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- BUD - An American Company No More! What would 1 Share Purchased 24 Years ago of Anheuser-Busch be Worth When it Was Finally Sold Yesterday While it has been in the news recently, it became official yesterday, Anheuser-Busch is no longer an American Company. That's right, your favorite domestic beer company is now owned by beer GIANT InBev - you can find some full articles HERE, HERE and HERE. Never heard of InBev?  Guess Again - from...
Organic Farms Labeling Factory Farm Milk As 'USDA Organic' Oh. My. Somehow we all knew this day was coming, but COME ON...this is a huge company to be falsely labeling non-organic milk as organic and expecting no one to notice. It turns out that along with Horizon and Aurora brand dairy products, there are a bunch more private label...- Should You Do Business With Unethical Companies? Maybe I've had some sort of "Come to Jesus" moment, but this recession thing has really opened my eyes to companies with poor business ethics. Whether it be carelessness, blissful ignorance or a seemingly infinite supply of tolerance, we consumers seem to take our hard knocks from shady companies in...
- I get emails Who said working in publishing would be unrewarding? ------------------------------------- Subject: Immediate Release: Girls Gone Wild Heads Overseas Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:35:39 -0400 From: Barry Roesler To: oliver@alliancemagazine.org Hello Oliver, I thought you may find this interesting. If you would like to follow-up with Joe Francis or Scott Barbour,...
- Lessons to learn- How did Harley-Davidson turnaround? A Recovery Plan Harley-Davidson's remarkable turnaround – from a firm flirting with bankruptcy to one of America's premier automotive success stories – is what business legends are made of. How did they do it? President and COO Jim McCaslin explains their recovery plan. Operating close to bankruptcy in 1981,...
Lladro Collectibles Collectibles -> Decorative Collectibles -> Lladro-> Figurines When you look at the beauty and grace that is customary with Lladro collectibles, it’s hard to believe that the company originally specialized in jugs and basic kitchenware. It wasn’t until the mid 1950’s that the three original founders of the company, who...
Royal Doulton Figurines Collectibles -> Decorative Collectibles -> Figurines Royal Doulton figurines are an incredibly popular collectible and once you see how intricate the designs are, it is easy to see why. These precious statues are manufactured by the Royal Doulton Company from England and there is quite a lot of history behind...
Review: Secrets of Surrender by Madeline Hunter By: Marcia, guest reviewer It is always a treat to read one of Madeline Hunter's books. They are very well written with compelling plots and historical subplots as well as wonderful characters. Secrets of Surrender is the third book in the Rothwell Series about a family that is declining...
Marketing the Smart Way with Corporate Blogging Corporate blogging is a great way to market your products to the public, but you’ll need to walk that fine line between over commercialization and a total lack of promotion. The main reason that many companies set up their own blog is to find ways to attract new customers and...
The Future of P2P Lending - Dusting Off My Crystal Ball Remember the good old days of 1998? The Internet was going to change everything. Analysts predicted that we were going to buy our books, music, pet supplies, and groceries over the Internet. It's ten years later and the analysts were right about the first two and wrong about the last...
How I learned about gap insurance You may not have heard about gap insurance before, but it can be a useful thing to have if the value of your car is significantly less than what you owe on it. (For example, if you've leased a car, or if you've bought a brand-new car and driven...
Generate more traffic and build your bottom line through Radio P.R. Guest Post by Michelle Taney Editor's Note: Michelle is my radio PR specialist. Just in the first week of working with her I have been booked on two major radio stations in Florida. To me this means Michelle is someone in the radio PR business to listen to! I will...- Social Media Today Here are the top social media related stories and resources found around the 'Sphere today: This one is excellent. I love these kinds of videos! I hear the jingle jangle of the Social Media Ice Cream truck ... Commoncraft does it again. Thanks Lee Lefever and crew. Social Media in...
STYLES The use of styles in Word will allow you to quickly format a document with a consistent and professional look. Paragraph and character styles can be saved for use in many documents. Applying a Style - Place the cursor in the paragraph where the style will be applied. - Click...- Our online business startup A recent reader comment (from Matt at To One Million and Beyond) stated: I’d love to hear some of your experiences with your online businesses as I’m about to start one (possibly two) in the next little while. What kind of successes, failures, and difficulties did you encounter? While only...
