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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...
- 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,...
Bay Club Marina Phone: 800.359.7234 Average Water Depth: The average depth is around 11 feet, but this can change with the weather and conditions. We always recommend calling ahead before you arrive to check the current depth information. Marine Standby Channel: At this time, the marina is only reachable by phone. Is...
LG KG920 vs. SE K800 vs. Nokia N73: One more photo shootout Recently we've got LG K920 for testing; this is one of the first 5MP camera GSM phones available on the market. We've decided that it's a good idea to test it against one of the best currently available 3MP camera phones, and also great rivals - Sony Ericsson K800 and...
Great Marketing Resource and Lead Generation Information One of my favorite marketing resource web sites is called Marketing Experiments. There aren't a whole lot of web sites that impress me when it comes to learning about marketing on the Internet or marketing in general. This is one of them. They just released one of their latest...- End of Your Rope? Tie a Knot and Hang on Tight. Yesterday I explained how I got an e-mail from a woman who lost her job and the feelings that I went through in a similar situation. Today, I'll detail what I did about it then and what I'd do about it today. First off, I'd break your plan of attack...
- I never thought we'd see THIS again But our luggage arrived tonight! (Exactly two months to the day later.) The luggage itself was trashed (it had a cut in it) but everything inside was just fine. There was even a bottle of contact solution inside that hadn't spilled. So this means that I won't have to pay...
- Should Risk Tolerance Determine Asset Allocation? Last week, Morningstar writer Christine Benz wrote a piece entitled Four Investment Rules To Ignore in which she details investment "rules" that may seem logical at first glance but are actually counterproductive. It's all pretty standard advice except for the third point. According to Christine, "...an individual's assessment of his or...
Are You Skinny Fat? (ie: if thin people don't exercise they aren't healthy) Do you know what it means to be skinny fat? Just because you are not obviously visually overweight, that does not mean that you are healthy by any means. There are many people that appear to be thin and healthy, but...- Using Salsa as Your Salad Dressing I went out to lunch yesterday at my favorite Mexican restaurant with a friend: Sancho's Taqueria. This place has the most amazing fish tacos on the planet and many many people swear by the carnitas super burrito... They really are inspirational... This day however, I ordered the Sancho's Cobb with...
Parallel Blogverse: How much do you know about the locals? Internet Irony: While the internet has the power to connect us to each other from opposite corners of the globe, it also has the power to isolate us from people doing things right in our own back yards. I was reading Rick's blog about Twitter "squeezing" yesterday and something in...
- The first week of bike ownership... To continue on with the theme of May being National Bike Month, I wanted to share some impressions and thoughts about biking after a week of enjoying my latest purchase and toy.

























































































