Archive for May 17th, 2007
Kid-Friendly Cafe Opens In Downtown Neenah
Appleton-Post Crescent: At your average cafe or restaurant, a crying baby is sure to elicit disapproving stares from other customers. And more than one crying infant can create pandemonium. But not at the Mom and Pop Place in downtown Neenah. “That’s kind of what it’s like here. You’ve got kids running around, and that’s OK. [...]
'Skate Mom' Opens Shop For Her Area's Youth
Oroville Mercury Register: A father plays a video game with his boy. A mom is shoots a game of pool with her son. And Renee Morgan smiles from behind the counter of her colorful new historic downtown skateboard shop known as the Dirty 5 Thirty. The Dirty 5 Thirty Skate Shop opened its 3,200 sq. [...]
Monica Smiley Named to Greater Raleigh NAWBO Expert Panel
PR.com: Monica Smiley, editor and publisher of Enterprising Women, has been named to the Greater Raleigh National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) expert panel. As a part of the “What Women Business Owners Want: A Call to Action” event, the expert panel will discuss important issues including healthcare, government procurement and taxation. “I am [...]
Craftspeople Prepare Their Wares For Weekend At Lyndhurst
Lower Hudson Online: Suzanne Fonarow designs from what she knows. And she knows that working women want accessories that combine function with flair. Today, she spends her time designing laptop cases and totes, along with a variety of other personal accessories, for her company, Lap Sack. Back in 2004, Fonarow, a longtime executive in the [...]
PayPal Plan for European Growth
As PayPal today lays out its growth plans in the online retail space, it is also announcing its new European headquarters in Luxembourg after having applied for, and been granted, a banking licence by the CSSF in Luxembourg effective 2 July 2007. This move will allow the business to better meet the needs of its [...]
eBay Beefs Up the Affliate Program
eBay has announced two changes that will affect the eBay US affiliate program beginning June 1, 2007. There will be an increase in commission rates and changes to the terms regarding paid search.According to the message sent to ebay affiliates… The main objectives of the price change are to: * Encourage partners to increase [...]
Skype Introduces New Casual Game Portal
The eBay-owned web communications company Skype is introducing a new casual games portal – and is courting developers to provide content.Skype’s Game Channel joins its voice over IP service and follows in the footsteps of casual-orientated pack-in games like those found with Microsoft Messenger. However Skype and the operator/creator of its games offer, Easybits, have [...]
Skype Offers Mac Users New Features
Skype on Wednesday announced the final release of Skype 2.6 for Mac. The VOIP communication software was previously available to Mac users as a public beta. It’s free to download and use for Skype-to-Skype communication; the company also sells plans that enable you to send and receive calls from landlines and cell phones. Skype 2.6 [...]
PayPal Granted EU Banking License
Online payment company PayPal today announced it has been granted a European Union banking license by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) in Luxembourg, effective 2 July 2007. Under this new charter, PayPal will be able to offer its services to more online merchants across Europe. In addition, PayPal will be moving its [...]
‘Alternative’ Moms Find Their Niche
Norwich Bulletin: Sarah Brassard of Baltic wanted to network with other parents who take a slightly alternative approach to raising children. Gretchen Lally of Waterford wanted her son to be able to ease into learning to walk. Now, both women and their children are taking classes at a new business in Norwich aimed at helping [...]
Online Clothing Sales Outpacing Computers
Inc.: For the first time, clothing surpassed computers in U.S. online sales, with online shoppers spending $18.3 billion on apparel, accessories, and footwear last year, Shop.org reported on Monday. Online computer sales totaled $17.2 billion, followed by cars and auto parts at $16.7 billion, the report said. The gains in online clothing sales were attributed [...]
Most Retirees Happy With Late-Life Ventures
Inc.: Despite the risks to savings, retirees who launch a small business are happy in their new careers, though most are working harder than ever, a new survey shows. Of more than 1,000 post-retirement business owners polled, 59 percent said they enjoyed their second career, while 68 percent said they were working harder than they [...]
Grand Rapids Press: As an avid Jetskier who grew up along the Lake Michigan shoreline, Ryan Fogg had a chance to see the problems that plague personal watercraft owners. Where Jetskis once were relatively light and mobile, easily moved by one person, the machines increasingly were sitting idle because they were too heavy to move. [...]
GearLog: Lexar Media, which manufactures USB drives, has added the JumpDrive Secure II Plus, an improved version of the Secure II, which added 256-bit AES encryption and a “file shredder” that destroys files to the point where they cannot be recovered. The hook for the Secure II Plus is the addition of an LCD “fuel [...]
Employees Favor Minimum-Wage Hike
Inc.: Most workers that are paid an hourly wage support a proposed increase in the federal minimum wage, even if it results in higher consumer prices and job cuts, a recent survey found. Of 500 employees polled nationwide, 65 percent said they favor the wage hike regardless of its potential impact on consumer prices, while [...]
