| 'Tis the season to be thrifty
With a wedding planned for August and a new mortgage to pay, Laura Capp and her fiance don't have a lot of money to spend on Christmas this year. So Capp and Fred Rihn will limit their gift list, try to make rather than buy some of the items they do give and eliminate some holiday travel. "Luckily, my extensive extended family is also cutting back this year," Capp said. For the first time, her wing of the family in Pittsburgh probably won't travel to visit the Baltimore clan. "The high cost of gas is a factor," Capp said. "And some of us don't have time off of work -- or need to save up the time for other things." Many Americans like Capp and Rihn are cutting their spending this holiday season, scaling back plans for Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, or looking for gifts that don't break their budgets.
Barrow Law Firm expands
This is an exciting time for The Barrow Law Firm, LLC as Moberly attorney Jackie Barrow announces its expansion. She says, "I've added four new attorneys, another legal assistant, and a bookkeeper to my staff. Altogether, we now have five attorneys, four administrative staff members, and two ancillary staff members, which enables us to take on even more complex cases."Tammy Browning of the Columbia-Hallsville are joined the firm as a Partner in April and Deanne Hackman of Macon joined the firm as a Partner in May. Jack McDonald, who moved here from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (originally from Richmond, MO), joined the firm as a Senior Partner in June. Most recently, David Goring of Monroe County joined the firm as an Associate in October. "I feel very blessed to see the expansion of my firm," stated Jackie Barrow, the Founder and Managing Partner.
Wellness can cut health costs in the long run
Get fit or pay more, employers are increasingly saying to their workforce. As health care premiums continue their annual climb, employers are pulling out all the stops to get employees involved in their own health, and in the meantime, save dollars on their health insurance premiums. Company executives and employees are often sent to the Lifesigns medical clinic for physicals and risk assessments. Lifesigns Chief Executive Jim Breland said his company is contracted by employers to screen their employees. "The gaming industry is well ahead of the curve with wellness programs," he said. The demand has grown so much, Lifesigns is opening an office in Henderson this January. While some employers elect to offer the most basic risk assessment to their employees, there are some that will offer complete physicals, down to electrocardiograms, ultrasounds, treadmill stress testing and pulmonary-cardio testing.
CreditcardEmerchant.com Announces the 'Fast & Easy Merchant Account Package' for Online Business Owners and Small ...
CreditcardEmerchant.com is a provider of credit card merchant account processing services for online ecommerce businesses and traditional retail businesses. New Brunswick, NJ (PRWEB) November 13, 2007 -- In order to help small business owners simplify the process of accepting credit cards for their businesses, CreditcardEmerchant.com has announced their new "Fast & Easy Merchant Account Package." More information about the company is available at http://www.CreditCardEmerchant.com The "Fast & Easy Merchant Account Package" is now available to online businesses, as well as traditional retail stores and restaurants. "Choosing the right type of credit card merchant account can be difficult and time consuming, especially for new businesses owners who have never done this before," according to Chuck Irving, Director of Web Marketing for the company.
Questions for Vice President Dick Cheney
Q: I've talked to a number of economists who provide advice to you, and say that you are very interested in business cycles. In late 2000 you were on "Meet the Press," and you actually predicted correctly, ahead of just about everybody, that a downturn was around the corner. That was Bill Clinton's economy. Now it's your economy. What's your candid assessment of it? THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, my track record as a forecaster, I'd go slow on. I did express the view that we were headed for a recession [in 2000]. Part of that, frankly, was based on my time [as] a corporate CEO and serving on several boards. I don't serve in those positions today and so I have a different perspective and also obviously different access to data. And I don't want to try to repeat that so-called success story.
Murugappa Group to invest in Singur for Tata small car project
The Rs 8,500 crore Murugappa Group would invest in Singur in West Bengal to make components for Tata Motors' Rs 1-lakh small car.
"We will invest Rs 150 crore for our auto OEM business in the next one year which includes a plan to invest at Singur to make door panels for the Tata small car project coming up there," Murugappa Group chairman M M Murugappan said.
The investment of close to Rs 25 crore would be made by group company Tube Investments India Ltd (TI India).
The company would make steel door panels for the small car as a component manufacturer.
TI India would begin construction work by mid-December for the project. The company has acquired six acre from the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation on long term lease.
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