Friday, May 17, 2024
Everyone, especially those with kids, gives some consideration to safety and crash test ratings when buying a new or used car. While only the most paranoid and/or crash prone among us will base our entire car-buying decision off a car's crash-worthiness, it merits some consideration. Your car's crash test ratings affect […]
The complicated and potentially dangerous world of student loans is one into which many of us have to dive. Paying for a college education out-of-pocket is simple not plausible for most people, so they need additional income to be able to make the leap. Most people prefer to stick with […]
Finding ways to improve the profitability of an enterprise is always on the mind of an individual that runs a small business. A good foundational business plan, a clear and succinct mission statement, and a group of dependable employees; these all contribute to the overall profitability of a small business. One […]
If you're finding the tried and tested ways of growing your capital aren't offering the returns you're after why not try investigating in some of the following alternatives. Peer to Peer Lending By lending your money to other credit-worthy individuals you can earn a rate of interest that far outstrips […]
The business pitch presents the ultimate communications paradox. On one side the presenter wants to tell the potential client everything they know about their subject. They want to woo them with their technical prowess and ensure that the potential client is in absolutely no doubt about their experience and expertise. On […]
Humans seem to have a natural need to travel and visit places all the time. That habit dates back to the roots of mankind, when we were constantly forced to flee from dangerous animals since we did not know how to use tools and weapons to defend ourselves. That made […]
It feels like it doesn't take much these days to find yourself hit with a Google penalty. You might be ranking well today only for tomorrow's algorithm update to land and you find yourself languishing in the backwaters of page two and beyond. It might not even be a bona-fide penalty […]
Locating a new place to live used to require that you hunt through local newspapers or spend endless hours visiting real estate agencies so you could leaf through their files. If you were very fortunate you would eventually find a home or apartment to purchase that met your needs and […]
There is so much thought, effort and planning that goes into a business. It is the culmination of a wide range of business processes that make a business work, and if even one of them is not performing at its peak, all of the others will suffer for it. Businesses […]
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.-Ayn Rand If you haven't heard of CISPA, you probably weren't supposed to. That's how subterfuge works. CISPA is […]
The one thing that governs technology and makes it easy for people to choose from different options is the widespread use of standards. There are many agencies and institutions that work towards establishing standards for different types of technologies. Such technologies can include: Internet services, Ethernet, Telephone […]
People who couldn't afford the homes they purchased are responsible for a large portion of the economic downturn of 2007 and 2008. The people who loaned them money they couldn't afford to pay back are also responsible for this important moment in world economic history. Now, lenders aren't eager to […]