Consorteum Holdings Inc., a financial transaction solution provider, clearly believes it has the right people, with the right skills, along with more flexible access to the best technologies. In addition, it has extensive relationships within the payments and transaction industry. For all these reasons, the company sees itself as offering customers the best possible solutions when it comes to financial transaction processing.

Consorteum likes to identify new business opportunities, along with the supporting technologies, to help their clients always be on the leading edge. Their goal is to assist clients in:

• Entering new markets • Increasing revenues in existing markets • Improving operational performance • Delivering unique products/services more efficiently

Consorteum is not tied to any one technological approach, and is able to collaborate with the best providers to fit a given need. Moreover, the company believes strongly in long-term contracts and relationships, linking itself closely

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Consorteum Holdings Inc. provides financial services, payment and transaction processing services to firms in both the public and private sector. The company’s business strategy is to build on their expertise within the payments and transaction industry in North America, Europe and elsewhere.

The company first identifies new business opportunities and technology trends for their clients and then they develop customized solutions for their clients to meet the challenges of the fast-changing global marketplace. Consorteum is especially focused on helping their clients in several areas including: to deliver unique products and services more effectively and efficiently, improve operational performance and therefore increase revenues in existing markets, and also to enter new markets.

What distinguishes Consorteum in the marketplace is their demonstrated capability to provide clients with the right solutions. The company’s extensive relationships within the payment and transaction industries along with other world-leading companies

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eDoorways Corp. envisions itself as a revolutionary web-based consumer problem solving gateway. The company’s goal is to completely change the way that consumers and both on-line and off-line businesses find each other by matching consumer needs with businesses that offer the best possible solutions.

Chairman and CEO of eDoorways, Gary Kimmons, recently described the company’s business revenue model in a nutshell, “eDoorways will provide a host of attractive free services and features to users that will organically build our platform and provide myriad revenue opportunities.”

When the company’s SOLVE doorway is launched October 1st, consumers will have free access to real-time problem solving and be able to garner competitive information from service providers that bid for their business. These users can also generate communities of like-minded consumers for the purpose of the open exchange of information.

Business owners will also receive free services, including

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The Milken Institute recently hosted a conference exploring the current crisis in the credit markets and a host of possible solutions to solve it. A summary of the discussion is provided in the paragraphs below, with the video clip at the end.

“David Malpass of Encima Global opened with a basic rundown of the importance of credit as the underpinning of any healthy economy, stressing the importance of proper valuations and accurate ratings. Without well-functioning credit markets and proper credit allocation, he warned, expansion will be limited.

“According to James Walker of Fir Tree Partners, the core of the crisis came from off-balance-sheet securitizations in mortgages; cars and credit cards; and securitization of securitization (i.e. CDOs). This securitization phenomenon was driven over the past 15 years by a combination of financial institutions, investment management firms and rating agencies with little skin in the

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For a company that hasn’t even formally launched yet, eDoorways Corporation (EDWY.PK) has caused more buzz than most companies in recent memory. And there’s a good reason for that. The company has brought together some of the best creative talent in the online field, with the goal of completely changing the way consumers and businesses find each other.

eDoorways is being designed as a revolutionary web-based consumer problem solving gateway, combining the best groundbreaking ideas and technologies from the online world to create a totally different user experience. eDoorways sees itself as the ultimate business-to-consumer and business-to-business marketplace, representing both online and offline businesses, providing every resource available to match consumer needs with the best possible solutions. It will be part social network, directory, advanced search engine, professional network, encyclopedia, and rating service.

Although many companies seek to serve consumers, this will be

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Pakistan said Friday that it would seek $4 billion in financial assistance, mostly from the World Bank, the Financial Times reported. Pakistan, a nuclear power and neighbor to Afghanistan, is on the verge of bankruptcy and if it does not receive the assistance it requires, the economy could collapse resulting in political upheaval and social unrest.

Pakistan has been wracked by inflation, currently running at 25% and its foreign reserves are dwindling. The nation’s currency, the rupee, last week sank to a new low of 84.4 to the dollar and has tumbled more than 33% against the greenback this year. Pakistan’s foreign currency reserves have shrunk to about $4.5 billion, or just six weeks worth of imports, the FT reported.

Unchecked political spending and poorly designed tax codes have also contributed to the nation’s economic shortfall. Less than 1% of Pakistan’s population of 164 million pays income taxes.

At least $2 billion

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Consumer Price InflationThe annual rate of increase in Latvian consumer prices was 15.7% in August 2008. Month on month the situation did imporve slightly, since prices decreased by 0.4% when compared with July. The average price of goods decreased by 0.9%, but the price of services continued to increase, and were up by 0.7%. Prices of vegetables and fuel fell, but the price of clothing, catering and rent were all up. Thus while the trend is for annual inflation to moderate, the news is far from unambiguous, with widespread secondary price shocks continuing to make their impact felt.

Food prices were down - by 2.2% - but this was mainly influenced by seasonal decreases in the price of fruit and vegetables and fruit. Bread, dairy products and cheese prices also fell. Fuel prices were down by 4.3%,

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by Edward Hugh: BarcelonaConsumer Price InflationThe annual rate of increase in Latvian consumer prices was 15.7% in August 2008. Month on month the situation did imporve slightly, since prices decreased by 0.4% when compared with July. The average price of goods decreased by 0.9%, but the price of services continued to increase, and were up by 0.7%. Prices of vegetables and fuel fell, but the price of clothing, catering and rent were all up. Thus while the trend is for annual inflation to moderate, the news is far from unambiguous, with widespread secondary price shocks continuing to make their impact felt.

Food prices were down - by 2.2% - but this was mainly influenced by seasonal decreases in the price of fruit and vegetables and fruit. Bread, dairy products and cheese prices also fell. Fuel prices were

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