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Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:31:26 GMT

Real Estate Online Marketing Blog Marketing advice and commentary for the online Realtors success. Real Estate Blog Directory Use for listing your real estate blog Real Estate MLS Listings Real Estate Online Marketing I am preparing what is becoming a report on what some call the new media as it

Florida Boom And Bust Cycle Repeats Itself

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:14:59 GMT

The St. Petersburg Times writes a great article on how prone Florida is to the boom and bust cycle. Florida with it’s warm weather and beautiful beaches inspires the imagination and dreams of home buyers. For several years the fevered land flipping, home

Happy 4th of July!

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:19:30 GMT

Taken from my bedroom window through the glass using that Lumix camera that Galen recommended. Here’s a few more. Happy 4th of July everyone! Similar Posts: Ten for Galen New trend for small Condos Night shots Freedom and Independence! Do It Yourself Home Staging

Are Economic Stimulus Checks Working

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:02:00 GMT

The Commerce Department reports that the millions of economic stimulus payments sent out in the first wave gave a huge boost to household finances in May, boosting consumer spending by the largest amount in six months and sending after-tax incomes up by the

Biggest Money Saving Tip: Move Far Away from the Joneses

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:44:44 GMT

talk about “Keeping up with the Joneses”, I spent the first 20 years of my life never knowing what that meant. Sweaters became suits, my pager was traded-up for a cellphone, and $2 taco dinners at the dive down the street gave way to $9 wings at the upscale

Webaroo Raises A $10 Million Round For SMSGupShup

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:30:17 GMT

Webaroo Technology has confirmed a $10 million round of funding for their product SMSGupShup, an SMS-based community site in India. SMSGupShup is a community site that enables users to join groups according to their interests and receive updates through their

Tasty food taxes

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:14:38 GMT

As the world's largest food company -- yes, its brands go beyond yummy chocolate candy -- Nestlé joined with other food manufacturers to fight all forms of food taxes. Worse, food taxes, like sales taxes in general, disproportionately affect households with less money to spend on everything,

Mortgages: Mortgage Brokers as Naysayers

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:45:32 GMT

New York’s borrowers could notice a different tone in their discussions with mortgage brokers in coming months

Book Recommendation: Technical Analysis Using Multiple…

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:54:33 GMT

I highly recommend Brian Shannon’s new book “Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes.” Brian is a pro - as real of a trader as they get. The book is filled with a lot of wisdom that you can only get from a trader who spends every day in the market - year

GE's VAT (and other )tax issues in Brazil

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:00:47 GMT

Its spokesperson says that the size of its world wide revenues means that it didn't need to tell investors about several improper VAT and payroll tax practices in its Brazilian operations that aggregate to about $100 million and were therefore

Not Even Mini Babybel Cheese Can Escape The Grocery Shrink…

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:00:10 GMT

Violating every conceivable standard of decency, the Grocery Shrink Ray has unleashed a heartless attack on baby cheese. Mini Babybels, those adorably pudgy wax-encrusted cheese cylinders, were once allowed to grow until they reached 132 grams. I thought I'd

Fundamentally: A Bear Market, Mauling Not Included

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:23:41 GMT

While you’re probably not happy with the returns of your portfolio right now, if you have been a conservative, diversified investor, you may well be doing better than the overall stock market

Gas prices at record high, holiday travel down

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:07:00 GMT

As gas prices hit a new high Saturday, Americans were seen cutting back on travel over the holiday weekend. With such heady fuel costs, AAA estimates that the number of Americans traveling during the Fourth of July holiday travel period fell for the first

Should You Go Solo or Work With a Partner?

