I was thinking it would be a nice ride but the first day was pretty calm.
 If you bought or are now thinking of buying into Visa what are your feelings?
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I have heard Wednesday last week and this weekend then I read some information that a rumor of Tuesday now. If you are buying, are you ready?
How to make sure you have funds ready
Phone Broker - If you still have one my old phone broker would take my order over the phone and gave me 3 […]

Well I am short Goldman so I know this up’s my chances but I am not overly happy to see Bear Stearns fall other then that. It is tough to see an almost 100 year old financial institution failing like this because it is not a good sign for our financial markets.
If you missed the ticker, JPMorgan […]

Hey Bear Stearns, I know a business that is having trouble, shoot me the number to get some of that federal money so they can stay a float. Thanks buddy…. psss. “mark to market”.
The Bear Stearns stock is in a free fall right now losing over $27 dollars yesterday. At this point I hope the short […]

The two teams did battle today by creating their own sandwiches at Quiznos and selling them without the help of their black-books. The two choices were the Champ Sandwich and the Cowboy Club (guess who’s team had which one).
The cowboy club sounded good but may not have been as marketable as the Champ since it […]

The title sums up the best way I can describe the situation that many of the account managers I have come across are in. You have a list of “players” that could turn your business around or make you the next salesman of the year. Many dial for dollars, get the person on the phone […]

In a recent article I talked about setting up a high end audio system for your PC. As I searched for speakers that I wanted to demo I came across a couple of brands I wanted to hear. Along with that I  wanted to have a couple of places to get quotes from so the […]

I have grown tired of hearing the word recession over and over every single day. Sadly enough here I am contributing to it but in the end I hope this article offsets me using it.
If you say something enough then it is bound to happen. If you want to succeed but you are constantly talking […]

People say there is a lack of good careers in this country but I have to say maybe the college crowd should stop focusing on many easy to get and often useless degree’s and focus on a education that will get you somewhere. Here is one example of a career track that is lacking people.
 Being […]

We have had a few articles on here about this monster but I wanted to reach out to my readers.
If you plan to buy this IPO then bookmark this site and come back to tell the story. This has to be one of the largest talked about IPO’s I have seen outside the tech boom […]

I had to add another category for “Smart Business” because after walking around the IKEA store I had to post up my thoughts.
 First off the raw amount of the people at the store is amazing for such a downed economy in the rust belt here. But it is a bargain store and you would assume […]

The video game market is bigger then ever and when one of my good friends says he would rather play Xbox with his kid then read him a book, then you know its a big market!
Simple fact is kids love video games (just as many adults to) and I do not see this market going backwards. Play […]

This is an interesting franchise and I mulled over an idea like this in the past. But for me I get the joy from writing about business and answering questions for free on this site. But I always thought something like this would be a good idea if it was marketed right because there are […]

I still have a good laugh when I go into my stats for this website and I see someone hit this website with Netscape. I have had 9 Netscape hits this month out of the tens of thousands of the others. IF you using Netscape to view this site then post up a comment, it would […]

 
In the backrooms of the Midwest you will hear the term NAFTA come up. You won’t find too many people having anything good to say about it.  The reality is it hit the Midwest very hard but NAFTA was felt throughout the country so regardless of where you live it is worth taking an interest […]

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If you are a parent did you ever have trouble finding a tutor? Not anymore just check out your local strip mall!
Mathnasium locations assist young students with the difficulty of learning math. They are noted as to opening up 1 franchise per week now which is a rapid rate. As of today they could have […]

The wife and I have looked at these type of places before and always ended up at our local market. On the other hand we just put an a gourmet kitchen in our new home loaded up with Wolf to the nines so I could be a bit bias.
But I can already tell you this […]

I have to take a guess from readings that this is not really an one hour service but maybe it is? And if so I really have to ask what kind of staff you would carry to make that kind of marketing statement? We will take it as just a name for now but the […]

I have had some experience in commercial cleaning as I worked for a family member cleaning dealerships when I was in high-school for extra money. I also consulted for a local cleaning and maintenance startup but that was not a franchise. The good news is people are slobs and you wont find the owners of […]

A 6 figure ass whippin, that is what happened on this episode of the Celebrity Apprentice.
Omarosa prefaced all of this by noting she lost in a similar task last time so we could already see where this was going. As a two time losing project manager we know she was kept around for entertainment factor. […]

Crocs made an announcement today that they do not sell Crocs branded products to Costco and they have no intentions to. The news reports have noted that other companies have sold Crocs to Costco in an indirect fashion.
It looks like the stock dipped at bit at the end of the day and here is what […]

I know news on Wal-Mart keeps the anti-capitalist busy so I had to write a quick note on this for fun.
You will continue to see Wal-Mat do rather well as the economy slows down. The fact is they have just about the cheapest prices around. Those on fixed incomes or people that are light on […]

 
I had a few emails asking for more tech post’s so let get the ball rolling with this one.
Here you are sitting in your nice corporate office or home office for many. You have your nice desk, the Executive leather chair and all the nice wooden desk accessories to top it off. There is your wide […]

Lets face it, America is fatter then ever so I do not see gym’s going out of style.
 Snap Fitness is a 24 gym that is compact compared to most large brand names but they offer the necessities to get average Joe into good shape. As noted above a positive to this franchise is the fact […]