After having overcome trillion-to-one odds, the idea of running through the money would seem silly to most winners. However, studies shows that 90% of people blow all their money within five years of winning the jackpot.
This article originally appeared on the website of New America Media. Since President Barack Obama signed his stimulus package into law in February, ...
The games that have been legalized market to those on the "wrong side of the economic table." There have been few, if any, moves by states to monitor the losing of their lottery customers.
We still have a way to go until job opportunities are abundant, but my colleagues in Congress and I remain committed to creating jobs, especially in the communities hardest hit by the recession.
I was recently asked to write an article in response to the recent CNN article on selling luxury goods. Cutting price is never a long time survival fo...
Leaders from the U.S. House of Representatives have narrowly passed a, "Jobs for Main Street Bill," and once again failed to heed strong recommendatio...
Beautiful loser Where you gonna fall? When you realize You just can't have it all -Bob Seger In casino circles, the name they use to refer to p...
Loans handed out to struggling small businesses as part of President Barack Obama's stimulus package have largely shut out minority businesses -- espe...
The American Small Business League (ASBL) has uncovered a $128 million small business contract awarded to Bechtel Bettis by Obama officials. Bechtel,...
Activist entrepreneurship takes a very strong kind of person, many days I wonder if it takes one stronger than me. It takes a visionary who is also a bookkeeper.
Social networking can create problems for small firms when employees spend too much time using the technology for personal rather than business reasons.
Mary Sue Milliken, Iron Chef competitor and small business owner, agreed to have her business scrutinized for a study on the financial impacts of California's climate change legislation.
56-Year-Old Law Could Slash National Unemployment Rate In 1953 Congress passed the Small Business Act. The law established the Small Business Adminis...
Bikram Yoga, the original "hot yoga," was developed by Indian yogi Bikram Choudhury. Today, there are over 4,000 hot yoga centers worldwide, but according to Bikram, he hasn't gotten a cent from them!
If you commissioned an ad firm to come up with a two word description of the economy that would provoke great feelings of anger and resentment, they'd have a tough time coming up with something better than "jobless recovery."
Anyone who doubts in the unraveling of the middle class is welcome to join my Chanukah celebration this year. Just please bring the latkes, no-drip candles, and some presents for the kids.
If a company doesn't want to adopt the standard operating procedures and adequate systems of well-run accountable, transparent companies, then they should stay private.
I would like to explore the themes of renewal and clarity. In the New Year, what do you want to achieve the most? Do you have clarity in your goals? Can you let go of the past and pursue your goals with renewed passion?
I'm sitting in the Senate Banking Committee hearing on "Weathering the Storm: Creating Jobs in the Recession".... It's desolation central. Only one S...
The Obama Administration has awarded a $28.5 million small business contract to Fortune 500 firm General Dynamics -- America's fourth largest prime contractor.
A pilot program in San Francisco called Art in Storefronts temporarily places original art installations by San Francisco-based artists in storefront windows left vacant by the recession.
