MKW-Ind.com:
Believe it or not, it is entirely possible for savvy individuals to earn their living through Craigslist. More and more individuals with an entrepreneurial spirit are realizing there are a host of opportunities for those who are willing to work hard to earn a living through hard work, learning about online communities such as Craigslist […]

New Era:
Chinese businesses have been at the receiving end, especially from local retailers and the construction industry who blame Chinese firms for, among others, killing the local markets with inferior quality products, as well as disregarding the laws in tendering for construction contracts.
Perceptions aside, nevertheless, the presence of Chinese products presents a window of […]

New York Sun:
Cedric Bernard and his wife, Sandrine, were two months from the end of the lease on their two-bedroom apartment at 63rd Street and West End, and with a toddler in the house and another child on the way, they needed more space badly.
The condos they’d seen in Manhattan were too expensive, and they […]

Washington Post:
The rapidly growing Hispanic population will have a profound effect on the landscape of the small business community, said marketing expert Chiqui Cartagena, who also noted that Latino women now make up the fastest growing segment of entrepreneurs in the United States.
Latinos accounted for about 15 percent of the total U.S. population in July […]

The Australian:
Global warming is not only melting the polar ice-caps, it’s also heating up unprecedented opportunities for smart young graduates to fast-track their way to a partnership.
Firms of every size are reaching out to graduates with knowledge about climate-change issues as Australians prepare for the national carbon trading scheme, scheduled to be introduced in 2010, […]

Stuff.co.nz:
Real Estate company Bayleys is zeroing in on the mortgagee sale market with a new website specialising in distress sales.
Bayleys managing director Mike Bayley said the site, www.bayleysmortgagee.co.nz , was attracting a growing number of listings, reflecting tougher economic times throughout the country.
Last week it featured 26 properties across the country, ranging from Auckland CBD […]

TIME:
Besides his glowing complexion, Shigeo Tokuda looks like any other 73-year-old man in Japan. Despite suffering a heart attack 3 years ago, the lifelong salaryman now feels healthier, and lives happily with his wife and a daughter in downtown Tokyo. He is, of course, more physically active than most retirees, but that’s because he’s kept […]

Teenage Entrepreneur:
Typical teenage entrepreneurs are not hard to come by. Indeed you may have inadvertently been one in your life already. In fact when you were between 13 and 18 there’s a 99% chance that you tried to make money in one form or another. I’ll give a run-down of the typical types of businesses […]

Springwise:
Tikatok is an online community any child can use to write and illustrate stories, share them with friends and family, and even print them out as real paperback and hardcover books. Children can create a book free-form, or they can use the site’s “StorySpark” templates to help them get started. Words and drawings are easily […]

AchievementRadio:
A business school in a box is definitely the quickest, easiest and most reliable way to learn how to start a home based business. If you want to access the very best small business knowledge center money can buy and successfully operate your home based small business, then you should avoid investing in traditional business […]

All Business:
1. Medical and legal transcription. If you have transcription skills and the necessary equipment, you can easily work from home for a variety of different companies. Check local community colleges or online for transcription training courses.
2. Medical claims billing. This industry is one of the most popular work-from-home businesses - so much so that […]

The Times-Picayune:
As local governments shelved their recycling programs after Hurricane Katrina, declaring them a luxury for better times, David McDonough and Steven O’Connor saw a business opportunity among the thousands of residents who cringed at having to send all their waste into a landfill.
The pair ratcheted up a small commercial recycling business and began […]

Entrepreneur.com:
With all the doom and gloom news about the economy, there’s never been a better time to make an extra paycheck online with a minimal amount of time and effort.
If you have an internet connection, you can get started on the road to having the internet pay for your mortgage, car payment, kids’ college tuition, […]

Unusual Business Ideas That Work:
Tom McGee’s business is surging faster than the price of gasoline.
That’s because PMP Corp. is one of the few places in the U.S. that gas stations can turn to when they need old-style gas pumps adapted to register prices over $4 a gallon.
The mechanical dials on many vintage pumps can’t register […]

Business Opportunity:
With how popular yard sales are, you’d think that people would realize the full potential of ‘junk’. Mike Thorne was able to see the profit available in the junk business as well.
The idea for Just Junk came to him one day at work. When asked to remove old office equipment from the building he […]

World Village:
Much of the advertising and marketing campaigns in the recent decades have been aimed at young consumers. The elderly in the previous generation were stereotyped as low net- worth individuals dependents on their children’s income.
These days, this has become a misguided belief. These seniors including those with higher education have independent sources of income […]

All Business:
If you are thinking about starting your own home-based business, the available options can be overwhelming. However, there are many tried and true home-based businesses that may be just what you are looking for.
1. Personal trainer. If you are fitness-minded, you can start your own career as a personal trainer. Check out the National […]

Small Business Labs:
For many years Brazil has jokingly been referred to as “a country that will always have great potential.” But over the last decade, and in particular the last 3 years, Brazil has experienced strong economic growth. Key quote from a recent Wall Street Journal article:
A recent study by the local office […]

Thaindian.com:
Climate change is not just a threat but also a huge opportunity for green businesses in developing countries through the sale of certified emission reductions (CER), a group of experts said here Thursday. Industrialized countries that have committed themselves to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions plan to achieve 25-30 percent of their target by buying […]

The Register-Guard:
3 years ago, Steve Reinmuth was an artist struggling to make a business out of his operation. Today, he is a businessman whose trade just happens to be art.
‘As an artist, I love what I do and I did it well,’ says Reinmuth, who owns Reinmuth Bronze Studio in northwest Eugene with his wife, […]