Archive for November 22nd, 2007
Lower Hudson Online: On a typical day during peak training season, triathlete Elizabeth Ann Dugan swims three miles, bikes 30 and goes for an evening spin on the elliptical trainer. She squeezes her workouts between shuttling her three sons to and from school, paying the bills, walking the dog and cooking dinner. The 44-year-old single [...]
The Star Online: Mention Malaysian-made footwear and most people are likely to think of either those ubiquitous “Japanese” slippers or a glamorous pair of Jimmy Choos. The home-grown shoemaking industry, however, is much more than those two extremes. There are, in fact, more than 30 Malaysian shoe manufacturers and exporters in operation today, and some [...]
I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the [...]
Mothers Are The Inventors Of Necessities
Miami Herald: Nearly eight years ago when her first son was born with Down syndrome, Michal Chesal scoured baby shops in South Florida and online stores for a carrier that would allow her to hold him close, but not damage his little legs and torso plagued by low muscle tone. In frustration, she finally stitched [...]
Want to Buy a Business? Your Timing is Right
Kiplinger: Expect a glut of firms to go up for sale as thousands of baby boomers retire. With about 8,000 Americans turning 60 every day, more and more business owners are thinking about retiring. By 2009, an estimated 750,000 companies owned by boomers — one in every six — will be looking for buyers, up [...]
Becoming A Legend In Your Spare Time
The Wall Street Journal: YouTube is bulging with videos from citizens, especially young ones, who want nothing more than the American Dream: celebrity status without appreciable talent. They work long hours chasing the dream, doing take after take of their mash-ups, their parodies, their response tapes. But at the end of the day, they’re no [...]
Successful Entrepreneurs Who Didn’t Need College
College-Startup.com: How many times were you told to make sure you worked hard in high school so you could go to college and get a good career job? It’s natural to wonder whether college is really necessary. A college degree, as many have found, is no guarantee of a good career. On the flipside, there [...]
Pitching Small Business Ideas by Video
WebCPA: I visited Grand Central Terminal in New York last week to check out an unusual display by software vendor Intuit as it tries to get more small businesses to adopt its QuickBooks accounting software, even businesses that aren’t really businesses yet. Intuit set up a kiosk where people could go in and describe their [...]
