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Beauty Trends for 2012

Small Business Labs

Businesses (2009), about 1,000,000 Americans work for the roughly 170,000 shops and businesses that provide beauty services.  " 5 Beauty Trends , from the same issue, covers the 5 key product categories expected to be important in 2012.  The beauty store industry is quite big.    According to the U.S.

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Presidential Environmental Track Record and Positions 2012

Eco-Office Gals

Post from: Eco-Office Gals Presidential Environmental Track Record and Positions 2012. Obama also formed the Partnership for Sustainable Communities to bring together federal agencies to help communities nationwide improve access to affordable housing and increase low cost transportation options while protecting the environment.

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Bitcoin Is Longer for Payments; It's a Gold Alternative

Small Business Labs

When Bitcoin was released in 2009, it was meant to be a digital currency and an alternative to traditional money. Having said that, we bought 40 Bitcoins in 2012 for $11 per coin and sold them about a year later for $122 a coin. And for several years it more or less functioned in that role. But no longer.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

Success

KFM Making a Difference has awarded 130 college scholarships to adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder across the nation since 2012. Through KFM, Magro has created pathways to higher education for autistic adults through scholarships. Magro serves on the Els for Autism advisory board.

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The Rise of Public Unions; The Fall of Private Unions

Small Business Labs

" Both private and public union membership fell in 2012, with public membership falling 234,000 and private membership dropping about 166,000.  The two crossed over in 2009, when recession driven union layoffs led to a decline of 800,000 private sector union members. percent, down from 11.8 percent in 2011. million, or 35.9%

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Hearing the Message

Office Dynamics

Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). Grand Central Publishing; Reissue edition (September 9, 2009). I’d like to share a book that I love, love, love – as it helps me keep centered and grounded.

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Two Years Later, Small Business Economy Finally Improving

Small Business Labs

  Stock market analysts are forecasting S&P 500 companies, on average, will see earnings growth of 17% in 2011 and 14% in 2012.    Their data shows how bad things were for small businesses in 2009 and 2010, but also how much business is improving.  We .  This is continues to be the case. 

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