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Planning for the future: good gas mileage 2 Oct 2010 | 11:44 am
If you think your hybrid gets great gas mileage now, wait until you hear what is planned for the future! Car manufacturers will be required to increase the mileage gained from each gallon to anywhere ...
The comeback of America Online from the ashes 30 Sep 2010 | 06:31 pm
If you are old like me, you probably remember the days of America Online in the ’90s. AOL was one of the first companies to introduce Internet to millions of people. I was one of such people. Some ref...
Should colleges mandate attendance? 29 Sep 2010 | 05:51 pm
Recently, I had to write an article regarding whether attendance should be mandatory for first and second year college students. I chose to take the view that it should not be for various reasons. Fir...
Increasing alcohol price or tax will hurt businesses 25 Sep 2010 | 03:51 pm
With the gloomy look of economy, there are people who still do not understand the implications of their actions. Recently, I have been coming across ideas to increase either the price of alcohol or th...
Is the recession over? Some like to think so 22 Sep 2010 | 04:56 am
According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the recession has been over since June 2009. I guess the rest of us are just living in a dream world where jobs are being lost day after day and ...
Great marketers appeal to people’s emotions 21 Sep 2010 | 06:10 pm
Did you know that an average person is shown 2,500 advertisements everyday? How many of them do you remember? Probably not many as most of us have become numb to them and just tune them out. Businesse...
Is your business targeting the right demographics? 17 Sep 2010 | 06:52 am
There are a million ways to segment the type of consumers you want to market your products to. For example, demographic segmentation (age, gender, income, ethnic, family-life cycle). Although marketin...
What will banks do with foreclosure properties? 16 Sep 2010 | 06:49 pm
Ever since the collapse of the housing market a few years ago, banks have been foreclosing on properties left and right. In today’s news, Yahoo is reporting that US homes foreclosures are up 25 percen...
The effects of currency exchange on international business 15 Sep 2010 | 06:58 am
With the invent of transportation and information systems, we have made the world a much smaller place. Businesses are expanding their operations across borders everyday and things can be moved across...
Online education deprives students of many options 13 Sep 2010 | 09:50 am
There is no doubt that online education is the next big thing. Universities are saving money by offering courses online rather than in person. Some do it due to lack of space on campus. They need to s...
