Troll Assault! Presented By Teksavvy!

http://torrentfreak.com/canadian-isp-prepares-for-unprecedented-bittorrent-troll-assault-121211/

Downloading information and applications that you must pay for online is ILLEGAL. Recently  in the U.S, Internet providers have enforced stopping these activities by looking at the history of their clients and suing them for alleged copyright infringements. If you are one of these people that download illegally, brace yourselves because Canada's Internet provider Teksavvy is doing the same. Many people download and watch movies, films and do other illegal activities online but most people think that it is fine as a result of continuing these actions for a long time. So you may be wondering who is behind all of these actions, it is none other than the government, they have been hearing thousands of complaints from the companies that are being impacted by these actions. The most impacted businesses are the music and film industries, many people download their songs and movies for free as opposed to buying them.

International Business relates to this because money is an important source for businesses to continue. With downloading for free huge companies such as Paramount and Disney have lost so much profit that could help them become better. It is a shame that most people do this thing all the time but come on, who hasn't downloaded or watched something online illegally even for once? In your opinion is keeping track of our history a good or bad thing?

Online vs Stores (Cyber Monday)

http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Saskatchewan/ID/2309737729/

Could Cyber Monday replace shopping in real life for a day? The video by CBC talks about the benefits of shopping online throughout the year and for one day in particular, yes you guessed it, Cyber Monday! Cyber Monday occurs after Black Friday and Thanksgiving where people are able to find good deals on cheap items through online shopping. In the video, Amanda talks about how she benefits from shopping online, stores that are not available in Saskatchewan allow customers to buy their items through online shopping. Cyber Monday is a day for people to get a good deal on items online without having to travel and leave their homes. Don't worry, if you love going to stores and malls, online shopping does not compare with shopping in real life therefore items can still be purchased in real life.

International Business is shown through this video. In the previous chapter we have discussed exporting and importing. By buying stuff online we are buying imported goods from other countries. Companies create holidays such as these in order to gain more money since they are able to sell their old items in order to have room for newer items.  Profit increases and less labour is needed, by selling items such as clothes, they basically earn the same amount because they do not need to pay people to operate a store like forever 21. What type of shopping do you prefer, online or real life?

Alberta Oil finally shipped to Eastern Canada...!?

EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/11/17/ns-oil-alberta-atlantic.html

At last, Canada's East Coast may not have to depend on the Middle East for most of it's oils. A Liberal MP from Nova Scotia recently, visited the oil sands in Alberta. The Liberal MP stated that accessing oil from foreign markets have presented difficulties. After seeing the abundance of oil in Alberta has given hope to the Eastern provinces of Canada. Not everyone believes that bringing oil to the East is a good idea, Halifax West MP Geoff Regan says there are environmental concerns involved with the export of oil to produce usable oil through pipes which would be shipped to Eastern provinces in Canada. Although there are many environmental concerns in Canada, the company officials do not expect environmental push backs on this idea due to the fact that it would greatly increase the economy.

So you may be wondering how this article relates to the International Business, this is related because Canada would start to produce and ship the oil within Canada instead of sending  it off to other countries. This will create more job opportunities and advancement in technology, in order to manufacture the oil and ship it to the Eastern parts of Canada. Canada's economy will grow and our dependence on other countries for oil will greatly decrease, especially with the Middle East where they depend on oil for trade and their government is corrupt. During the previous chapter we discussed about the abundance of these oil sands, would these oil sands last us until newer and cleaner energy are invented. In my opinion we should start using newer, cleaner and more efficient types of energy as opposed to depending on old forms of technology. In your opinion would you like to keep using old types of energy as opposed to newer and cleaner ones?

Cleaner energy!

Apple faces trouble in the world market

Though Apple may have made a lot of money on their iPhones, there are many problems they face. Apple's sales for the iPad has turned out to be surprisingly low, 14 million units have only been sold as opposed to 26.9 units sold for their iPhones. Research by the research firm Strategy Analytics states that 41% of the global shipments for tablets came from Google's Android operating systems (29% the previous year). Apple's iPad global exports throughout the world has dropped from 64% to 57%, so does this mean that Apple needs to step up it's game in order to increase its profits?

With all of the new competitions that Apple must face, the prices for previous models of their gadgets have been reduced whenever a new model comes out. With the reduction of the prices for these items, Apple has lost a lot of profit, their gross margin during the fourth quarter 40% down compared to previous years. In class we talked about the supply and demand of items, when the demand for the item is high but the quantity for that item is low the price increases but when the demand is low, the price is decreased. Apple shows this because the demand for the lower generations of their models are low therefore the price of these items decrease.

Don't worry Apple lovers, this competition won't harm you, in fact it is great because Apple must step up their game in order to attract money.... I mean your business. With that my opinion of Apple in the world of business is simply that they are currently one of the biggest technology based businesses and are one of the most popular.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/apples-dominance-challenged/article4662062/

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