Thinking an Online Store: 15 Tips To Get You Started

On October 14, 2009

Thinking an Online Store: 15 Tips To Get You Started

With the Internet all around us, selling your product, service or even both is much easier and affordable than ever before. But at the same time… It’s vital to study all of your options first, before falling victim to one of many pitfalls. From finding yourself “trapped” in a contract with services you don’t need to building [...]


On October 14, 2009

Retirement Plan Navigator

You may have put off opening a retirement plan, because you did not have the money or maybe you were not even aware there were retirement plan options for self employed individuals. Honestly many small businesses owners avoid retirement plans just because it seems so darn complicated to understand all the differences between IRA’s, [...]


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Batteries vs. Fuel Cells: A Tale of Unequal Federal Funding

There’s a collision coming, and both of the cars involved are running on electric motors. Both electric and fuel-cell cars are set to hit the market, but only the first one is getting any direct federal support. The Department of Energy is investing not only in battery electric cars, but in the plants that make their batteries. And yes, the DOE is also supporting hydrogen cars, but on a more basic research level—and with a fraction of the money. This is a little confusing, because fuel-cell cars are electrics at heart. In fact, they can use the same electric motors and share battery technology, too. But they diverge radically when it comes to cost and infrastructure. As a variety of...


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Wall Street Cheers Intel’s Q3 Results, Q4 Forecast

Intel has been asserting for months that the personal computer business is rebounding from its deepest slump in nearly a decade. Its stock surged Wednesday on signs that things are picking up faster than expected, despite a few lingering trouble spots. Intel reported after the market closed Tuesday that its profit and sales both dipped 8 percent from July through September as spending by corporations remained weak.


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Coaching with carrots

This is a great story of appreciation, recognition and plain hard work. Pat Poyfair, our Leadership Training Manager on the Carrots team, had the opportunity to coach the Arsenal Strikers—a soccer league made up of 10-11 year old girls—many who had never played ball before. In his own words, here’s what Pat did to to pull off a successful season—despite the odds: (I love this story!)

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Critics Soak Pepsi’s Pickup Line iPhone App

PepsiCo is facing criticism for an iPhone application that promises to help men "score" with two dozen stereotypes of women by giving users pickup lines and a scoreboard to keep track of their conquests. An apology by the company -- which is using the app "Amp Up Before You Score" to market its Amp energy drink -- is igniting more online criticism.


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Intel’s Numbers and Their Story

Late yesterday, Intel released its Q3 earnings, which sent a note of encouragement though the industry because they shot past analyst expectations and even its own guidance offered at the end of August. Personally, I smell a bit of a rat in this and think that going into what the numbers are saying about Intel's overall business is more illuminating.


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J&J Q3: Duragesic Sales Down 20% Following Fentanyl Patch Death Warnings

Doctors may finally be getting the message about dangers associated with fentanyl patches, if Johnson & Johnson's Q3 2009 earnings are any indication. While J&J saw revenues fall 5.3 percent to $15 billion and net income rise 22.2 percent to $3.3 billion, the numbers were much more dramatic on the line for Duragesic, J&J's fentanyl patch.


On October 14, 2009

A Giant Step Toward Reform, But Still Far From It

Commenting on yesterday's landmark Senate Finance Committee vote on healthcare reform, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told Judy Woodruff on PBS' Lehrer News Hour, "We are closer than ever in the history of this effort to getting health care reform to give people who have health care a sense of knowing that it will always be there and people who don't have health care [the knowledge that they can obtain it] at an affordable price." Now, I'm glad the Finance Committee voted as it did, and I admire both Emanuel and President Obama. But even though Congress is closer to passing healthcare reform than at any time in the past century, I would take issue with the notion...
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