Profits should show up in cash flow, earnings should be predictable, and management needs to be owner-oriented.

FORBES: Warren Buffett: Business Buyer

Even more important than electing Americans to the ICANN board is electing people who understand the needs of 'Net-oriented businesses, she adds.

CNN: Domain group lacking strong U.S. presence

That means that the purpose of the trip needs to be more business-oriented than personal.

FORBES: What Happens in Vegas: Traveling for Business

Bart van Ark, executive director for economic research at The Conference Board, says Latin America still needs to develop more labor-oriented industries to complement the capital-intensive telecom and mining sectors.

FORBES: The World's Hottest Job Markets

Traditional higher education has historically done a lackluster job of offering vocationally-oriented education programs and meeting the needs of non-traditional students.

FORBES: The Ill Wind of Gainful Employment

Today LinkedIn has more than 3, 000 employees focused on building a highly integrated, compelling, value-oriented social network which meets the needs of business professionals and employers.

FORBES: Facebook Social Jobs App - Not A LinkedIn Killer

The yuan's acceptance among investors would also require the kind of reform China needs to wean its economy from its investment-heavy, export-oriented growth model.

ECONOMIST: The world economy