Gene Marks in his blog at The New York Times says many small biz owners are hoping for a change on election day. As the election looms, President Obama continues to talk about how his administration is helping small business. But a survey issued last week said that most small-business owners are voting Republican. Another […]
So-called “domainers” have gobbled up thousands of marijuana-related Web URLs recently with the hopes of turning a profit after legalization. The New York Times surveyed both individuals and media companies that have flocked to the new space just as California’s landmark Proposition 19 hits the ballot next week. One such domainer, Kevin Faler of California,
The Wall Street Journal reports that as campaign season ramps up, entrepreneurs that make products designed to help office-seekers and incumbents win votes are bracing for business. Small companies such as VictoryStore.com Inc. have introduced new marketing tools for political candidates in recent years, with users ranging from U.S. senators to small-town sheriffs. More politicians
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Fast Company: The day before India’s Lok Sabha elections, the country’s election commission made a new Web site live to provide election results in real-time. The commisson overbuilt the site, so it thought, readying it for almost 3,000 hits per second–that’s 80.6 billion hits in a single 8-hour day. The six-day voting process was supposed
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Reuters: Indonesian photographer Ilham Anas won’t be at U.S. President Barack Obama’s inauguration. Instead he’ll be starring as an Obama look-alike on Indonesian TV. Anas, 34, who from some angles bears a resemblance to the new U.S. president, shot to fame in Jakarta after Obama, 47, won the election in November, and is now earning
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San Francisco Chronicle: Can President-elect Barack Obama save the economy? Well, it’s true that he has assembled a crackerjack team of economic advisers, but that’s only one way Obama can help America get back on track. American entrepreneurs and salespeople of all stripes have recognized the opportunity in Obama’s win – namely, that anything associated
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Mashable: What’s the best selling office product on Amazon.com this New Year? Perhaps printer ink and paper for all those holiday pics? Cases for all the new laptops received this Christmas? Try: none of the above. Currently leading Amazon’s Office Products and Supplies bestseller list is the Sarah Palin 2009 Calendar. According to the ad
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Sacramento Business Journal: Small-business decision makers are shaken by deteriorating economic conditions and are increasingly worried for the future of both the economy and their organizations, a new City Business Journals Network survey shows. The nationwide survey of 206 owners, presidents and CEOs of businesses with five to 499 employees was conducted Nov. 17-23 and
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Paul Harvey: One voter in each precinct of the United States will determine the next president of the United States. One vote. That’s a big weapon you have there. In 1948, just one vote in each precinct would have elected Dewey. In 1960, one vote in each precinct in Illinois would have elected Nixon. One
