ArgusLeader.com: Bouncing cartoon-fat arctic tires across a clover-covered grass runway near Brandon, pilot Wes Hebert gunned the Piper Super Cub 18’s 160-horsepower engine, pulled back on the stick and lifted effortlessly into the air at a harsh, 50-degree angle of attack. “That was about 100 feet, I’d guess,” Mark Erickson, owner of Dakota Cub Aircraft, […]
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A New York baker wants to change the images of cupcakes. Traditionally, most cupcake bakeries have been targeted at women. The Butch Bakery targets men with their beer, whiskey and bacon flavored cupcakes. SkyNews has more.
The Mercury News recently interviewed Gina Bianchini, founder and ex-CEO of Ning, about her time with the company, her parting and what might happen next for this inspiring female entrepreneur. Q What was the original idea behind Ning? A We had a very simple premise. What if we gave people an opportunity to create their
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The invention and application of the digital players marks that mankind has entered the Digital Age, during which period people seldom use vinyl records or CD players. But we never forget them, and designer Pavel Sidorenko has applied the clock idea to vinyl records, creating several clocks of various shapes. INewIdea.com has a look at
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They have become a filter for our world. Through them we can access information, games, entire virtual worlds. Not the internet, nor our computers, not tablets or laptops — just little programs on our phones. Millions of little programs. What are the real numbers behind these programs, and why are there so many of them?
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Colorado’s Secretary of State and other officials are warning the state’s 800,000 or so registered businesses to watch out for scammers who have been forging business identities to make fraudulent purchases from several big-box retailers in recent months, reports PC World. The corporate identity thefts itself were possible because of what appears to have been
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The Spokesman Review: A Five Guys Burgers & Fries franchise owner says he plans to open an outlet of the Lorton, Va.-based chain here in late summer with the first of several restaurants that he expects to have in the Spokane area. The franchisee, William Sheffield, of Brunswick, Ga., said he plans to open the
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Otago Daily Times: Collapsed Signature Homes franchises around New Zealand have left more than 450 unsecured business creditors out of pocket by more than $4.5 million during the past five years. Otago Daily Times Business Reporter Simon Hartley asks the parent of the franchised companies, Signature Homes Ltd and its managing director Gavin Hunt, about
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‎Finance News Network: Electricity unit developer Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd has today appointed Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd to distribute the company’s BlueGen generators through the retailers commercial division franchisee. The BlueGen dishwashing units use patented fuel cell technology to convert natural gas to electricity with high efficiency. Initially Harvey Norman’s commercial division will sell BlueGen
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Franchising.com: Churning 65 never tasted so good! To kick off the ice cream icon’s 65th birthday, Baskin-Robbins, the world’s largest ice cream chain, is announcing the retirement of five signature flavors to its world famous “Deep Freeze” to make room for even more innovative flavors in the brand’s already extensive flavor repertoire. Today, at Baskin-Robbins
