the store, and so they will call the store for providing a pin code. Here i was disappointed because i was home when adding the Digumz store info, but within seconds of submitting the info, my mobile rang! picked up the phone and here comes an automated voice providing me with a pin code!! my mobile was not in the info i submitted. I went crazy, i said man! Google are really good, how the hell did they get my mobile number, but then again they are Google.com so they know everything, moo!</p>
<p>After showing off to my partner how i added Digumz to Google maps, and how they got my mobile number, he said with a strait face: Qaiss, the Digumz store phone is on call forwarding to your mobile:p  Small or large a business is, politics is always there:)</p>
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<p>give it a try, write Digumz on Google maps.</p>
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		<title>Wataniya Airlines loss</title>
		<link>http://io81.com/startups/2011/03/wataniya-airlines-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 05:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Qaiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its sad to see a new venture like wataniya airlines close down after a 2 years in business, but what i really would like to see from such sad news is how can we benefit from wataniya experience. I personally have questions about what was its target market and maybe its model did not work, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its sad to see a new venture like wataniya airlines close down after a 2 years in business, but what i really would like to see from such sad news is how can we benefit from wataniya experience.</p>
<p>I personally have questions about what was its target market and maybe its model did not work, i truly believed going against Kuwait airways and having an advantage with a new terminal would give them edge. Another thing that am thinking about why didn&#8217;t jazzera airlines buy it out, because buying wataniya would give them more planes and a free terminal for themselves.</p>
<p>The loss of wataniya airlines must be done in case a study for business students around Kuwait to learn how to target markets and how to build these models around them. I was so impressed with the airlines that i made my mom buy shares:(</p>
<p>Thats another thing we need to know what happens to the shares because i guess for every share i made my mom buy i may get an exchange of &#8220;en3al&#8221; .</p>
<p><a href="http://io81.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/w.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1258" title="w" src="http://io81.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/w.jpg" alt="" width="297" height="299" /></a></p>
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		<title>NBK site crashes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Qaiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seem like National bank of Kuwait NBK site crashed due to the heavy load of customers try to see if they got the amiri grant got deposited. Well that anticipation of customer traffic should have been predicted early that these coming days will have huge traffic on the bank sites.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seem like National bank of Kuwait NBK site crashed due to the heavy load of customers try to see if they got the amiri grant got deposited. Well that anticipation of customer traffic should have been predicted early that these coming days will have huge traffic on the bank sites.</p>
<p><a href="http://io81.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/nbk1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1201" title="nbk" src="http://io81.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/nbk1.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="421" /></a></p>
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