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Survey Shows Stronger Tax Credit Is Needed To Motivate Prospective Homebuyers

PR-Inside.com: Despite affordable home prices and low interest rates, the majority of Americans considering a home purchase still need a little extra incentive. According to a recent survey conducted by Weichert, Realtors, increasing the current tax credit to $15,000 and/or extending it to all buyers would offer the motivation needed to turn more onlookers into […]

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Pizzerias’ Aim: To Spice Up Local Economy

Franchise Site

Indianapolis Star: Kokomo native Tavis Smiley is a household name when it comes to radio and television, but the PBS talk show host is cutting into a savory new challenge. He plans to open 37 Marco’s Pizza franchises in the next five years. Smiley hopes they will create 1,000 jobs in the Indianapolis area. His

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Cooking Up A Nonprofit

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DailyCamera.com: On any weekend, you’re likely to find Bridget Lane baking cookies. But her cookies are a little more complex than the average chocolate chip treat and not just because they’re gluten free. Lane’s cookies got their start in a special situation and have grown into a business designed to nourish those in special situations.

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Studentsâ€™ Inventions Help The Disabled

Inventions

Las Vegas Sun: A glue-gun base became an invaluable welding tool, a pool ladder became a support stand and a wooden disc became new hope for disabled cowboys. Those are just a few examples of the creative responses 25 Touro University students seeking master’s degrees in occupational therapy came up with when charged to invent

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Tweeting For Profit

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Fortune Small Business: A year ago Kris Drey couldn’t care less about Twitter. With 13 years of Web site experience, Drey is no technophobe. He serves as vice president of product marketing at Fliqz, an online video-hosting service with 20 employees in Emeryville, Calif. But when he first skimmed Twitter, the popular micromessaging service launched

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Mompreneurs Raise Money For Avon Walk

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Alameda Sun: The “chicks” of Chicks-n-chickens, a mom-based Alameda business, are raising money to fight Breast Cancer. Darcy Novo Albrecht, “Chief Chick,” and Jennifer Ashdown, “Vice Chick,” will be teaming up to participate in this year’s San Francisco Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. As part of their fundraising efforts, the two Alameda moms will hold

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Mommies Who Shop Offers A Shopping And Socializing Experience For Women

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The Boston Globe: As Gloucester native Ann Andrew recalls, it didn’t take much for her to dream up Mommies Who Shop, the series of suburban shopping events and “play dates” for mothers that she launched two years ago. A former director of merchandising at the now-defunct Sigrid Olsen who’d left her job in 2004 to

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Low-Cost Marketing Ideas For Your New Biz

Ideas

Entrepreneur’s StartUps: You’ve got a great idea and a plan to turn it into a business. Now all you need are customers–and to get them, you need to spread the word about what you’re doing. One problem: Your marketing budget makes your grade school allowance look like a princely sum. Get Profiled In 2007, when

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Whirlpool Explores Direct Sales With Product Focus Group

MLM Site

PR-USA.net: Whirlpool is focused on sales representatives to evaluate the direct sales market as a potential channel for distribution of an award winning product. Whirlpool is seeking individuals who are open minded to changing consumer behavior as well as eager to share their own personal experience. The Fabric Freshener will be available for $81 rather

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Direct Sellers Make Hay In Slowdown

MLM Site

The Economic Times: Economic slowdown has turned out to be a blessing in disguise for direct marketing firms in India. With people losing jobs amidst rather gloomy economic outlook, direct sellers have upped the ante. They are actively promoting the business opportunity and thereby, registering a rapid increase in their sales force. Companies such as

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