How To Channel Your Entrepreneurial Ego
Tackling the psychological side of running a small business.
How To Calculate Total Cost Of IT Ownership
A look at bMighty's free online calculator.
The Negotiator's Playbook
You won't win them all, but you can increase the odds. Here's how.
To the Rescue
Lend America aims to make money on a government program that helps underwater borrowers and banks shed bad mortgages.
Harbinger Holds, But Calpine Falls
Largest shareholder says it isn't selling, despite appearances to the contrary, but stock slides anyway.
How To Keep Tabs On Any Business
Look beyond your income statement for more meaningful metrics.
Creative Cost-Cutting Tactics For Small Biz
How to pinch pennies until they wail.
Graybeard Entrepreneurs
In times of crisis, perspective pays. That's why we spoke with veteran entrepreneurs who truly have some.
Top Productivity-Enhancing Tools
Sound advice for keeping pace in a downturn--from meaningful measurement to nifty software.
Hitting The BRICs
How the financial crisis is affecting Brazil, Russia, India and China.
Entrepreneurs Who Rose From The Ashes
Recessions can inspire great entrepreneurial achievement. Here are some examples from the last 200 years.
Tea Party
For some luxury goods, like vodka and tea, the more you charge the more people want them.
Old Brands In New Bottles
If you have an ache or an itch, Chattem has a remedy.
America's 200 Best Small Companies
These elite up-and-coming companies have more than just great financials.
How To Sell In Tough Times
Shake off the crisis and get back to work.
Olympic Success Converts Millions of British to Cycling
Image from garryknight It's amazing what an Olympic victory can do for a country's cycling fervor. Yes, as noted by The Times' transport correspondent, Ben Webster, the British are in the midst of a cycling revival of sorts -- fueled as much by the recent hikes in energy prices as by their team's epic haul at the Beijing Olympics. The squad, which boasted two Olympic track cycling champions and a BMX wor...
Universal Studios Hollywood Gets a Little Bit Greener
(photo credit: Universal Studios Hollywood) Debut of Universal Studios Hollywood's Solar Golf Cart Golf carts have long been associated with either business men with really bad taste in clothing (khaki pants and a gator/polo shirts), or important, silicone injected celebrity figures in Hollywood, such as Cher, Joan Rivers, Barnie the purple dinosaur, and Shrek the ogre. Well, Joan and Cher were no where to be found as Universal Studios Hollywood celebrated their new addition to their green initiative in the p...
Vegan Kosher Halal Alert: Fabric Softeners Are Made From Rendered Animal Fat
Leviticus 11:40 says "If any animal you may eat has died, anyone who carries its carcass...shall wash his clothes." Just don't use Downy fabric softener; according to Wired, (but not online at time of this writing) a main ingredient is Dihydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride,
"a derivative of rendered fat from cattle, sheep and horses. Just boil it down and mix with ammonium. After a series of chemical pit stops, it comes out a quaternary ammonium compound, or quat...quats effectively coat your clothing with lipids, (fats) making the fibers soft to the touch."The![]()
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American Food System Fertilized With Industrial Chemical Melamine
Image: FactoryFarm.org on Flickr
We’ve talked about the pervasive industrial chemical melamine appearing in Chinese food – from its domestic supplies of milk to its exports of wheat gluten found anywhere from pet food to chicken feed. We’ve also covered how new tracking measures are being implemented to improve food safety (see New Tracing System To ...
What Credit Crunch? Two More Ecocity Projects from the Persian Gulf
Coming soon to the Middle East? "The Ziggurat." (Image via World Architecture News) Financial crisis or not, the folks in the Persian Gulf are thinking big, as usual. While construction projects in the rest of the world are grinding to a painful halt, two new ecocity-building projects have recently been unveiled in the Middle East: a conceptual pyramid-city for one million in Dubai and a $10 billion coastal city project for Qatar....
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School Pressured to Fire Lunch Lady, Former Porn Star
Some parents in Vineland, N.J., want Louisa C. Tuck fired, but lawyers say they have no legal grounds for doing so do so
Daughter Defends Mom in MySpace Suicide Trial
The daughter of a woman accused of orchestrating a cruel Internet hoax against a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide took the witness stand Friday to defend her mother.
Family Outraged at Teen's Webcam Suicide
The family of a college student who killed himself in front of an Internet audience say they're horrified his life ended before virtual spectators and infuriated that viewers and Web site operators didn't act sooner to save him.
Missing Teenage Girl Found in Illinois Teacher's Closet
A missing 17-year-old girl was found hiding in a closet at a male teacher's home near Chicago after he told police he didn't know where she was prompting officers to arrest him on a charge he lied to them.
Iowa College Bases Musical on Bible's 'Terror' Stories
Cannibalism, rape, a bear that mauls children -- this is the Bible?
Chief Dunces Of Wealth Destruction, Inc.
There are not enough dunce caps to go around for all of the egregious performance in finance, but here's a try.
Investors Have Room To Yank More Money
Compared to the last bear market, retail investors have remained remarkably resilient, at least until now.
Dearth Of Strong Stocks
Smart swing trading requires strong stocks, but in this market, you'll just have to wait.
Turning Plowshares Into Put Options
The collapse of share prices in agribusiness rivals that of energy. You can still make money as a bear.
Where the Recovery Will Begin
Bargains abound among preferreds and closed-end funds.
Market's Dip Spares Banks
Financials were the session's silver lining after the Treasury said it planned to invest directly in banks.
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Get in on the Export Boom
Learn how to take the first step into foreign markets by developing an export compliance plan and determining which markets to enter.
Family Support is Paramount
Learn how five mompreneurs found ways to get help and inspiration from their spouses and their children.
A Bad Economy May Benefit Franchises
Learn what drives franchise sales, even in a slowing economy.
Winning Management Lessons From the NFL
You can more learn much more than you thought by watching a day of football.
How to Make a Powerful First Impression
Learn the art of presence and small talk from communications experts who swear you can do it even if you don't think you can.
Calculating The Cost Of Wall Street's Rescue
How much debt can the U.S. digest?
The Law Under Obama
What the frontrunner might do on the legal front.
How To Tell If Your Small Bank Is In Trouble
The FDIC call report is a good place to start. Here's what to look for.
The $700 Billion Question
Wall Street couldn't price the risk. What makes anyone think the government will do any better?
How To Hire A Lawyer
We all need good counsel--especially in tough times.