Waiting on hold stinks. Free service LucyPhone can listen to the hold music for you, then call you back when a real human picks up. Lifehacker says head to Lucyphone’s site, look up the number of the company you’re calling (or add it to their database), then hand over your own number. Lucyphone calls you […]
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The Salt Lake Tribune: Davinci Suites has started an entrepreneur-support program in which it offers office space and services for as low as about $50 a month to startup businesses. The Salt Lake City company that provides flexible office space and business services in four locations in the Salt Lake Valley is offering about half
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According to the Gazette-Times, Kaichang Li, a professor of wood science at Oregon State University, receives a dozen calls each day from businesses interested in his laboratory’s latest invention: an inexpensive adhesive made of natural materials. He said they’re interested in the adhesive’s use of simple, reusable ingredients, including vegetable oil, which keeps costs down.
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Mile Meter likes to think of itself as the “anti-insurance insurance company.” It sells auto insurance by the mile – which means that the less you drive, the less you pay for insurance. See how Chris Gay, founder and chief executive, managed to keep the company alive. Video via New York Times ‘You’re the Boss’
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MarketWatch: UFood Restaurant Group Inc. announced today that it has partnered with Congusto, LP of Arlington, Texas to open 35 new UFood Grill locations in the Southwest United States. Troy Alley, Jr., a Congusto partner said, “The opening of 35 brand-new UFood Grill locations throughout the Southwest will have an encouraging impact on all communities.
EverestHerald.com: For years, women have partied with Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Party Lite and lia sophia while their husbands waited at home. Now, the men are taking the parties back. “My wife does all of that. Stamping Up, scrapbooking, lia sophia,” said Beau Perry, 29, of Rothschild. “There I am at home with the kids, thinking
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Denver Post: Widespread job losses combined with strong regional demographics have turned metro Denver into a popular spot for franchises. But even though many people who’ve lost their jobs want to go into business for themselves, getting financing remains a challenge. As a result, some franchise companies are making special offers to lure franchisees, and
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KFBB NewsChannel 5: A Great Falls restaurant will be getting a new name this weekend. The Country Market Restaurant at the Flying J Travel Center, will reopen on Sunday as a Denny’s restaurant. The new location is one of 140 Denny’s locations opening in Flying J Travel Centers across the country during the next two
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Franchiseindia.com: Little Italy, a vegetarian restaurant chain, has extensive plans to strengthen its network in the next four to five years. The forthcoming outlets would be both company-owned as well as franchised. Talking to Abha Garyali, Raj Mehta, CMD, Little Italy, said, “We will be opening 10 restaurants by the end of this year, out
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Iowa City Press Citizen: A restaurant popular in the Twin Cities soon could be coming to Iowa City. Green Mill Restaurant and Bar, which is based in St. Paul, Minn., and has 28 locations in Minnesota, Kansas, North Dakota and Wisconsin, is looking at expansion into Iowa. Cities that currently are being targeted are Iowa
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