Archive for March 6th, 2006

Ubid is, of course, an online auction platform in competition with Ebay.
In a study that compared consumer satisfaction between retailers and etailers, Ubid scored a “73″.
By comparison, Wal-Mart scored “72″, Kmart scored “70″, Price Line scored “72″ and Home Depot scored “67″ … so while it’s not Amazon.com (87), it’s plugging away. (ebay got an [...]

According to Career Builder, these 5 occupations are likely to face shortages.
Shortages spell higher wages for individuals and higher profits for companies able to meet the need.
1. Registered Nurse
The nursing shortage has been fairly well-publicized. According to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, there was a shortage of 110,000 RNs [...]

Been to Freecycle lately?
Here’s their mission statement…
The Freecycle Network™ is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them’s good people). Membership is free. [...]