Archive for January 16th, 2008
From Yahoo.com TRENTON, N.J. – A $469,000 payroll error at a New Jersey company has earned an Illinois man a date with police. Anthony Armatys of Palatine, Ill., was arrested Wednesday on theft charges after allegedly receiving electronic payroll bank deposits from a New Jersey company he never worked for, authorities said. Officials at Avaya [...]
Baby Star Keeps Babies Stylish
Like most moms, Dana Johnson wanted her son to look stylish. So she got out the sewing machine and started making accessories for her son. Between Dana and her husband Bo, they were able to create fun, hip, stylish items that looked great and any parent could love. It was all the great things she [...]
Baby Bib Shows Moms That Not All Bibs Are Created Equal
Carol Schiller is yet another mom that can prove that necessity is the mother of invention. In this case, her problem was with bibs. Jacob, Carol’s third child, was a big drooler and spit up a lot. So her pile of bibs grew fast. When she talked to other parents about her problem, she found [...]
Sushi Making Parties Reinvent The Wheel
Weekend.Entrepreneur.com: Throwing a party isn’t what it used to be and, in the process, it’s even been spiced up, thanks to Nikki Gilbert. She throws sushi-making parties and provides catering for corporate and private functions. Although Nikki Gilbert’s ethnic background is Greek-German-Polish-Jewish, she has loved Asian food since the age of 6 and waited tables [...]
Let Good Times Roll, But Plan For Hard Times
Boston Herald: As we begin a new year, let’s gaze into the crystal ball and see what’s coming for small businesses. Some things are clear. Health care costs will go up. Oil prices won’t tumble. The dollar won’t get much stronger any time soon. We will elect a new president. But what’s less certain is [...]
Biz Resource: Free Document Templates
MakeUseOf.com: Docstoc is an extremely useful community-powered service for sharing all kinds of business document templates. If you need a professional document, Docstoc is the first place to check out. Whether it’s a legal document, a business form or whatever is out there. Docstoc was launched just recently but already counts over 65.000 user-submitted documents, [...]
Fortune Small Business: Q: Do I have to patent greeting cards? A: A patent is for an invention. According to Brent Routman, a Minneapolis attorney for Merchant & Gould, an intellectual property law firm: “Unless your greeting card has a functional or mechanical aspect to it, what you’re looking for is a copyright.” Of course, [...]
The following guest post is from Franchise Direct. Are you ready to buy into a franchise opportunity? If so, are you aware that you can avail of the Universal Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC), a legal document which gives you detailed information on any franchise opportunity operating within 15 US States? This document is available from [...]
NewLaunches.com: Here is a very interesting concept, the M++CARD is a Business card which includes memory storage on the rear side of the card. The back of the card is laminated so as to hold a memory card (like Sony M2 Card). Two slits on the card make it possible to snap on a USB [...]
