What does an outboard motor and ice cream have in common? The Evinrude. Evinrude was the world’s first outboard motor, and it has a story that thrives today. Manufactured in Wisconsin, where the brand originated, the innovator in speed for boats also has a unique story behind it. Inventor Ole Evinrude was courting his beloved […]
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The US Postal Service currently operates more than 31,000 retail outlets across the country, down from 38,000 a decade ago, but in recent years business has declined sharply as first-class mail moved to the Internet. Today, the USPS released a list of 3,653 post offices that could be shut down. Over three thousand of these
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LA Times: …Outdoor retailers are bouncing back from the recession. That is particularly true in California, where recreation gear merchants have made plans to open new stores and expand existing outlets to take advantage of the state’s massive sales potential and reputation as an outdoor enthusiasts’ playground. Sales of such outdoor gear as tents, backpacks,
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Before you start filling in your loan application, the Los Angeles Times has some advice you may want to consider. So, what’s the best way to get a small-business loan in this economic environment? Business owners who have scored loans said one of the keys was preparation. Expect to explain and justify every aspect of
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Pat Farrelly is currently in the process of patenting a unique water filtration system that he believes will revolutionize water filtering for commercial and humanitarian purposes. His invention, Aqua-Nu, took five years to develop in his own kitchen. Farrelly said that Aqua-Nu had multiple applications, from filtering water for individual houses and group schemes to
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I stumbled across this interesting chart of the world’s top selling cars by country. Even in the small version above you can see that VW (red) dominates in China, Northern Europe and South America, while Toyota (blue) has Russian, South East Asia and Africa all tied up. GM’s (dark gray) numbers are big, but that
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Crain’s Detroit Business: Starting Aug. 10 in Mt. Pleasant, the tour aims to connect small business owners to help and resources. The tour is the first of its kind to be conducted by the SBA and will offer experts on financing, government contracting, social media, human capital, and financial management, along with success stories from
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Enterpreneur recently releases a list of the best business bars. Whether you want to rub elbows with investors or hear the latest business gossip. Elixer in San Francisco is the best bar for business gossip. among entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and folks in green business, “H,” as he’s known, is most renowned as the Bay Area’s
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When Shree Bose was in second grade, she tried to make blue spinach. At just 17 years of age, she won the first Google Global Science Fair with her research into ovarian cancer, reports The New York Times. For the winning research Ms. Bose looked at a chemotherapy drug, cisplatin, that is commonly taken by
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What recourse do you have if you purchase a coupon from Groupon or LivingSocial only to run out of time before it expires? Used to be that you had no choice but the consider the money wasted. According to the Today, it was only a matter of time before someone saw a business opportunity in
