Archive for October 1st, 2008
PR.com: According to the US Department of Labor, 70% of all working women are mothers. Working mothers who have one foot planted firmly in the home and the other in the workplace wear many different shoes during the course of a week. And to Bucks County writer and working mom Kristie Finnan, that challenge is [...]
Celebrity Mom Jennie Garth Helps Design Eco-Friendly Bag
BusinessWire: Understanding the challenges of balancing motherhood and living “green,” actress Jennie Garth has teamed with the makers of Green Works natural cleaners to design an environmentally friendly cotton tote bag, complete with her signature. “The Green Bag by Jennie Garth” is made from 100 percent recycled cotton and is reusable. The designer bag is [...]
Bishops Takes Out The Traditional Barbershop And Brings It Into The Next Generation
If you intend to break into the hair business, then you will need to bring something unique. After all, it will be the business that stands out from the crowd that will bring in the business it needs to stay alive. That has not been a problem for Bishops Barbershop. Leo Rivera, as the founder [...]
Credit Crunch: It’s Not All Bad News
The credit crunch isn’t doom and gloom, in fact there some good news for small businesses. Some specialized banks, especially small business banks, see an opportunity in the tightening credit market. Sterling National Bank is running ads in The Wall Street Journal asking, “What credit crunch?” in an attempt to gain market share from other [...]
The Art of Money Getting or, Golden Rules for Making Money #9
The Art of Money Getting or, Golden Rules for Making Money was originally published in 1880 by P. T. Barnum. Part 9 Don’t Get Above Your Business Young men after they get through their business training, or apprenticeship, instead of pursuing their avocation and rising in their business, will often lie about doing nothing. They [...]
Cool Invention Helps Players Bounce Back
San Francisco Chronicle: Players for the San Francisco 49ers trotted off the field during Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions and grabbed for the requisite towels and Gatorade. A few went for something else on the bench, slipping their hands into a coffee-pot-like contraption that stops cramping and overheating. The device, called the Glove and [...]
Web Site Lets Businesses Expose Deadbeat Customers
The Wall Street Journal: It’s not the nicest thing to do. But for small-business owners who are having difficulty collecting receivables from their customers, especially in this tight business climate, this is an extreme option that just might work. They’re turning to a complaint-and-resolution Web site called Uradeadbeat.com, which seeks to make nonpaying customers or [...]
The Daily Telegraph: Australia’s ageing population will create enormous opportunities for small businesses involved in these areas, finds the inaugural Business & Population Monitor from business advisory firm PKF, with Access Economics. It found that as well as the ageing population, these sectors would also gain from Australia’s rising immigration and increased fertility rates. It [...]
Man Invents No-Spill ‘Origami’ Cup
BlountToday.com: A healthy curiosity and a truck with no cup holders has led a Louisville man to build what may be the proverbial “better mousetrap.” Phil Abbott has invented a lid-less cup that he says doesn’t leak or spill, and has no plastic top to pop off just when it’s the most inconvenient. Abbott, 57, [...]
Why We Overbid For Old Junk On eBay
arstechnica: Economists have known for years that people tend to overbid on items up for auction. But experts did not know the reason behind our seemingly irrational behavior. Economists and neuroscientists from New York University teamed up to study this classic economic problem, and they published their results in Science. Using brain imaging along with [...]
