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No job? Start Your Own Business
Have you been downsized, right-sized, experienced a layoff, or simply seen your employment vanish over the last year of the recession? You're certainly not alone. While many business owners are…
Obama’s First 100 Days
"It's the economy, stupid." ~Bill Clinton There has been a lot of hoopla this week about President Obama's first 100 days in office. We're in the middle of a media…
What Do You Do When Your Builder Goes Bankrupt?
Last week one of those mega housing developers, Properties (THP) closed up shop in the Philadelphia suburbs. THP suspended operations quite abruptly for "re-structuring". Many people have put deposits on…
Let’s Talk Stimulation: The Economy and the LGBTQ Community
Guest blogger Waymon Hudson is the founder of Fight Out Loud, a national non-profit organization dedicated to empowering GLBT individuals and their allies to fight discrimination and hate. He is…
Careful If You Relocate – State Budget Shortfalls Mean Higher State Taxes
41 states could go bankrupt by 2009-2010 - the table below shows which are the worst. As state governments scramble to stay above water - cutting both unneeded and needed…
When the economy gets tough, people cook (in rented kitchens).
We've all seen the lists telling us what the Top 25 Careers to pursue in a recession, but here's a new idea. Cook. Bake. Boil. Blend. Mix. Create. The tough…
$3,000 for every man, woman and child
As usual, politics and the economy became topics of conversation after the family dinner yesterday. One of Jeanine's relatives mentioned that the better stimulus plan would have been to give…
Newbites: Sales of bodice-ripper novels increase in recession
The recession has a peculiar effect on behavior. Consider the increase in booze sales or how haircuts get shorter in hard economic times. But thanks to Meghan Daum and her…
5 Consumer Trends in the Recession Economy
Once again, as the recession takes its toll, we see that the GLBT community is like all other communities. We're getting laid off, and getting depressed about it. …
Do you have a part-time job?
According to MSNBC, about million Americans '“ or about one worker in every 20 '“ held more than one job. Caitlin Kelly, a freelance writer that gets regular assignments at…