USA TODAY: Financial insecurity is forcing Wal-Mart shoppers to change buying habits, cut credit card use and live more paycheck-to-paycheck, the CEO of the U.S. division of the world’s largest retailer said. Economic pain is leading to what Eduardo Castro-Wright termed “disturbing behaviors” among shoppers over the past few months. For instance, more families are […]
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The News Tribune: David Haggerty couldn’t sleep. “This bed is too warm,” he said to himself, flinging aside the flannel sheets from his sweating body. Next to him, his wife slept like a swaddled log. Perpetually chilled at night, she insisted the flannel sheets stay on the bed year-round. The couple had argued about it
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The Boston Globe: As stocks began their historic nosedive early this month, Tim McNamara and Tracey Manzi smelled opportunity. The husband-and-wife team of certified divorce financial analysts rolled out a new service to take advantage of the sputtering economy and its inevitable stress on marriages: a flat-rate option for divorce-related financial consulting and mediation. Since
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The Lawrence Journal-World: Stay-at-home workers have a simple way to stay sane while working at home: Don’t do all the work at home. “I have to get out at some point during the day,” says Robin Ward, who’s been handling freelance design projects out of her western Lawrence residence since coming to town in 2000.
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suite101: Offering free WIFI costs a cafe very little, and can attract some good business. It’s a good deal for everyone, if users are conscientious about setting up shop in the coffee house. If you really want to be a welcome worker in the cafe scene, here are some common sense tips to try: –
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Mansfield News Journal: Everybody has heard that line before, but Mike Amheiser’s has the hardware and YouTube clips to prove it. Amheiser won the American Pizza Championship at the Orlando Pizza Show in September. The owner of the Pizza Dock, a carryout and delivery store near the edge of this Knox County community, wowed the
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Inquirer.net: At 72 years of age, Gene Yamagata is no wide-eyed greenie when it comes to personal finance and entrepreneurship. While the fall of Wall Street continues to decimate people’s savings and threaten businesses, the Las Vegas-based, Japanese-American multimillionaire has been touring Asia finding diamonds-in-the-rough-microentrepreneurs he can give a hand to and keeps his eyes
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Brisbane Times: The franchising industry is battening down the hatches to withstand the expected downturn in Australian economic fortunes, but remains guardedly optimistic about weathering a recession. The latest report on the health and size of Australia’s franchising industry paints a glowing picture of the sector, reporting 14.6 per cent growth in the past two
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Atlanta Journal Constitution: The company that controls franchise brands such as Marble Slab Creamery, Pretzel Time and the Athlete’s Foot from offices in Norcross said Friday it expects its partners to open 160 new stories in eight countries over the next few years. NexCen Brands Inc. said the agreements would produce $2.5 million in initial
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Times Online: Since being featured on the Channel 4 series The Secret Millionaire, Kavita Oberoi has adopted a businesslike approach to helping others. The entrepreneur lived undercover in Ladywood, a deprived area of Birmingham, for the programme and had to survive on just £8 a day. Oberoi donated money to two charities at the end
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