Entries for June 2007

With the strength and expansion of the Brazilian economy on track to hit the 4.5% target for the year, Halpern Info Services joins with RB International Trade Services (RBITS) which specializes in the Brazilian market.  RBITS, based in Los Angeles, is an alliance of service providers focused on small business importers and exporters in today's flat world.  RBITS CEO & Founder, Rosaliene Bacchus, is an international trade specialist with over 14 years of experience.

RBITS' services include import and export shipment coordination with brokers, freight forwarders, suppliers/buyers and transport.  Halpern Info Services, a member of the World Trade Center Association (WTCA), provides custom business, industry and competitive research on a fixed fee project basis with special attention to marketing, sales and distribution requirements for US market Entry for Brazilian firms.  Secondary and primary research is used by companies involved with market expansion and new product introductions involving global trade.

Information that is not public record is not necessarily private.

Two subjects are covered this month -- Public records research for business and individual research, and two alternative search engines -- one that uses natural language queries and the other that is very visual and creative. 

Information might become public through several legitimate means.  Two such means are disclosure in a public record as in a bankrupty and divorce. The EDGAR database (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system), from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) contains public company filings.