Archive for the 'Trends' Category

In Part 1 I discussed the trend of Pay Day Loans going online and the fact that they offer an interesting source of potential revenue for the websites serving this market. Pay Day Loans, however, while helpful in a pinch can – like all credit – leave people in serious financial difficulties because they become [...]

What’s the fastest way to reduce highway gridlock during rush hour? What cuts down on highway maintenance costs? What reduces the demand for gasoline? What reduces accidents and may save lives and reduce the cost to the public for police and ambulance services? Have people work at home. According to the Virginian-Pilot these are the goals [...]

Wanting to find a hot trend you can cash in on? Brent Whinfield sent out an interesting piece on using blog postings to spot trends by using http://www.blogpulse.com/trend. You type in search terms and see how the blogosphere responds over time to that topic. Some items are time sensitive like “Kramer’s” latest gaff. But you [...]

Tory Johnson at the New York Post has an excellent article on emerging work at home opportunities. Gloria Clark was working in a call center selling tickets to Broadway shows and wanted to do customer service work like that at home. She’s doing that through Willow CSN. Others are working through VIPDesk.com as virtual “concierges”. In [...]

Many people don’t realize that we cook legumes and other seeds to increase their digestibility and nutrient availability. Otherwise, chemicals in the plants would sicken us. Some plant products defy such home grown processing – the cotton seed was one. Until now. As reported in the Christian Science Monitor, a new genetically engineered form is being [...]

If you’ve ever thought about growing a garden to make extra money, now may be the best time in a very long time to get ready for planting next spring thanks to a growing trend: Locavores.Locavores want food with the maximum nutritional value – not picked green and ripening in the back of a truck somewhere. [...]

It’s turning “Black” for online shoppers even before “Cyber Monday”. Crowds can even affect online shopping.   Shoppers at Amazon.com yesterday and Wal-Mart.com today faced problems because of massive traffic surges. Also: a new consumer warning out says that if you want to buy a “gift card” you should get one from a store that keeps gift cards behind [...]

Health Care is one of the issues facing self employed and home business people. Here’s part of the insanity of the system. A lady I know wast prescribed folic acid – 1  milligram per day. This amount for some reason requires a prescription. She has insurance, went to get the prescription, and paid a $5.00 [...]

Bloggers and Websites are not liable for libel court rules. AP reports that the California Supreme Court ruled that the Communications Decency Act of 1996 provided a San Diego woman broad immunity from defamation lawsuits for people who publish information on the Internet that was gathered from another source. Unless Congress revises the existing law, people [...]

A Japanese firm has created a “robotemp” … just add electricity and they’ll do the work. It’s another reason to have a back up plan.