All Entries in the "Business" Category
How to Keep Your Job While Unemployment is on the Rise
5 Tips to Help You Increase the Chances of Keeping Your Job Unemployment continues to rise, and jobs are getting harder to come by. The national average is approaching 7% while many areas are being hit with unemployment rates of about 10% already. Think about that for a minute. One out of every ten people [...]
Two-Thirds of Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes – Nothing More Than Political Hogwash
Are Businesses Getting Out of Paying Taxes or is it Just a Good Story for the Media and Politicians? One of the big stories last week was from the Government Accountability Office study that reported that two-thirds of American corporations didn’t pay any taxes in 2005. Of course, a statement like this is sure to [...]
Stupid Woman Sues Over Apple’s iPhone Price Cut
According to the Associated Press, a woman is suing Apple for $1 million over a $200 price cut. The article doesn’t call her stupid, but I gladly will. If you recall, only a few months after Apple’s mega-hyped iPhone release, they decided to cut the price of the new product by $200 in addition to [...]
GM and the UAW Tentatively Agree on New Contract
Earlier this week the United Auto Workers called for a nationwide strike against General Motors, and just two days later a new contract seems to be agreed upon. Details are still a bit sketchy, but for the sake of my friends and family who rely on a paycheck from GM, it is great that this [...]
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