Here’s Something To Think About While There’s Still Time! The Social Security Administration estimates that one in three people age 65 and older have no (more…)

Contents in the May 22, 2007, Tuesday Report, published by BarterNews (more…)

Paul Zane Pilzer is a noted economist and multimillionaire software entrepreneur, an adjunct professor, and the author of seven best-selling books as well as dozens of scholarly publications. He told a Dallas (TX) audience at the World Ventures Convention that the travel industry provides a mode for creating great fortunes over the next (more…)

In a little over two decades Jack Schacht, who started his trade exchange on a part-time basis from his kitchen table, leveraged his drive, focus, ambition, and intelligence into a cash payoff of $4,600,000 when Illinois Trade Association was purchased by International Monetary Systems, Ltd. (more…)

Taylannas Inc., a Florida technology company, has introduced Menus That Talk™, a portable hand-held device that describes the contents of a restaurant’s menu in two different languages.

Menus That Talk™ is a slim electronic tablet about the size and shape of a DVD case. An array of lighted buttons shows (more…)

In this morning’s Los Angeles Times sports section Al Downing was interviewed for his thoughts on Barry Bonds’ assault of Hank Aaron’s home run record. As you may recall it was Al Downing who surrendered Hank Aaron’s 715th home run, besting the immortal Babe Ruth and the sports world’s most-heralded record. And I found Downing’s comments interesting for a couple of reasons.

First, reading comments by someone you know makes the article more interesting. We played together back in 1961 in the (more…)

If you are wondering if factoring is for your business (or if you just want to educate yourself on the subject) you will find the website of (more…)

Small business owner optimism rose to levels near last year’s record highs in the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index. The Index registered at 113 for Q2 2007, nearly matching the high-score of 114 in Q4 2006. The Index tracks six key measures for both current and future (more…)

A recent survey by online payroll service SurePayroll finds that 71% of small business owners do not offer 401(k) retirement benefits to their employees, based on the belief that 401(k) benefits are (more…)

Kenneth Heebner, who since 1994 has managed the $1.2 billion CGM Realty Fund, has the best 10-year record of all real-estate-focused mutual funds, according to fund tracker Lipper, Inc. Heebner’s fund is up an average of nearly 22% a year during the past decade…greater than double the broader market.

Heebner, 65, recently looked at the real estate market in the U.S. and offered this (more…)