http://greasy.com/Business.htm Featured articles and news topics about business. en-us © 2008 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:55:33 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/hayduke/sign_times.html Here's sign found parading around Wall Street last week. I find it kind of hard to argue with the sentiments. Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:40:17 GMT http://greasy.com/looserobes/mergers_come.html Finally a bright spot in all the financial news... With all the turmoil in the market today and the collapse of Lehman Bros and Acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America this might be some good advice. For all of you with any money left, be aware of the next expected mergers so that you can get in on the ground floor and make some BIG bucks. Watch for these consolidations during the coming year: 1.) Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W R. Grace Co. will merg ... Sat, 4 Oct 2008 20:20:01 GMT http://greasy.com/soul2soul/personnel_frustration.html - Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:42:15 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/economy_stupid.html Hello all. First a quick update. I am still in a hotel in Austin. There is still no power at my house. I wish it would come back on because I am tiring of the hotel life. I guess it has been 11 days since the storm. I am writing today about something I have mentioned before in other blogs on other sites. basically, it is about the economy. For years, people have thought the economy was great because the amount of money changing hands was making investors lots of money. As many of you see n ... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:32:32 GMT http://greasy.com/redwolftimes/customer_service_lost_art.html I was out and about the other day, had to mail a package to my sister (one of my faithful AVON customers). As I was waited on I seemed to feel that the person who was assisting me just didn't have their heart into what they were doing. Now I have worked in many jobs that had to do with working with a diversified segment of the public, and I realize that you can have an "off" day every once in a while. But this transcended that level, I was being treated as if I was more of an inconvenience ... Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:06:58 GMT http://greasy.com/jim1322/demand_blizzcon_2008_ticke.html In the gaming world, not many franchises come even close to being compared to World of Warcraft. The popular game boasts the largest online gaming community, estimated in the millions, in the world. For gaming fans and experts, conventions like Blizzcon 2008 are a way to mingle with other gamers, cosplayers, and game creators. Conventions are also where game companies try out their developing wares, show off their best products, and often announce and/or debut their next big thing. Blizzco ... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:39:51 GMT http://greasy.com/jim1322/warhammer_power_leveling_equals.html In regarding to something about “war power leveling”, I myself, who is an innocent guy, first associate it with the question “if demirep is meaningful for man?” Pretty out of my assumption. These two professions share a lot commons: Embarrassment identity; Low income; Make way for others. Focusing on the matter “if the existence of demirep is reasonable”, I just remind the saying: everything is reasonable existence just for itself. In a similar way, warhammer online power level ... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:36:39 GMT http://greasy.com/jim1322/warhammer_online_strikes_gold.html Over the weekend, Mythic Entertainment held a large-scale preview play test for its upcoming Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, in which closed beta participants and a select number of preorderers were given an advance look at the fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game. The player reception was apparently strong, as Mythic today has stamped shippable code gold in advance of the PC game's September 18 launch date. Warhammer Online CD key will be available at retail f ... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:34:08 GMT http://greasy.com/jim1322/aoc_gold_farming_law.html "Gold Farming", "Power Leveling" and "RMT" are terms that, until recent times, had not been part of most MMORPG players' lexicons. Now, however, they're common phrases for nearly anyone in a vast array of games and virtual worlds. Last week, a federal district court made an important ruling that will affect millions of MMORPG players. Our weekly wrap-up will discuss that and other pending cases, and what they'll mean for Age of Conan players.It also includes the effect of age of conan gold ... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:29:14 GMT http://greasy.com/elderjane/fraud_alert.html In these days of a worsening economy there is bound to be more petty crime. We just had a call from Chase asking Ted if he had received his new business card. He has never applied for one. He has a Chase military card for use at the Tinker Club. Naturally all of the alarm bells went off in our heads. I had been a victim of credit card fraud some years ago and it took me forever to get it cleared up. We were appalled. After an hour and a half on the phone with Chase, I was still unable to g ... