August 2009

USA Insulation Continues To Expand With Four New Franchise Locations

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Franchising.com: USA Insulation, the only home insulation franchise company in the United States, has recently added four new franchise locations to serve Chicago, IL, Portland, ME, Omaha, NE and the Central New Jersey Area. The new franchisees are taking advantage of an environment in which the demand for home insulation continues to rise due to […]

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All Dressed Up…

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Moscow News: Crisis or no crisis, women in Moscow aren’t about to be caught dead looking drab. Shopping malls are still teeming with shoppers, and glossy magazines line the supermarket shelves. In Moscow, most retailers have tried to offset declining consumer confidence by offering small discounts since the spring, instead of waiting until June to

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Closure Of Staten Island Wendy’s Leaves Former Employees Disgruntled, Without Pay

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Staten Island Advance: The sudden closing of a Wendy’s restaurant in Staten Island’s Arden Heights neighborhood has resulted in a long, hot summer for the former employees whose last paychecks are worthless. Months before shutting its doors, there had been rumors that the independently-owned Wendy’s in the Village Greens Shopping Center, was in trouble and

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The Cost of Information Overload

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Website Magazine: Feeling data-stressed? Got some info-tension? You’re not alone. Recently a conference was organized by Basex to discuss, what else, information overload. Some interesting facts and ideas come from the conference: – The cost of Information Overload to the U.S. economy is $900 billion annually, as of 2008. – A mere 12% of the

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