Filed under: NIKE, Inc’B’ (NKE) , Small business Nike ’s (NYSE: NKE ) “swoosh” logo is incredibly powerful and captures the essense of the company. Interestingly enough, back in 1971 Carolyn Davidson designed the logo for a mere $35 (for more stories about logos, check out the LogoBlog ).

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Entrepreneur’s Journal: Putting together a fancy logo for your business

Filed under: Rants and raves , Competitive strategy , Getting started , Technical Analysis , Sunday Funnies , Recession We keep hearing that consumer spending propels 70% of our economy and that we will not see real growth without an increase in consumer confidence, meaning spend, spend, spend. This is very bad advice! Let other people spend — you should be saving! This is a theme I have been hammering on all year and I will continue to do so.

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Sunday Funnies: Pervasive bad advice

Filed under: Internet , Google (GOOG) , General Electric (GE) , Walt Disney (DIS) , News Corp’B’ (NWS) , Media World I caught an item over the weekend at paidContent about paying for content. Come to think of it, what else would you expect to find over at that site?

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Will media companies ever get people to pay for web content?

Filed under: Earnings reports , Forecasts , Darden Restaurants (DRI) , NIKE, Inc’B’ (NKE) , Economic data Autumn has arrived and the quarter winds down this week.

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The week in preview: Is the rally over?

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Filed under: Magazines , Competitive strategy , Time Warner (TWX) Eventually, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX ) will just be Warner Brothers, HBO, and Turner Networks , says Gordon Crawford, managing director of The Capital Group. Why does this guy’s opinion matter?

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Time Warner to sell magazine unit ‘eventually’

Filed under: Earnings reports , Ford Motor (F) , International Business Machines (IBM) , Citigroup Inc. (C) , Bank of America (BAC) , Wells Fargo (WFC) , Comfort Zone Investing We’re wrapping up the third quarter soon

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Comfort Zone Investing: Earnings will look great but …

Filed under: Employees , Recession Lincoln, Neb., is the best place in the country for job-hunters . A new survey by headhunting firm Manpower (NYSE: MAN ) reports that 21% of employers there plan to add employees in the next quarter, with only 4% looking to cut.

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Need a job? Consider a move to Nebraska

Filed under: Goldman Sachs Group (GS) Here’s something we haven’t seen in a while: a financial firm looking to hire people to fill positions that don’t involve repossessing houses. The Financial Times reports that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) “will hire up to 200 staff across all regions in an attempt to establish a dominant position as one of the world’s leading asset managers. In 2007 Goldman was ranked 17th in the world in terms of assets under management.” Of course, up to 200 new hires isn’t exactly going to drive up employment numbers — nor is it even especially significant for a company of Goldman’s size

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Goldman Sachs ramps up the hiring machine