National Arbitration Forum Ruling: Complainant Domain TheSnugg.com vs Respondent Domain Snugg.com

RELIEF SOUGHT

Complainant requests that the domain name be transferred from Respondent to Complainant.

PARTIES’ CONTENTIONS

A. Complainant:

1. Complainant has rights in the SNUGG mark which it uses in connection with protective holder and cases, retaining straps, and stands all adapted for portable electronic equipment;

2. Complainant registered the SNUGG mark (Reg. No. 4,075,899 filed May 17, 2011; registered December 27, 2011) through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”);

3. Respondent registered the domain name on September 14, 1999;

4. The domain name is identical to Complainant’s SNUGG mark;

5. Respondent is not commonly known by the disputed domain name;

6. The

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Mineseeker Operations Overseas Limited, a British Virgin Islands-domiciled corporation focused on aerial survey and mapping, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with US-based Wamar International LLC – a multinational group of companies and a leading provider of premium services across different industry sectors including power generation, oil and gas, and aviation. This agreement provides Wamar with representation rights in the Middle East and North African Arab speaking region (MENA region), and commits both parties to enter in good faith negotiations to establish a joint venture entity to handle contracts in this part of the world.

Wamar International, which has offices in the USA, Middle East, South Africa, South America and Asia, will provide offices at their international headquarters in Amman. The business will be headed by Wamar’s special projects manager, Mr Nowar.

Mr. Nab

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Having an experienced financial advisor helping you reach your financial goals is certainly a huge plus. You have a constant stream of information and valuable advice, finance assistance, and other great facilities that will make completing every financial task completely hassle-free. However, most people failed to maintain a steady financial growth only because they don’t really review the formulated financial plan accordingly. In this part, we are going to talk more about adjusting your financial plan with the help of a financial advisor.

Even when you have a good financial plan formulated, you still need to do a regular review and evaluation. A professional financial advisor will do the regular review of your financial plan for you, but in order for the process to be effective you need to take part in the review as well.

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The L.A. Times reported this week on Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner’s bill that seeks to impose sales tax on merchandise sold online. Skinner’s AB 153 is another Main Street Fairness bill that aims to create a level playing field and help brick and mortar businesses regain their balance when competing against e-tailers not currently charging sales tax.

The story details the inevitable bid by California legislators to claim what is surely the lowest-hanging fruit in the face of a $25 billion budget gap:

“The state has long had a back-up tax. A 35-year-old statute requires both businesses and individuals to pay a use tax on purchases when sales taxes aren’t collected. While b

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By now, you’ve probably received all the forms you need to prepare your 2011 tax return, including the recently revised 1099-Bs from your broker. If you bought a stock in 2011, and sold it during the year, you’ll see your broker’s calculation of your cost basis and your capital gain.

If this describes you, Robert Green, a certified public accountant at Green NFH (greentradertax.com), which focuses on high-frequency traders, says you should consider filing for an extension on 2011 tax returns, rather than risk filing an incorrect return and having to amend it later.

Why the crunch this year? The …

Thanks Mike M!  Sorry it took so long to get to this.  I just didn’t have the time to get into it.  Nice job.  I don’t agree with everything but much of it is right on.  My comments are in italics below the analysis — Phil

MEANING

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (CLF) f/k/a Cleveland-Cliffs is an international mining and natural resources company that currently focuses on mining essential minerals (iron ore and metallurgical coal (“met coal”)) that are needed to create steel used in building the world’s infrastructure (e.g., new buildings, tunnels, rails etc.) other products (e.g., cars, appliances, etc). Additionally, they also mine the less profitable and thermal coal, which is used for energy production and they are conducting feasibility studies on a large (and expensive) chromite project in Canada.  The demand for iron ore and coal will be around for a long time to come because countries and businesses can‘t keep growing without increasing their need for steel and energy.  

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The Afternic.com blog and popular blog DomainGang.com were suspended for ongoing spamming of our non-commercial and advertising-free DomainingRoulette.com RSS News Feed.

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Nam Tai Electronics, Inc., a British Virgin Islands-based company working in the spheres of electronics manufacturing and design services, had announced the resignation ofo its Chief Executive Officer Mr. Yeoh Teck Hooi, Colin, due to personal reasons.

After Mr. Yeoh resigned from the post of CEO, Mr. M.K. Koo was appointed as Acting CEO of the company. Mr. Koo, a founder of the Nam Tai Group, had been serving as executive Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Nam Tai Electronics. The Board of Directors of the BVI company expressed confidence that Mr. Koo can take on the position of Acting Chief Executive Officer to support its continuous growth. Then, Nam Tai will use its best endeavours to identify a suitable candidate to fill the vacancy and will make a further announcement upon appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer.

Most factoring companies will ask prospects to provide financial statements as part of their application package and due diligence process. Some will make an exception for smaller companies or will ask for bank statements in lieu of financial statements. But all in all, asking for financial statements is fairly common in the industry. What is also fairly common is that many prospects usually object to providing this information. This creates an interesting tug of war between the factoring company that wants to take on new customers while being careful and prospects who want to maximize their chances of financing by disclosing the least possible amount of information.

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