According to a Business Council survey almost two-thirds of 83 CEOs surveyed said conditions in their businesses had worsened in the last six months. Slightly over half, or 53% of those surveyed expect those conditions to weaken further in the next six months.

Some 81% of the CEOs expected sluggish economic growth of (more…)

I received the following email from Tom Greco. As many of our readers know, Greco is a monetary expert and travels extensively, as he is doing now. So I told Tom that I would answer the comments one person made to Greco’s comments regarding a posting I made. To keep this rather convoluted endeavor as simple as possible I have a link below to my original article.

That will be followed by Greco’s comments and his link to my article. Then his email to me for assistance. Followed by the readers comments and my response. Whew!

I wrote an article titled, “What could replace frequent flyer (more…)

Yesterday ITEX CEO Steven White made a presentation at the Roth Capital Partners 20th Annual Growth Stock Conference in Laguna Niguel, California. He described ITEX’s current operations and business initiatives.

In connection with the presentation, the Company is reaffirming its revenue forecast for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2008, as previously announced in a February 14, 2008 press release and Form 8-K. According to the Company, fiscal 2008 revenues are expected to surpass (more…)

According to ConsumersAffairs.com a trend is emerging in the U.S. Home owners are taking action on their own, looking to move their home that’s been on the market for nearly a year in the downturn.

Industry estimates say more than 16,000 people around the country are into this trend. There are at least five websites enabling web-savvy entrepreneurs to seize the new (more…)

If you’ve had the misfortune of going to the hospital regularly in the last several years you have experienced the aggrevation of filing out basic health information forms, repeatedly, every time you checked in. And I’m sure you thought, “Why isn’t this information computerized and available online?” Well, those days will be here, maybe sooner than we think. Because Google is on the move…

Google today unveiled a pilot program that enables people to store and share information about their medical conditions online.

The initiative, available to up to (more…)

The new Economic Stimulus Plan signed last week by President Bush, could have the effect of lowering lease rates for corporate borrowers as leasing companies pass on the benefits to their customers.

A provision included in the stimulus plan was “Bonus Depreciation” a term used to describe accelerated depreciation of purchased equipment that exceeds $250,000. The main benefit of this provision is to give businesses an opportunity to accelerate the depreciation of a large purchase.

Normally, if a company acquired $1,000,000 in equipment, the company could claim depreciation in the first year of (more…)

Ronald Winston is the son of the famed celebrity jeweler Harry Winston (his jewelry is worn by the stars at Academy Award presentations). Over a lifetime of dealings a barter trade Harry Winston made years ago may have been his best business decision (more…)

A 28-year old New Yorker has created a password-protected website for residential properties–personalized sites for tenants, owners, etc. at large apartment buildings. Some 450 buildings since its January 2007 inception!

This means that real estate developers, property managers, building owners, (more…)

Contents in the February 19, 2008 Tuesday Barter Report, published by BarterNews magazine, include the following (more…)

Last week the owner of a radio station in Grand Rapids (MI) contacted me about his intent to do a five-figure trade that would include drive time opportunities. He was upfront, “I realize that you are not running a trade exchange, however I needed to start somewhere… so I thought I’d give you a call.”

In turn, I contacted the nearest trade exchange to him that (more…)