A business opportunity, or biz-opp, involves the sale or lease of any product, service, equipment, etc. that will enable the purchaser-licensee to begin a business. The licensor or seller of a business opportunity usually declares that it will secure or assist the buyer in finding a suitable location or provide the product to the purchaser-licensee. This is different from the sale of an independent business, in which there is no continued relationship required by the seller.

Examples of biz-opps classified advertisements are:

• $3500 Weekly! Work From Home!
• Real Results Now! $360k 1st Year! No Gimmicks!
• $$ Make $1000+ per week... EVERY WEEK! $$
• Hottest Opportunity Ever (Numbers don't lie)!!
• Get 96 sites for $7,795. Then Retire! Call 1-800-XXX-XXXX.
• Many People Earn $36,000/year in Income, But . . . Very Few Earn $30,000/year working only five-six hours per week.

The use of a toll-free telephone number makes it difficult for customers to immediately identify the company's geographical location. Moreover, a company can own many 1-800 numbers, using a different one for each area in which it advertises. In the event of consumer complaints, this thwarts investigators from recognizing the connection between biz-ops listings in various newspapers.

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BBC News | Business | World Edition

US shares slide over Dubai fears
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:38:44 -0000
Worries about Dubai's debt problems spill over into a second day of trading, leading to more uncertainty on the markets.
Euro train booking system shelved
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:16:14 -0000
Plans for a system that would have made it simpler to book tickets for rail travel across Europe are shelved.
UK recession 'worse than estimated'
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:46:02 -0000
UK Chancellor Alistair Darling is expected to say the economy performed worse in 2009 than he originally predicted.

NYT > Business

Dubai Debt Troubles Push Down Stocks in U.S. and Asia
By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ and BETTINA WASSENER Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:02:43 -0000
Wall Street traders scrambled to play catch-up after sharp downturns in Asian and European markets over the Thanksgiving holiday.
After Kazakhstan Bank’s Fall, Ex-Chairman Is Pursued
By LANDON THOMAS Jr. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:45:19 -0000
Several of the world’s largest banks funneled more than $10 billion in loans to Bank Turalem of Kazakhstan, but many of these loans have failed, forcing steep write-offs.
Russia and France Sign Auto and Energy Deals
By MATTHEW SALTMARSH and ANDREW E. KRAMER Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:27:20 -0000
The agreements came at a meeting that Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin described as “breakthrough” as far as economic ties between the two countries.

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