From its origins 50 years ago as a simple multi-level marketing venture, home based business opportunities have gone from strength to strength. Not only has home business become an accepted and well-used phrase in our vocabulary, but the companies leading the market in these areas are providing good incomes to many home-based entrepreneurs across the [...]

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The home business industry has undergone numerous evolutions over the past 50 years and is moving to the next level. Mainstream.
About 50 years ago Amway led in the birth of the home business industry. At the time it was a simple choice for anyone to get involved. You purchased your products at a reduced cost [...]

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For the past several years Canadians have been flocking to the home business industry. With the growth of the Internet and the natural relationship between Canada and the U.S., Canadians have been able to tap into the U.S. consumer base.
In years gone by most home businesses relied on physically meeting potential customers and required literally [...]

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Best Buy Canada… maybe not the “best buy” after all – well, at least not in Canada. I was looking for the “best buy” on certain electronics this weekend, and found some interesting information for all Canadian shoppers. Let’s take a look at my shopping list:
iPod Touch 16GB – $435.99 ; ($399.99 USD @ bestbuy.com)
DVD [...]

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Stock markets tumbled Friday as the latest batch of earnings reports and high oil prices raised concerns about U.S. economic growth, while the dollar surged to a fresh decades-old highs after data showed higher-than-expected core inflation in September.
On top of that, in the back of investors’ minds was the recollection that it was the 20th [...]

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Looks like the Canadian athletic wear company Lululemon Athletica Inc. (TSX:LLL) is living up to its positive expectations since the company’s initial public offering. Lululemon is hiking its third-quarter profit forecast after increasing its comparable-store sales outlook to about 35-percent.
“Even though the increase in sales is expected to be partially offset by the currency impact [...]

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A New Jersey teen, George Hotz, 17, confirmed last week Friday that he has unlocked Apple’s iPhone from the AT&T Wireless Network. This frees the most hyped cell phone for use in other networks worldwide. Calls to AT&T and Apple for comment were not immediately returned.
The iPhone unlock is still a bit complicated, and requires [...]

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A class action lawsuit has been filed against Mattel Inc., by Attorney Jefferey Killino, for its lead poisoned toys. The lawsuit, filed today, is aimed at forcing the world’s largest toy maker (Mattel Inc.) to pay for the testing of children who might have gotten lead poisoning from the Chinese-made toys.
The 1.5 million toys have [...]

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Wow. I just finished writing about the possible end of hearing the word “recall” so often – but I guess I was wrong. Toy maker Mattel Inc. just announced its second wave of recalls of Chinese-made toys today, due to concerns that they may contain excessive amounts of lead and small parts.
The company is recalling [...]

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Chrysler’s new owner, Cereberus Capital Management named Robert Nardelli (yes, Bob Nardelli) as the company’s new CEO. For those of you found the name familiar, yes it is the same Nardelli who in January was pushed out of Home Depot amid shareholder outrage over his $210-million pay. So when you see his name again as [...]

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