Indies On The Martha Stewart Show!
Posted on December 6th, 2011
Earlier this week, La Shonda Tyree, IBNs Local Director in the Newark/Northern New Jersey area, led a group of my members to be a part of the live studio audience at the Martha Stewart Show. It was handmade week, so it was the perfect time for Indies to show up in force. Here they are, all smiles before the show!
Pictured, left to right front: La Shonda Tyree of Handmade Soap Coach, Dawn Fitch of Pooka Pure and Simple, Delores Harris of Daisy May Soap, Roslyne Johnson of MayaIndia and Hassan Sayyed of Haus Urban Apothecary. Left to right back: Angela Carillo of Alegna Soap and Merilyn Konnerth of Utopia Bath. Not pictured: Yolanda Cathcart of Londas Body Care, behind the camera.)
During the show, Hassan asked the Domestica Diva herself a question about entertaining etiquette!
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Travel Cafe Purchases Davidson Travel
Posted on December 4th, 2011
Davidson Companies, a financial services holding company based in Montana, has announced this it is selling its retail travel agency to Travel Café Inc., Billings.
The sale allows Travel Café to expand into Missoula and Great Falls. In addition, Travel Café has hired Davidson Travel’s three consultants. The three Davidson Travel consultants will continue to operate under the Davidson Travel name in Great Falls and Missoula for several months
Billie Ruff, President of Travel Café, founded that agency 12 years ago. Davidson Travel clients have been sent a letter explaining the transition and introducing them to the Travel Café name.
Davidson Travel was purchased by Davidson Companies in 1992. Employee-owned Davidson Companies is the financial services holding company that operates D.A. Davidson “>
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Can innovation survive budget cuts?
Posted on December 2nd, 2011
Moderator – Tom Temin – Host of the Federal Drive Panelists: Jim Zarzycki – Noblis Fellow Timothy Person – Chief Scientist, GAO Daniel Madrzykowski – Program leader at the Engineering Laboratory, NIST Daniel Gerstein – Deputy Undersecretary of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate Tags: technology, NIST, GAO, Noblis, Noblis Insights, DHS, budget cuts, science and technology, Timothy Persons, Jim Zarzycki, Daniel Madrzykowski, Daniel Gerstein
American Airlines Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy
Posted on November 27th, 2011
American Airlines’ parent company, AMR Corp., announced Tuesday that it has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The decision comes as the airline tries to “achieve a cost and debt structure that is industry competitive and thereby assure its long-term viability and ability to continue delivering a world-class travel experience for its customers,” the company said in a statement Tuesday.
AMR said American Airlines, American Eagle and all other subsidiaries will honor all tickets and reservations and operate normal flight schedules during the bankruptcy filing process, using its $4.1 billion in cash.
American has been widely seen as the weakest of the major airlines for some time now. It has reported a profit in only one quarter since 2007, and it lost $4.8 billion over those 3-1/2 years.
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Office Coach: Too-friendly boss must build ‘presence’
Posted on November 25th, 2011
Q: As a supervisor, I have always had a friendly, nonconfrontational leadership style. I have a dry sense of humor and enjoy joking around with my staff. Recently, one of my employees told me that she feels the others are very disrespectful towards me. I was surprised, because I never viewed their bantering as disrespect.
In the past, my manager has also suggested that employees may not respect me because I am too nice and friendly with them. I disagreed at the time, but now I think she may be right. How can I overcome my history and get more respect?
A: Before undertaking a leadership style makeover, you must correctly identify the change you need to make. The problem here is not that you are a nice, friendly, jovial person. After all, no one wants to work for a supervisor who is humorless and mean-spirited.
The more likely difficulty is that you lack “management presence” – that is, the ability to comfortably relate to people from a position of authority.
Tablets top wish lists for holiday shoppers
Posted on November 24th, 2011
Despite the gloomy economy, shoppers are expected to shell out for tablet computers this December, making them about as popular as candy canes and twinkling lights.
The glossy-screened gadgets are the most-desired electronic devices this holiday season. And, of all the gifts people are craving, tablets are second only to clothing, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. The industry group expects U.S. consumers to spend an average of $246 on electronic gifts.
With help from his three siblings, Bob Cardina, 26, plans to purchase an iPad for his parents for Christmas. Cardina and his sister live in Washington. His parents live in Tampa, Fla. So he’s excited to be able to video chat with his parents — them on the new iPad, him on his iPhone.
To be sure, tablets were on some wish lists last year, but they were mostly prized by gadget geeks. In the past year, they have become more mainstream. Read full article…
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HostGator Black Friday Sale – 50% off on all Hosting Plans
Posted on November 23rd, 2011
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