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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

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Contrary to the image of imports and exports being only “stuff” flowing in and out of places like the Port of Long Beach, the report notes that services accounted for 31%, or $525.8 Entertainments in all their wondrous forms – Movies, Video Games, Social Media and Networks (think LinkedIN, Facebook, Twitter). exports in 2008.

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Irene brings rain, flooding and end of news as we know it [#irene]

This is going to be BIG.

It was a friend on Twitter that reminded me that my mobile data feed might go out before cell service would, and that switching from Google Voice to regular SMS for texts might be a good idea. Was it really a surprise to anyone that the Long Beach lifeguard house—a wood framed building on a beach—floated off its foundation?

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