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:56:00 GMT

A great question to ask yourself is whether or not you wanna be a solopreneur or work with a partner instead on a business venture. For me, I know there’s times where I can work on a project by myself, but there’s other times where it’s best

Saturday's Art Of The Chart: It's Price Action 7/5/08

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:53:25 GMT

Gary Smith, Author Of "How I Trade For A Living", August 12, 2005 "Alchemy Of Trading is a bit different from those we've reviewed before although Stephen Vita posts plenty of breaking market news and related charts. Barron's, March 7, 2005 "Ten years ago,

Plus ça change

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:51:56 GMT

Holiday weekends, especially the ones that bracket the summer months, tend to be stress tests for the tech media. With the proliferation of smart phones, social media aggregators, and of course the Twitter clonestakes, it’s now trivial to get a snapshot of what is going on throughout the

Patriotic sing along

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:06:59 GMT

Seeing as how it's still the 4th of July weekend and we're all still feeling so darn patriotic, I just had to post this wonderful Muppets rendition of that great march Stars and Stripes Forever (hat tip to Twitterer @JasonCalacanis ). Anyone who's ever tried to "sing" it will definitely appreciate

Earnings highlights: BP, Discover, Corel, Citigroup, WD-40,…

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:40:00 GMT

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Google’s subsidized child day care not as good as it used…

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:58:21 GMT

My guide, Susan Wojicki, was particularly proud when we stopped in front of the child care facility and talked about how Google had a low-cost facility for parents. And Wojicki (pronounced Wo-jis-key), who is the sister-in-law of Google co-founder Sergey

Women racers rule!

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:53:22 GMT

OK. Maybe not yet, but as I note in my latest Crazy Woman Driver column, my fellow crazy-like-a-fox women drivers are making inroads in the professional racing world. My motorsports epistle for the July issue of the trucker magazine Owner Operator (click the blurb at the top right of the cover)

Think Before You Voicemail

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:00:34 GMT

I remember people talking about the pros and cons of various enterprise voicemail systems - which had the best forwarding and group messaging, which allowed for archiving, and how many messages could be stored and for how long. But now an increasing number of people are just plain avoiding

Joining the luck parade

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:16:00 GMT

If you think about parades, one thing that's clear is that marching bands get invited to parades a lot more often than chiropractors do. Your chiropractic firm might, just might, be invited to be the grand marshal or something, but in general, it helps to be in a parade-friendly line of work. Well,

OK, So 237 Yaks Walk Into a Room...

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:40:44 GMT

It sort of feels like "Oscar Night" around here... OK without the red carpet, gawdy fashions, little statues, and over plasticized celebrities... but the excitement and anticipation are definitely there. and I know Drew McLellan and Gavin Heaton are

Mind Tools: Get the Recognition You Deserve

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:53:33 GMT

Learning how to get praise - All Readers - It can be hard to work day after day, and never get a "thank you" from your boss. Learn some positive ways to get your boss's attention

Mr. Tim Wright: July’s Order of the Golden Slacker Inductee

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:11:24 GMT

infuse work with passion and purpose focus on smarter not harder work ensure that work is effective and efficient leverage learning for results commit to both personal and professional development draw out the strengths of others and themselves transform “me

Jared Reitzin Interview

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:50:37 GMT

It comes down to one thing and one thing only, good people. I come home, spend time with my fiancé and baby girl and usually get on the computer again around 10:30 and work till midnight. We were looking for a round of funding and an advisor of mine introduced me to a company who invests in SaaS

How to Attract Your Dream Job

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:50:27 GMT

Include all of the qualities that you want from how close you would like your job to be from your home to the type of work you want to be doing to the sort of boss you want to work for and how much money you want to make. The more of your senses that you use in your visualization along with

Why You Can't Get Your Rate Quote From Freddie Mac's Weekly…

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:04:36 GMT

If you spend time researching mortgage rates online, you'll eventually trip onto one of the following Web sites that tout "national rates" for mortgage borrowers: Unfortunately, none of the rates quoted on these sites are especially helpful to

New Boston Blog Seeking Writers

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:09:34 GMT

The Inside Track to a Blogging Career - The Job Hunt Begins Here! Looking for writers to cover the following subjects: News(local & national) Sports Entertainment(music, movies, comedy) Gossip(local & national) Lifestyle(fashion, food, sex,GLBT)

The Last Day of Countrywide

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:48:26 GMT

Was the B of A merger a thinly disguised Fed orchestrated bail out? Does Countrywide deserve everything they get? Should Angelo Mozillo spend a little time behind bars? http://www.veoh.com/… How many people would have enjoyed home ownership if it wasn’t for Countrywide?