The last couple days have brought numerous positive reports about the economy. Most show jobs climbing, others show decreased layoffs and still others indicate increased capital investment. But what isn’t being talked about is what’s going on with the country’s smallest businesses
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Mythology, science fiction, and comic books are chock full of stories of heroes and their battles against the ills of society, the eternal struggle between good and evil.
Read More »Food dye makers push back against possible ban
Food dye makers argued on Thursday there is no proof their colorings make kids more hyperactive, aiming to fend off a consumer group's call for a government ban or warning on artificially brightened snacks and sodas.
Read More »Facebook Now Lets You Turn Your Profile Into a Business Page
Facebook just introduced a subtle tweak to its user experience: Personal profiles can now be quickly and efficiently converted to business Pages, turning your friends into fans. Facebook is realizing, it seems, that a good way to future profits is to court industry partners. With the launch of a new migration tool, Facebook is letting single users around the world create a more business-centric, limited form of Facebook entry that allows business to have thousands of "fans" rather than acting as an interactive friend resource
Read More »Google’s Challenge to Facebook
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today
Read More »5 Mobile Payment Tools for Business
Will cash and credit survive the Digital Age? According to a new survey conducted by Mobio Identity Systems, 94 percent of North Americans would be happy to complete payments through their phone if they knew the system were secure. Most merchants and small businesses choose to only accept cash or check to avoid paying the extra fee attached to processing a credit card
Read More »PGT: Rose might putt with eyes closed at Masters
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Read More »Candice Swanepoel (PHOTO): Is skinny Victoria’s Secret model sending harmful message?
Eating disorder expert worries about impact of new images showing rail thin model
Read More »USDA prompts Trader Joe’s pizza recall: What you need to know
Frozen pizzas recalled after USDA finds labels that failed to list common allergen
Read More »Water balls a "deadly danger": CPSC
Agency says no safe way to use product; Suffocation, drowning, injury inside apparatus cited as potential risks
Read More »"Super-bugs" get people sick super fast: expert
Dr. Jennifer Ashton says aggressive antibiotics, nutrition necessary to fight off resistant, speedy bacteria
Read More »Your Avatar, Your Guide: Digital Doubles Can Improve Social Skillsor Create False Memories (preview)
Your favorite coffee shop is crowded with harried people, and you are standing shoulder to shoulder in a slow-moving line. Each jostling shift of the crowd aggravates your severe social anxiety. You start gasping for air; your heart quickens and you want to run
Read More »Can we capture all of the world’s carbon emissions?
In 2011, the world will emit more than 35 Billion tons of carbon dioxide. Every day of the year, almost a hundred million tons will be released into the atmosphere.
Read More »Strong winds pull cruise ship from Florida dock
Strong winds from a passing storm in central Florida separated a Carnival cruise ship from its dock at Cape Canaveral.
Read More »Video: Superbug suspected in 9 deaths in Ala.
After being fed a tainted nutritional supplement through an IV, nine people died and ten others sickened at six Alabama hospitals.
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