A little-known federal plan “The Mutual Self-Help Program” provides financing for homes in rural areas for low-income families. To get into the program low-income families must quality (based on income, or lack thereof) and then provide “sweat equity” for (more…)

ADS 4 TOW offers businesses a new way to draw dramatic attention to their products and services. The signage is positioned within a black powder-coated steel framework held in place by a (more…)

MDC Partners, led by 49-year-old Miles Nadal, has built an interesting holding company that consists of a loosely knit network of more than thirty firms—from ad agencies and media buyers to shops specializing in everything from interactive marketing to (more…)

Here are two examples of countertrade, where deals in the millions, sometimes in the hundreds of millions, occur around the (more…)

Treating employees with respect and paying them fairly goes a long way to establishing an efficient and creative organization. Going that extra mile (more…)

Contents in the August 21, 2007, Tuesday Report, published by BarterNews (more…)

The always interesting Mark Cuban has a fascinating idea for how to shore up the housing market on a long-term basis: Let people (more…)

The Federation of Exchange Accommodators (FEA) announced today the complete speaker lineup for the Annual Conference for professionals in the 1031 Exchange industry, scheduled for October 4-6, 2007 in Chicago, IL at The Westin Michigan Avenue. The conference is especially timely as the 1031 Exchange Industry is undergoing historic changes that will be discussed throughout the conference, along with first time small business resources offerings. Attendees who register before (more…)

A web based program is being introduced to chambers of commerce which provides chamber members the ability to easily create, edit, or delete coupons that are printable by consumers. The program can be operated as a stand alone web site or easily integrated into a current site.

One doesn’t have to be a seer to envision the possibilities of chamber members using the new ASP (application service provider) technology to begin bartering their (more…)

Founder John Shuttlesworth traded on his belief, enthusiasm and dreams, here is his incredible story…

In the summer of 1970 John Shuttlesworth pasted-up the first issue of his dream—Mother Earth News—on the kitchen table in his cramped one bedroom apartment in (more…)