keloland.com: Every parent knows the frustration of buying new clothes for a child only to see rips and holes in the outfit just days later. One Sioux Falls parent decided to take things into her own hands, and with some help, a new clothing company was born. In a Sioux Falls home office, you’ll often […]
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Wired: Times are tough, so stop looking for a boring nine-to-five. Use the stalling job market as an excuse to get the hell out of dodge–and into an Airstream, Winnebago, or Fleetwood. With an RV and a few tech hacks, you can create a flexible, self-employed lifestyle on the road. Yesterday’s freeloading hippie is today’s
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MACLEANS.ca: Seventeen years ago, the American novelist Anne LeClaire gave up talking to people for two days each month. LeClaire is married to a fisherman and they have a son and a daughter. At home, she ignores phone calls and won’t talk to her husband. When she’s out, she shows people a card that says
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10News.com: With water becoming a hot commodity, a San Diego man has invented a tool to make sure that not a drop is wasted. Many people have seen broken sprinkler heads that turn into geysers when a lawn is watered. Sometimes, many don’t realize they have one of these water wasters. The broken sprinkler heads
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Advertising Age: Avon’s calling — and a lot more people are answering. As employment falls, the ranks of at-home sales reps are swelling for cosmetics marketers Avon and Mary Kay. In fact, sales are holding up well for the recession-resistant direct-selling business. According to Amy Robinson, VP-communications for the Direct Selling Association, historically during nonrecession
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TimesOnline: In her cosy terraced house in southwest London, Tsai Wharton, looking glam in a black pencil skirt and sparkly make-up, is throwing a soirée with a difference. The manhattans are flowing and friends from university are chatting with her work-mates from the hospitality industry. So far, so routinely Fulham. But these partygoers are here
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SeattlePI.Com: How does a tight-on-money musician make plans to treat herself to a luxurious massage, accounting help and a marketing consultant? Seattle piano teacher Josie Davis, who intends to partake of all three, says it’s simple: Book the services without having to pay for them. At least not with dollars. Davis is a member of
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The Journal Record: The crushing debt faced by consumers is spawning a growing practice niche for consumer lawyers: suing debt collectors for illegal collection practices. Moore attorney M. Kathi Rawls said she has seen a 40-percent to 50-percent increase in clients coming to her with complaints about debt collectors over the past year. Many times,
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Bizjournals.com: The Dayton-area Panera Bread franchisee is hosting the third annual Dayton Panerathon 5K run on April 25 and hopes to raise $15,000 to fight childhood hunger. The 3.1-mile race begins at Centerville High School and the course runs through the streets of Centerville. All proceeds benefit Children’s Hunger Alliance, a statewide nonprofit organization that
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