Florida Today: … Floriday is a pet cremation facility. It offers two types of cremations: mass cremation or private cremation, where your pet is the only animal in the cremation chamber and all the ashes returned are those of your pet. “We use a steel tag identification process to assure the family that it is […]
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Las Vegas Sun: Tucked in a warehouse a mile from the Las Vegas Strip, a handful of employees cut, grind, sand and polish glass — turning tourists’ trash into treasure. It’s the business of bottles, and there’s certainly no shortage in Las Vegas. The Strip’s 24-hour party cycle sends scores of empty liquor, wine and
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Don’t like chewing? A company is currently working on making food that you can “breathe,” starting with their own energy product. AeroShot, the flagship product of Breathable Foods, is revolutionizing the way people energize their lives. Using a small lipstick-sized tube, consumers puff in fine particles of caffeine and B vitamins, which are absorbed into
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A clothing store in New Zealand has installed plates on local benches to imprint their advertising on the backs bare legs. The ad agency that put it all together explains: We put indented plates on bus stop, mall, and park benches, so that when people sat down, the message was imprinted on their thighs. This
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The Less Than Perfect Golfers Association is a group of a golfers who decided that it was time for an association of those who realize that the game of golf is supposed to be fun and a way to relax! Golf has never been about being perfect, and yet so many think that they have
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Business Week: Opening manhole covers, which weigh up to 400 lbs., is difficult at best and dangerous at worst. Dave Roberts, 51, who spent 25 years lifting them while working for waste-water authorities in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, decided to find a better way. A perpetual tinkerer, Roberts designed a machine to remove the heavy cast-iron
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On Saturday, David Streitfeld of The New York Times released The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy, a story detailing the meteoric rise and subsequent fall of Jason Rutherford’s paid book review service, a business that, in its heyday, grossed $28,000 per month. In 2010 and 2011, Jason Rutherford ran a hugely successful book publicity
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CarTagz: Cartagz is licensed and bonded with the California Department of Motor Vehicle. We are officially authorized to perform a variety of DMV related transactions. Official CA DMV license stickers and registration cards are issued directly from our central office. Each month, thousands of Californian’s benefit from Cartagz.com’s higher level of customer service and efficiency.
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There comes a time in every entrepreneur’s life when he or she realizes that the camera on their iPhone is not enough. Here are our picks for the top five cameras for entrepreneurs.
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It started as a joke when Jennifer Murtoff of Oak Park, Ill. printed up 150 business cards that identified her as an Urban Chicken Consultant. She had no real intention of turning her lifelong poultry passion into an entrepreneurial pursuit. WalletPop reports that it turns out that beyond the Chicago prairie, urban chicken coops are
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