Revitalizing
the American Dream
We need more start-ups. A lot more of them. New companies mean new ideas, new approaches, new products and services, and new jobs. What's more, in the wake of the Wall Street meltdown and the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a wave of start-ups could spark a new sense of optimism about what businesses can actually accomplish -- something else this country sorely needs ...
A Special Report by Adam Bluestein and Amy Barrett | Jul 6, 2010
Client Spotlight
Angela Brown is the Founder & CEO of Victory Global Solutions, Inc., a female-owned SBA certified 8(a) business, based in Maryland, is a provider of enterprise networking and technology based product and service solutions.They help clients with solutions ranging from improving mission critical business processes and modernizing technology to meeting new regulations.
Companies brace for end of cheap made-in-China era
SHANGHAI (AP) -- Factory workers demanding better wages and working conditions are hastening the eventual end of an era of cheap costs that helped make southern coastal China the world's factory floor. A series of strikes over the past two months have been a rude wakeup call for the many foreign companies that depend on China's low costs to compete overseas, from makers of Christmas trees to manufacturers of gadgets like the iPad ...
by Elaine Kurtenbach, AP Business Writer, July 8, 2010
There's Big Opportunity in Lower-Cost Ads
With advances in technology redefining the advertising market , small and medium-size businesses are benefiting from new opportunities to reach consumers--from reduced costs in traditional media to online, mobile, and social networking opportunities.
by Rachel Sadon - From PCWorld | Entrepreneur Magazine - July 05, 2010
Recycling whole houses
Recycling is expanding from newspapers and bottles to entire houses as foreclosures, tax credits and landfill costs prompt businesses and non-profit organizations to salvage materials from old homes.Stores are springing up to sell used lumber, appliances, cabinetry and flooring. Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit that builds and rehabs affordable homes, has 550 such retail outlets, called "ReStores." Mark Andrews, Habitat's director of U.S. operations, says the number is growing "almost daily." He expects an additional 100 stores in the next year.
