Tag Archives: Business and Economics

For the first time in years, my parent’s house in Northeast Ohio will not be the fulcrum of extended Olsen family Thanksgiving activity because we are all gathering at an undisclosed arid locale in December for a Christmas hoohaw in just a few weeks and the Virginia and California branches …

We have started a sub-site of Blogcritics.org called “Blogcritics Bargains” and it is just that: an unabashedly retail page with great deals on cool stuff just in time for the Holiday Season presented in an entertaining and lively manner by Craig Lyndall. Craig has signed up with various affiliate programs …

A major survey of regular travelers and travel professionals about their air travel experiences during the past year revealed very little good news for the beleaguered airline industry. Zagat’s 2005 report on 22 domestic and 55 international carriers — rating them on issues such as service, comfort, food, and website …

This book tells the story of a building company operating on what you might call the anti-Wal-Mart model.

...the writer is able to be a writer who does a little promotion. Not a publicity person who does a little writing.

What does it take to crack the wealthiest 10% of Americans in 2005? $100K a year? No way, slacker, maybe you can park the top 10%’s cars. According to the American Affluence Research Center — the name tells you they don’t mess around with the riffraff — the wealthiest 10% …

Does it sound like we can spare any of our water?

A new report details corruption levels in 159 countries and produces many surprises...

the people who suffer the most, aside from authors, are us the readers.

Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership, U.S. News & World Report magazine, and public opinion research firm Yankelovich have combined to produce “America’s Best Leaders 2005,” an ambitious assemblage of profiles and essays published in the latest issue of U.S. News. “America’s Best Leaders 2005” purports to explore the “critical elements …