Next Draft: This morning, wind gusts canceled Felix Baumgartner’s Red Bull sponsored plans for a 23-mile, sound barrier-shattering free fall from the edge of space. In other words, the commercial interruption has been interrupted. Welcome to the new world of advertising. Leading brands know you fast-forward over traditional commercials. Today’s commercials have to be the […]
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When someone goes on vacation with their family, chances are they don’t have the room to bring along the stroller and other big things that are needed once they’re at their destination. Rather than seeing it as a problem, Lisa Cook saw that as a business opportunity. Her baby equipment rental and baby registry consultant
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You know what they say: “a penny saved is a penny earned,” especially if you can hang onto it for 219 years. In Orland last weekend, a penny minted during the first year of the US Mint’s service, in 1793, sold at auction for $1.38 million. According to James Halperin, of Heritage Auction, the sale
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Here’s an inspiring story from the National Post that is no longer available online: According to scrapbooking business maven Sue DiFranco, there are big bucks to be made assembling scrapbooks for busy, stupid rich people. Well, she doesn’t exactly put it that way, but on her Fun Facts Publishing Web site she explains that you
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The Tennessean: If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to fly on those fancy private aircraft that rich people use for getaways such as skiing or beach weekends, a new Web-based company in Smyrna, Tennessee aims to put you in the jet set — at prices that rival those of regular airline seats. SocialFlights.com allows
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According to Japanese researchers at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo, it is possible to identify drivers by the way their weight is distributed on the car seat. The team has developed a car seat that can identify drivers when they sit down. It seems that everyone’s bum is as unique as a
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DailyPress: What pushed Priscilla Maddox was the relentless smell of vanilla. Maddox was toying with launching a cookie line after retiring from her 36-year hospital care job, but was overwhelmed by the vanilla smell in her apartment. When she couldn’t find a kitchen to rent, she started a rent-a-kitchen that has become a small-business incubator
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Daily Mail: Next time you see a dog lapping thirstily at a toilet bowl, pause for thought – next time, it could be you. A new invention – funded by Bill Gates – aims to turn used toilet water into drinking water. Manchester University’s Sarah Haigh is an expert in nanotechnology – the science of
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On this day in 1819, Elias How the american inventor and sewing machine pioneer was born. Contrary to popular belief, Howe was not the first to conceive of the idea of a sewing machine. Many other people had formulated the idea of such a machine before him, one as early as 1790, and some had
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Metro News: It once put out fires in and around Ottawa, but now this vintage 1967 Fargo firetruck is starting them. Sort of. It’s making pizzas in a wood fire oven installed in its rear, after two Ottawa entrepreneurs turned a joke into an eccentric business idea. “My business partner Jason Paquette called me one
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