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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...
- 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,...
- The Family CFO By Mary Allvine and Christine Larson Whether you are just starting out as a family, or the kids are already in school, there is a lot to be learned about managing the finances of a family. There are so many troublespots that families face, and few places to go for advice. We were very excited...
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...
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 to Respond if a Family Member asks for a Loan (Part 2) In part 1 of this post, I discussed the tough love options (and reasoning behind those options) available to a family member when another family member asks for a loan. In this part 2, I want to cover a further aspect of responding to a family member's request for a...
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...
Money Hacks Carnival #51 - The Office Edition Welcome to the 51st edition of the Money Hacks Carnival! My name is Adam and I am pleased to be your host this week. Please feel free to poke around the site if it is your first time visiting! You can subscribe to the blog using the links on the...- Health Insurance: Part 1 - Deductibles This is part 1 of a series on health insurance. I will be explaining several components of health insurance contracts in order to help you make a better decision on your purchase. Deductibles are a part of health care plans that require you to pay an initial amount before you...
- How Rude! Something most guidebooks to Southeast Asian destinations don't mention is rudeness. While many countries in Southeast Asia rely heavily on tourism, sometimes their ideas of what's polite and what's not is at odds with many Western ideas. Some are even at odds with common sense This occurred to me as...
- Closing my business I've been struggling over the past year or so with whether or not to close a business that I have. Now it's decision time. The business hasn't been making much money, mainly because I've had a terrible time booking clients. The clients I do book are extremely happy afterwards --...
- Viral Marketing Series, Part 1: Viral Marketing 101 Viral Marketing 101 - Not Using It Could Kill Your Business! Creativity This is one virtue a site must possess to lead the race in the ruthless competition in the Internet based business. With so many competition and rivalry going on, every method of marketing must be employed and utilized....
- Viral Marketing Series, Part 3: Why and How E-mail Viral Marketing Works Why and How E-mail Viral Marketing Works What does a virus have to do with marketing? Viral marketing describes any strategy that encourages individuals to pass on a marketing message to others, creating the potential for exponential growth in the message's exposure and influence. Like viruses, such strategies take advantage...
- The window replacement story Our house was built in the late 70's. Part of its 70's-fabulous look included a pair of windows that weren't even glass. (They were made from two thin sheets of decorative plastic.) But even the windows that were glass had issues: They were practically falling out of their ugly aluminum...
Corporate Blogging Made Easy One of the best ways for a company to reach out to their customers and build a strong brand is corporate blogging. However, there are a lot of misconceptions out there and a lot of room for error. Let’s take a look at some techniques that you can use to...- You Should Learn Forex Trading If You Would Like To Profit In The Forex Markets! It is true that forex trading has grow to be truly so fashionable nowadays. Everybody wants to make money with it. In fact nearly all internet marketers have heard of Forex trading or online money trading as it is sometimes referred to and a lot of are intriguing about how...
- Incredible Presentation by Dean Hunt... I have a new all-time favorite webinar. I've hosted some incredible people over the years on teleconferences and webinars. I can't begin to calculate the value of them all together for the information and tactics shared by some of the best in the business. But yesterday I recorded a webinar...
I Have a Dream Rather, I had -- and it's been realized! And what do you know, reality is so much better. :-) Welcome to the Inauguration, a hellishly cold day of stalled motorcade bikes, 1 per 500 port-a-potties (the rate determined through strenuous scientific modeling, no less), and copious frostbite, warmed by heartfelt...
Idiot's Guide to Ending Your Life "I just returned home and my whole family's been shot!" By me, should have added the father. But then, should've, would've, might've. Before killing his family and himself, the man should have done a lot of things, but he chose his way out. One, incidentally, that was suggested by the...
- I Had that Aspergillus Thing, I think, and Everyone Laughed! Recently in the news is the tale of a man that died from an aspergillus infection. I'm pretty sure I had the same thing about 20 years ago, except when I told people about it, they mostly sort of laughed that I was imagining it. One of the things I...
- Eliminate Debt: The Ultimate in Lazy Finances This is a guest post from DebtFree-Revolution. I encourage you to subscribe to her RSS feed. Lazy Man and I disagree on the whole debt idea. This surprises me, since as I have eliminated all but one debt (and that last one will go away very soon) I have discovered...
- Misconceptions on the importance of Digg There is a good discussion going on at Sphinn surrounding a story put out by SocialNewsWatch.com. The title of the story is "SEO Spammers: Leave Social Media Sites Alone!" and it is interesting the different takes from Sphinners on the topic. Not just that, but the folks who are upset...
Get your Facebook Username: Brand your profile! Facebook is planning to offer Facebook usernames to make it easier for people to find and connect with you. When your friends, family members or co-workers visit your profile or Pages on Facebook, they will be able to enter your username as part of the URL in their browser. This...
Maintain And Watch What kind of an aquarist are you? Are you a ‘hands-in’ tinkerer or a watcher, or perhaps a mixture of the two? There’s nothing wrong with tinkering as long as it’s within reason. Constantly changing the reef for example is not going to do a lot for the security...
Investing For Beginners Guide Neither one of my parents know how to invest in the stock market, and it wasn't a part of my formal education. I had to learn everything on my own, so I know how intimidating it is for people who are new to investing. Where do I start? What do...
Misrepresentation Recently reading about the MySpace ruling last month on the MySpace suicide case in CNet news. Â The article which was titled MySpace ruling could lead to jail for lying online daters quoted about the impacts of this ruling on the web: Web site terms of service, which end users universally...
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Top Screw Ups # 3 Top Screw Ups Of The Week # 3 Image by stevem_nyvi via Flickr Seems there is no shortage of screw- ups in the medical field just recently. One of our top three this week begs the question - Where do some of these doctors get their training? As I write...
Science of Choosing.. A few days ago I came across with a statement made by a an ex-rally driver and a current member of the European Parliament Ari Vatanen on climate change. Vatanen saw climate change as something which had very little to do with the actions of human beings, and went...