- Traffic Secrets 2.0: Here Comes the Reese Effect! It's been a long time since John Reese had his million dollar day with Traffic Secrets 1.0. Now he's ramping up for Traffic Secrets 2.0 and he's doing it by giving out spectacular free content. Be sure to check out his brand new video here to see the beginning of...
- Find Advice About Search Engine Optimization You may be asking what are the benefits of Website optimization Techniques?, do I need to make use of Search engine optimization to advertise my website? how do I know it works? is it worth the effort? In the next article we are going to try and answer some of...
Getting Serious(er) About Twitter One of my resolutions for 2009 is to become a more dedicated Twitter-er. I've just read Mike Filsaime's post on Twitter and have been skimming through all kinds of blog posts made in the last year about the web's favorite microblog. If you do what I'm doing, Googling and following...- Google Toolbar and Pagerank Update If you ever wondered who tracks Google Toolbar and Pagerank updates, I have some links for you. Of course Pagerank doesn't matter, right? Wrong. If you sell advertising, pagerank is all the majority of advertisers care about. Since people cannot see your live log files, it's really all they have...
- Investing shouldn't feel like betting Good, researched investing shouldn't feel like betting. Unfortunately, that's exactly what it feels like to me right now. You think you are (finally!) doing things right, and then, well, something like this year comes along. I look for (among other things) companies with looonnnng track records. By long track records,...
- Do you buy things from youth organizations or just donate? My wife and I are munching on some popcorn that I bought from one of my colleagues, whose son is in the Boy Scouts. The quality of the popcorn is fine. The bags don't open quite as easily as other commercial microwave brands. A variety 30-pack of these was $30,...
Masturbation Problem: Licking from it Lately, I've read an article in Reader's Digest about licking masturbation problem. The problem is from a woman (a nursing student) who's been masturbating everyday but she's hating it. She wanted to get rid from it but she can't. Masturbation is deliberate self-stimulation to produce sexual arousal. It can be just...- July 2008 Finance and Frugality Blog Carnivals We would like to thank the following Blog Carnivals for featuring our posts. (This list will be updated to include future inclusions for the month of July 2008.) Descending chronologically by inclusion date July 30, 2008 Money Hacks Carnival #23 — It’s Gotta Be The Shoes! Article: How to Save...
NOW Who Has Got a Dirty Mind? What a week! The January frost has just set in, and already things are heating up beyond the melting point. Put your seatbelts on, kids, cause its gonna be a wild ride! [caption id="" align="alignright" width="216" caption="Get ready for a hoe down, y'all!"][/caption] Day 1: 6:00am - What's the world...- Student Loan Debt One of the major disagreements you'll come across in financial literature is the issue of student debt and whether it's worthwhile. Let's look at my remaining student loans (my only long-term debt) under three different paradigms: 1) Good Debt is Cheap Debt. A fairly simple, purely mathematical distinction; you simply...
Four Money-Saving, Luxurious, Low-Flow Showerheads I've previously written about the importance of installing a low flow showerhead if you're serious about going green and saving money. Many shower head fixtures, especially older ones, are extremely wasteful of water--with the worst ones wasting 5 or more gallons per minute. Newer and more efficient ones can cut...
Sharing the Love Giveaway -- Zen to Done Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Since I love all you readers so much (and since I just won two copies of Zen to Done in two separate contests), I'm giving away a copy of Zen to Done! It's an excellent book (I just started my copy) written by Leo of ZenHabits....- Midnight Sun (partial draft) / Stephenie Meyer I am writing this review now because a) I've just finished reading it b) the book is on hold so who knows if or when it'll ever be available. This draft contains the first 12 chapters (right until Bella and Edward go on their "date" in the meadow where he'll...
- More Boston Sports Club Membership Problems Back in late October, I mentioned that Boston Sports Club kept charging me. I had figured it was over with the call that I made later that day. In fact, just last week, I got a check for the whole amount that they over-charged me. That's the end of the...
- Badami Chicken Recipe - Indian A delicious Indian recipe for Badami chicken, a savory mixture of spices (but not hot).
