photo credit: lepiaf.geo An article was recently posted on Open Forum regarding how to boost your productivity in the work place by slowing down and taking more time for things that you have cut out of your day on purpose. It is stated that being busy is not always the best thing for your work […]
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TIME’s picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year, we’ll feature some of the ones we find interesting. Tens of thousands of amputees in the developing world wear an inexpensive prosthetic called the Jaipur Foot. But poor patients who lose a knee joint have few options: a titanium replacement can cost
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photo credit: Tracy Hunter Proof is In the Results. What’s the ROI for marketing with meaning? Ask Tara-Nicholle Nelson, an Oakland, Calif., real estate broker and founder and Chief Visionary of {RE}Think Real Estate. Nelson projects the $75,000 she invested in positioning herself as an expert–empowering women to buy their own homes–to yield $1 million
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Entrepreneurship programs at UW—Madison are supporting innovative thinking and actions, so says UW News. A new course, Art as Business as Art, is showing students in the arts the range of creative possibilities available to them and giving them the tools they need to advance their career goals. Art as Business as Art grew out
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Squamish Chief: The new Tim Hortons owners have officially introduced themselves to his employees and to the community. Dean and Olga Terry along with their four children have pulled up their Whitehorse roots to take over the Squamish franchise. The Terry family members say they plan to give their coffee-loving customers the very best service
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Relief might be in sight for retailers afraid that somebody somewhere has secured a patent covering some mundane process they regularly do in the course of selling stuff – be it the way customers swipe payment cards, their methods for collecting loyalty program data or the functioning of their Web site’s shopping cart feature, reports
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The Herald-Mail: The news from the latest national survey of business lenders looks great. “Is the recession truly over?†begins the press release from the National Association of Credit Management. “Most of the evidence says ‘yes’ …†Not yet in Washington County, however. “I’m reading the national reports as well,†said Tim Henry, president and
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Kansas City infoZine: A large skin care products company with a distribution center in Greenwood, Ind., will pay $30,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged in its suit that Arbonne International LLC violated federal law by refusing to hire
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The Franchisor: Providing the franchise market with specialist consultancy for inbound call management and business continuity services. Formed in 2006, Callswitch Technologies has been placed as market leader in its field by its founders, who collectively have more than 30 years working within the telecoms industry. Callswitch provides a range of services including network-based inbound
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North County Times: Like countless new mothers, Robyn Collar found two hands weren’t enough. With an infant girl, Kayli, and a newborn son, Talen, Collar found herself more than 100 percent occupied. “I couldn’t change my daughter’s diapers because my son wouldn’t let me set him down without screaming,” Collar said. “I couldn’t see to
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