Determining which industries aren’t long for this world may seem easy enough. But some types of businesses, such as telemarketing, are surprisingly hard to kill. And then again, other industries, probably the ones you’re sad to see go, can’t find a way to survive.
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Screen shots showing Costco and Quickbooks merchant account services hiding their transaction fees. I am sure they are not the only ones. Time to go double check the fine print.
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According to the most recent foreclosure numbers released by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the U.S. is embroiled in the worst foreclosure crisis in recorded history. More than 14 percent of subprime borrowers are defaulting, and prime borrowers are beginning to follow suit.
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Verizon FiOS fiber optic web connection packages, which range from $40 per month for 5Mbps to 30Mbps for $180 (extra for TV and phone service!) - Hong Kong residents can now get a whopping 100Mbps fiber optic connection for a mere $48.50 a month. And that’s the entry-level package. [C’mon DIGG let’s get this out […]
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“There’s no doubt that the interviewing process can be stressful, not only for the person applying for the job but for those doing the hiring as well. There are ways, however, to make job interviews a more rewarding and successful experience for both parties. With a little preparation and research, you can make interviewing a […]
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Many people don
t give much credence to the saying see a penny, pick it up and all day long youll have good luck. Its one of many myths that dont ring true. You could add money doesnt grow on trees or that it burns holes in pockets to the list, too.
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The notion that the majority of the workforce should work the eight hour work day and the 40 hour work week is based on nothing more than an idea put forth but the Federal government almost 70 years ago. This column has a few examples on why the 4 day work week could be […]
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77-year old Peter Gossels won his 8-year lawsuit against Bank Of America for $10,000 in undisclosed fees the bank assessed when he deposited a large check drawn on a German bank. He might not have won had the bank not accidentally stapled to a deposition a “secret rate sheet” that was handed out to tellers […]
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#3 - “Shelf shuffles” - Supermarkets often rearrange the order and location of basic items in a blatant effort to keep customers looking longer and spending more time in the store shopping….
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At 11AM, workers numbering 73,000 at 59 General Motors plants walked off the job after the automaker and the UAW failed to reach an agreement on a new contract. The question now is how long GM can survive with its plants idle.
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"We started working on developing the site back in October 2004," Kevin Rose told ZDNet "We started toying around with the idea a couple of months prior to that, but it was early October when we actually started creating what would become the beta version of digg. The site launched to the world on December 5th 2004."
Kevin Rose's friend David Prager (The Screen Savers, This Week in Tech) originally wanted to call the site “Diggnation”, but Kevin wanted a simpler name. He chose the name "Digg", because users are able to "dig" stories, out of those submitted, up to the front page. The site was called “Digg” instead of “Dig” because the domain name “dig.com” was previously registered. “Diggnation” would eventually be used as the title of Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht's weekly podcast.