December 2009

Monthly Archives

  • Arrow Trucking Lays Off Employees by Stranding Them at Truck Stops

    Image: Overdrive Digital Tulsa-based Arrow Trucking is leaving its drivers around the country stranded as it faces financial difficulty. Tulsa World reports: Drivers from Tennessee to Wyoming said they have had the company stop payment on their gas cards, stranding them at truck stops around the country. Arrow President and CEO Doug Pielsticker could not […]

  • Employees’ Choice Awards: Is Your Company a Good Place to Work?

    The folks at Glassdoor.com have just released their annual list of employee-nominated best and worst places to work, called the Employees’ Choice Awards. They gather input through surveys done by employees throughout the year. Here’s some background from the press release: Glassdoor, a career and workplace community bringing greater transparency to company cultures, compensation and […]

  • A Look at America’s Top 200 Charities

    As the year comes to a close, many Americans will consider giving to charity. Of the top 200 charitable organizations in the US, let’s look at which ones received the bulk of the $47 billion in charitable revenue given so far in 2009 and which ones rely most heavily on private support and donations.

  • 10 Perfect Gifts for Small Business Owners

    Do you have a small business owner in your life? Your client, vendor, lender, tenant, or even media contact could be a small business type. And don’t forget friends and relatives. Buying a gift for small business owners isn’t easy. How do you know what they need or want? Can you guess what they’ll appreciate […]

  • The 75 Best Business Blogs of 2009

    This is a blog post by Drea Knufken. What defined business in 2009? Bankers and bailouts, for one. The proliferation of social media. A radical shift in the ways we find and accept jobs. A redefinition of the real estate, credit, and media markets. In a word, 2009 was full of fluctuations. And nobody covered, […]

  • Is Cash for Caulkers a Good Idea?

    Image: ye_irina/Flickr Cash for Caulkers, a new government incentive program, will offer homeowners a 50% rebate on weatherization projects. CNNMoney has more on the program: The program contains two parts: money for homeowners for efficiency projects, and money for companies in the renewable energy and efficiency space. The plan will likely create a new program […]

  • 15 Creepiest Subversive Ads in History

    Cool ads push the boundaries of what is acceptable, helping us to think in new and exciting ways. But some just cross the line into downright creepiness… 15. Toyota Prius – Killer Image via alexisgentry This spectacularly creepy advert from Toyota depicts a man dumping a body into a lake, with the line ‘Well at […]

  • 25 Most Promising New Products for 2010

    2010 is a promising year for products in general. Eco-innovations will help conserve energy, while futuristic concepts like commercial space travel and console-free gaming will finally come to fruition. We reviewed pages of 2010 products to bring you the most functional, promising, and novel of the batch. If you’re tired of waiting for flying cars […]