On June 17, 2010

Best Buy’s Woes Cast a Pall Over Hopes for Year-End Holiday Sales

Best Buy (BBY) had a bad quarter, providing more evidence that the gadget-retailing category may be faltering despite a raft of new products and intense price competition. Electronics was an engine for retail gains in the last holiday season. With

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George Washington, NASCAR Dad, Drives a Dodge Challenger (That’s Made in Canada)

WWGWD? What Would George Washington Drive? Dodge puts the first president in a Dodge Challenger for an ad shot in honor of a U.S.-versus-England soccer match.

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Interview with Heidi Thompson, Owner of Golden Song Productions and Cher Impersonator

Chester checks in with Heidi Thomson, owner of Golden Song Productions and Las Vegas’ premier Cher impersonator. Heidi discusses how she promotes positive attitudes in the workplace, how strong communication advances her artistic, and channels Cher at the end of…

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Clueless Wendy’s Franchisees Surprised Their Company is a Takeover Target

Here's something you don't see every day: Franchise owners so out of touch with how their chain is doing, they have no idea their corporate parent is a takeover target. After Wendy's/Arby's Group (WEN) chairman and major shareholder Nelson Peltz

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AOL Throws Bebo Out With the Bathwater

AOL has found a buyer for its social networking site Bebo. Although the sale price is undisclosed, it is rumored that Los Angeles-based private equity fund Criterion Capital Partners snapped up the site for $10 million. If

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When a Gummi Bear Gets Angry, He Reaches for His Lawyers: How Alleged Ad Agency Fraud Works in Europe

If you want to know what a Gummi Bear with a sore head looks like -- and learn something about the institutional corruption of the European media-buying business -- you should read between the lines of this column in Ad

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SBA Hosts Free Online Events to Encourage Disaster Plans

The SBA is hosting a free Webinar and Web Chat to encourage disaster preparedness planning for business owners.

"No matter what time of year it is, or where you run your business, it’s a good idea to have a…

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On June 17, 2010

Rising Vehicle Sales Linked To Small Businesses’ Health

American consumers are - in theory, at least - starting to lean towards smaller and more efficient cars. Hence the new Ford Fiesta and the soon-to-land Nissan Leaf and Scion iQ. Heck, fuel economy even factors into ads for the…

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Not coming up in the directory

I have several of my tags that seem to not be working. For example, I have 'taxes' as one of them. When I go to the directory, search for 'taxes', my company does not come up. Do only a certain…

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Oracle Faces a Big Bad Government Pricing Slap Down

The federal government sues Oracle for allegedly breaching purchase contracts by offering other customers better pricing, even though a provision of the contracts prohibits that.

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