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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 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...
- 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...
- Saving money just by asking Most people have a very difficult time asking for a discount. For some reason here in the US we feel like we have to pay full price for everything. In a lot of foreign countries asking for a discount, or haggling, is not only welcomed, it is often expected, and...
- 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...- 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....
- Beyond SEO: Guest Article Editor's Note: Here is yet another refeshing article talking about reigning in those SEO urges and making your marketing campaign whole again. Regarding the article quality itself, people are really starting to get this whole "writing valuable content" thing.
Assigning field data types After you name a field, you must decide what type of data the field holds. Before you begin entering data, you should have a good grasp of the data types that your system will use. Ten basic types of data are shown in Table 34-2; some data types (such as...
Michel Fortin: Short Copy Outperforms? Heresy! Guest Post By Michel Fortin An interesting discussion is going on in one of my favorite online forums, The Warriors Forum, about short copy winning over long copy. And the author of the thread cited a study he conducted, where he proved that shorter copy won over long copy. Some...- Newspaper Industry Moguls Invent Paid Content Model "Media Executives Plan Online Service to Charge for Content " -New York Times This is such a hoot I had to look 3 times to make absolutely sure I wasn't reading an Onion article. This really is an article in the New York Times, and yes, these guys really are...
How Bad Credit is ALWAYS a Bad Thing A lot of people are under the assumption that bad credit only really hurts them when they are about to apply for a mortgage in order to buy a house or apply for a loan to purchase a car. However, this is far from the truth. In order to ensure everyone is fully aware of the vast impact of a good credit score I am going to list a bunch of times when having bad credit can hurt you without you realizing it.
Car & Home Insurance
Car insurance companies, despite all of the controversy, continue to use your credit score as a risk indicator. The lower the credit score, the higher the risk, the higher the payment and vice versa.
A good score is typically above 760 and a bad score is below 600. Many people have no idea they are beneficiaries of insurance scoring. Insurers say more than 50% of policyholders have a lower premium because of good credit.
Let's Go a Viking in Romance Who were the Vikings? Vikings were warrior men from the Scandinavia region of the world including specifically Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Viking is linked to naval expeditions or naval raids. A member of such a trip is called a Viking. Typically it is thought that the Viking period began...- Weekend Link Love I forgot to participate in any carnivals this last week, and even worst, forgot to link back to the last carnival of personal finance hosted by ABCs of Investing (oops!). Thanks for including my post "when should you sell a losing mutual fund?" and sorry for the late link! Here...
- The Porkulus Bill I had this for a while buy havde not had a chance to post it, an email from my cousin: "Don't let a good crisis go to waste"- Rahm Emmanuel, Chief of Staff Start with the premise that governments, multinational organizations and large corporations are the three main actors in...
- Why Is Water Movement So Important In A Home Aquarium Let's take a quick look at the ocean - it is a vast area which is exceptionally dynamic. The animals which live in the ocean, some of which make it to our aquariums are used to the action of the water movement. The secret of a successful marine aquarium other...
Friday Book: The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education A West Point grad, Rhodes Scholar, and Army Ranger recounts his unique education and struggles with the hard lessons that only war can teach. "The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education" (Craig M. Mullaney)One haunting afternoon on Losano Ridge in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Captain Craig Mullaney and his infantry platoon were...
When He Left, He Left Some Crap Behind   I love discovering cool stuff and sharing it with you. Here's a fun site for you to check out, and you might find it useful as well: "Stuff That's Left Behind is a blog all about the things we find ourselves stuck with when a relationship ends....
How to Replace a Built-in Dishwasher The under counter appliances in your kitchen are not complicated to install or replace, and can easily be handled by the homeowner. All it takes is a few steps that are simple to perform. The first step in replacing a built in washer is to remove the old one. Removing...- Living in Debt Means Living on the Edge - Guest Post This is a guest post by Sean Platt, a freelance ghostwriter. Debt is the mortal enemy of practicality; a sneaky snake that whispers all is well. Credit is easy enough to get, but far from cheap. Financial management can be tough enough when you’re a two-income family with steady paychecks to share, but for twenty-somethings straight out of college, trying to balance a brand new life with a boggling budget and freelancers who (let’s face it) jump from job to job, things can easily drift from difficult to disaster.
