The Wall Street Journal reports that fans of HSN, the home shopping network, might recognize Debbie Meyer, the soft-spoken uber-housewife who sells nifty inventions — say, a device that creates holes in cupcakes, while they’re baking, for no-mess filling — as if teleported from the 1950s. What many may not realize is that behind the […]
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Ralph Blanchard’s putt left a lot of room for improvement. When he tried to look for something that would help him improve his putt he was left feeling like it simply was not enough. After talking with fellow golfers about his situation he soon found that he was not alone, reports Florida Today. That spurred
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“C’mon, Salsa, find your dog, find Sweetie,” called Sam Connelly, Salsa’s owner, handler and partner. The pair set out from a 7-Eleven on Silver Hill Road in Suitland in search of Sweetie, an errant beagle, reports The Washington Post. Connelly waved a little patch of Sweetie’s dog bed in front of Salsa’s nose, and almost
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Unfazed by the trend toward e-everything, Maureen Stern is defiantly selling a product made of dead trees. And in launching Canadian Capers, her own line of greeting cards, the 52-year-old Montrealer is not intimidated by Hallmark or the other titans of the industry, according to a story in The Gazette. After moving down from the
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When Don Poffenroth was reading through a magazine while on a flight a few years ago, his attention was drawn to a specific article that talked about using 401(k) savings to fund a business startup without penalty. Motivated by that article, Don and a partner decided to do just that, reports USA Today. “Neither of
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Communal lending pools known as cestas help aspiring business owners in Latino communities, and banks are beginning to partner with them to help the informal borrowers establish credit, Paul van Slambrouck reports in the Christian Science Monitor. Eight members strong, the Champions have come together in an upstairs office in this city’s predominantly Latino Mission
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The new rules for personal credit cards, which don’t apply to business cards, are making entrepreneurs rethink what plastic they choose, the WSJ‘s Emily Maltby reports. Small-business owners who rely on their company’s credit card to purchase big-ticket items or finance day-to-day operations won’t see any benefits from this month’s federal credit-card reform–unless they put
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QSR magazine: Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina is continuing to expand its national footprint with the announcement that it is launching an aggressive expansion plan in North Carolina and the upstate of South Carolina. Markets targeted for franchise development include Charlotte and surrounding cities from Gastonia to Concord; the metro regions of Raleigh, Durham, Asheville, and Winston-Salem;
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PR-USA.net: In the aftermath of the deadly Haitian earthquake, Robeks – a premium fruit smoothie and healthy eats national restaurant chain – will launch a “Hearts for Haiti” fund raising campaign, tying donations to a new Chocolate Covered Strawberry Smoothie (TM) that will premier in stores by February 12. The campaign will run through the
