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10.2% Unemployment: Is Self-Employment a Viable Option?
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009The unemployment rate was pegged at 10.2% last Friday. The prospects that this will be a slow and, perhaps, jobless recovery does not bode well for the unemployed. Even though people are unemployed, but that does not mean they don’t have marketable skills and abilities. Maybe the solution is to market their skills independently. American [...]
Ford Motor Company Posts a Profit
Monday, November 2nd, 2009Ford Motor Company Announced today that it posted a profit. Even its domestic car division was profitable. Among the reasons cited was the Cash for Clunks Program. People still want and need roomy cars. They don’t need $100 fill-ups.
Ford able to produce and get to market hybrid crossover vehicles such as the Escape in [...]
London Bridge is Falling Down
Friday, October 30th, 2009That’s the first line of a children’s song. Yet, it applies to America’s infrastructure–roads, bridges, schools, etc.–and to its businesses. Drive on state and interstate highways, and you will find them in bad need of repair. Bridges have had sections fall or have been closed because they were unsafe to use. And the Bay [...]
Why Do Businesses Really Fear Health Care Reform?
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Why do businesses really fear health care reform? Among the reasons are its cost, government control, regulation and deficit, and satisfaction with the status quo. Those may be valid reasons, but they cover up a key underlying reason, which is it represents change. I find this ironic. All businesses came into being to fill a [...]