Archive for August, 2012:

Vegas Realty Crisis, Meet Reality TV: CNBC Flips Over Foreclosures

Date: Aug 02 2012
Filed under: Media, Real Estate If America's subprime mortgage crisis was an earthquake, Las Vegas would be the epicenter. From 2008 to 2011, homes in the city lost approximately half their value. Meanwhile, its unemployment rate more than tripled. By 2010, nearly ...Read More »

Six Reasons CPG Companies Achieve Top Results by Hiring Strategic Consultants

Date: Aug 02 2012
1888PressRelease - Highly successful strategic consultant David L. White shares insight on why Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies generate top results through the process of hiring consultants. A primary challenge for many consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies today is building brand ...Read More »

Santa Clarita Water Division (CA) selects NorthStar Utilities Solutions’ CIS

Date: Aug 02 2012
1888PressRelease - NorthStar Utilities Solutions is pleased to announce that the Santa Clarita Water Division has selected the NorthStar CIS application as its utility-billing and customer management solution. Using NorthStar CIS the division will drive its efficiency, integration, and continuing ...Read More »

Sketch Your Business Pitches Like A Pro With Whiteboard Mojo For iPad

Date: Aug 02 2012
1888PressRelease - California based Viz Mojo Labs today announces the release of Whiteboard Mojo for the iPad. A unique new business resource, this app was created to help tech savvy professionals, software developers & everyone in between implement visual aids ...Read More »

Ron Shapiro of Shapiro Negotiations Institute Leads Delegation to Israel on Behalf of PeacePlayers International

Date: Aug 02 2012
1888PressRelease - SNI's Shapiro Lends Expertise as Master Negotiator During Trip to Jerusalem, the West Bank and Tel Aviv to Unite Kids Through Basketball. Today, Shapiro Negotiations Institute (SNI), a premier global provider of training and consulting, announced that Ron Shapiro, ...Read More »

Treasury announces plans to offer floating-rate securities

Date: Aug 01 2012
Officials say actual sale of the new securities is at a least a year away because of the need to modify government computer systems. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/UY4-ZfCPJUI/1 Read More »

Construction spending rises in June, but manufacturing slows

Date: Aug 01 2012
Construction spending rose 0.4% in June following an upwardly revised 1.6% gain in May. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/yRT_3bRsvag/1 Read More »

Stocks wary as investors wait for Fed announcement

Date: Aug 01 2012
New data suggest the U.S. may be emerging from a three-month depression in the jobs market. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/xTtEwtKQ0H8/1 Read More »

Should You Take a Bite of the Latest Restaurant IPOs?

Date: Aug 01 2012
Filed under: Investing, Stocks in the News, Food & Drink It's been more than two months since Facebook's (FB) messy IPO cooled the market for new listings, but things are starting to heat up again. There were seven companies that pulled off ...Read More »

Why CafePress Will Never Be Great Again

Date: Aug 01 2012
Filed under: Earnings, Stocks in the News This should be a great time to be CafePress. We're heading into the final three months of what has been -- and will continue to be -- a heated presidential campaign. Anyone on Facebook (FB) ...Read More »