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:51:50 GMT http://greasy.com/thepirateinthecity/oil.html This article confirms everything I have been saying about the cost of oil. The whole mess in the economy right now was caused by a group of greedy traders. In our market economy, everything that is a commodity is priced based upon the value of the futures traders, not the true value of the product. Study links oil prices to investor speculation By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Speculation by large investors — and not supply and demand for oil — were a primary re ... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:25:41 GMT http://greasy.com/detetiveparticu/bem_vindo_mundo_dos_detetives.html Bem vindo ao mundo dos detetives particulares. Este espaço é destinado aos detetives para expor suas idéias e novos produtos relacionados a investigação. Investigação particular, seja ela conjugal, industrial, empresarial ou política, precisa ser executada por profissionais treinados para este tipo de atividade: os detetives particulares e investigadores privados. O detetive particular bem como o investigador profissional dedica grande parte de sua vida a solucionar problemas, prot ... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:16:05 GMT http://greasy.com/tealstar/dumbing.html My AARP newsletter’s latest has a headline that by 2010, one in 3 workers will be over 50 and then it talks about the value of the older worker. Who am I to argue? Still, I would suggest that ageism is so alive and well in the U.S., that by the time companies and employers in general wake up, the infrastructure of all will be severely compromised because, frankly, education of the young has faltered severely. The general wisdom absorbed by the young in the era of WWII, and before, is no ... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:43:48 GMT http://greasy.com/jim1322/warhammer_weekend_event.html The Mythic Entertainment is going to have a weekend event about the warhammer online. The following is the main content: Over 100,000 people are preparing to descend into the Age of Reckoning, we have invited the vanguard host to join us this weekend (August 22-25) to an exclusive Preview Weekend event! Attendance is by invitation only and is guaranteed to all Closed Beta participants, Collectors Edition Pre-Order customers, and the first lucky 50,000 Standard Edition Pre-Order customers t ... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 01:42:57 GMT http://greasy.com/jim1322/profit_business_gold_farming.html Nearly 500,000 people in developing nations earn a wage making virtual goods in online games to sell to players, a study has found. Research by Manchester University shows that the practice, known as gold-farming is growing rapidly, reported by BBC News. The industry, about 80% based in China, employs about 400,000 people who earn £77 per month on average. Rohan gold, WoW gold, Age of conan gold and so on... Big industry Professor Richard Heeks, head of the development informatics group a ... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 01:41:57 GMT http://greasy.com/jim1322/little_knowledge_aoc_gold_trding.html Like it or not, buying Age of Conan gold, selling aoc cd key, and powerleveling have become rather lucrative businesses, particularly with the stratospheric rise in popularity of Age of Conan. So what is aoc gold selling? Aoc gold selling is the practice of selling in aoc items and currency to age of conan players in exchange for real world money. Sound strange? It sort of is, the idea of paying real money for virtual currency might seem odd to those unfamiliar with AoC culture, but compan ... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 01:27:04 GMT http://greasy.com/jim1322/keep_eye_warhammer_power_leveling.html Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is one of the most anticipated MMORPG in 2008, with featuring cutting-edge imagery, breath-taking environments, and a unique world of fantasy. To adventure in the amazing Warhammer world, and engage in the war, a high-level Warhammer account would be necessary. But to some Warhammer players, they do not have enough time to get their Warhammer accounts leveled. Warhammer Power Leveling, the easiest way to get your Warhammer accounts leveled, would be the b ... Tue, 9 Sep 2008 01:21:53 GMT http://greasy.com/redwolftimes/goofed_.html In my rush I goofed up my Avon site address, it should be as follows.. www.youravon.com/tlafountain Mon, 1 Sep 2008 01:43:56 GMT http://greasy.com/tealstar/business_card_i_think.html I was thinking of making some extra money and came up with the following. My new business card: I can be bought ... Semi-retired sex kitten with a keyboard ... Dirty limericks for your special occasion Pornography edited, improved upon Fulminations and diatribes on any subject At a loss for words? I’ll put words in your mouth. Fast, reasonable, no moral inhibitions. Call (etc.) xx, Teal Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:41:16 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/paying_30_cents_pump_madness.html It costs five cents per gallon to produce and to distribute gasoline. That's it! The price at the pump in Iraq and Iran is five cents. In Venezuela the price is 12 cents, because their crude is full of gunk that must be removed. Since the Russian Mafia controls their distribution, $1.00 is the price there. The Brits and the Israelis pay an $8.00 per gallon tab at the pump. Why? Socialists think car ownership is a luxury and they controlled gas pricing in the past.Americans are mad to pay m ... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:11:43 GMT