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Love Your Product and Live Longer
Daniel Carasso, former head and still honorary chairman of Groupe Danone, died peacefully in his Paris home in May at the ripe old age of 103. This longevity is a tribute to a lifetime of yogurt. The story began in Spain. Carasso’s father, Isaac, a physician, migrated from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Barcelona and started a [...]
White House Eyes Bailout Funds to Aid Small Firms
The Obama administration is developing an initiative to take money from the $700 billion rescue program for the banking system and make it available to millions of small businesses, which officials say are essential to any economic recovery because they employ so many people, according to sources familiar with the plan. The effort would represent [...]
Jerusalem.com for $750,000
The holy city went online this month. Jerusalem.com seeks to become the virtual gateway to religious, historic, and modern-day Jerusalem. They hope to bring ‘the Jerusalem experience to anyone in the world’. In addition to getting information about the many faces of Jerusalem (including religion – duh, but also Real Estate and Shopping!), visitors can [...]
New Bill Could Divert Billions in Small Business Contracts to Corporate Giants
PETALUMA, Calif., June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — For the second time in the last year, the House of Representatives Small Business Committee has passed legislation that will change the definition of a small business to give some of the nation’s wealthiest investors billions of dollars in federal small business contracts. The bill, H.R. 2965, the Enhancing [...]
The end of Amazon Associates Program?
Bad news for Amazon’s North Carolina and Hawaii affiliates. Amazon.com Inc. closed accounts with its affiliates in North Carolina to avoid paying a proposed sales tax, according to media reports Friday. In an email, Amazon reportedly told marketing affiliates in the state that the move was a direct result of North Carolina’s push to levy [...]
Nine-year-old starts up web business
A nine-year-old girl has become India’s youngest CEO after starting up her own online design business. Shreelaxmi Suresh received recognition for her work after she developed a website for Kerala Bar Council, located in the country’s south. The youngster has displayed a keen interest in computers and art since she was in Kindergarten. With a [...]
Fly with Pets AirwaysFly with Pets Airways
Anyone who’s experienced the stress of air travel with their pet has thought there’s got to be a better way. Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel thought they could do better, and the result is Pet Airways, which starts flying pets around the country in July 2009. From drop off to pick up every aspect of [...]
