Filed under: Competitive strategy , Entrepreneurs , Small business There are certainly many advantages to getting a franchise. You receive leverage from higher marketing dollars, an existing platform that increases the speed to market, a brand, and helpful techniques and systems to improve success

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Entrepreneur’s Journal: The hidden dangers of getting a franchise

Filed under: Google (GOOG) , Microsoft (MSFT) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Research in Motion (RIMM) Where do you tweet ? When? More important, what’s normal?

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Do you tweet after sex?

Filed under: Private equity , Walt Disney (DIS) , Citigroup Inc. (C) , Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Blackstone Group L.P (BX) , Initial public offerings What has Blackstone (NYSE: BX ) been doing with all those theme parks it’s been buying ? Well, the answer is becoming a bit clearer now

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Will Blackstone make magic with Merlin?

Filed under: Politics , Financial Crisis Terrifying talking points out of the White House this week: President Obama called on bailed-out banks to lend more money to small businesses . Speaking on his weekly radio address, Obama said that “These are the very taxpayers who stood by America’s banks in a crisis, and now it’s time for our banks to stand by creditworthy small businesses and make the loans they need to open their doors, grow their operations and create new jobs.” Continue reading Obama says banks should lend more to small businesses: Please God, no Obama says banks should lend more to small businesses: Please God, no originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .

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Obama says banks should lend more to small businesses: Please God, no

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Filed under: Economic data , Recession Do you see a rebound? The Mall of America would be a great practice field for the Minnesota Vikings, fall and winter clothes are already 40% off at Macy’s, and the Palms in Vegas is mailing me coupons. Recently, I went out to eat with some friends: One owns a construction business that has come to a standstill; two are media types out of work; and one is the owner of a small manufacturing company, who is laying people off as fast as she can and is now worried about her own survival.

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Reason #10: Take a good look around

Filed under: Earnings reports , Forecasts , Visa Inc. (V) So this earnings season hasn’t turned out as bad as some had feared. In fact, we’ve seen some pretty stellar results from the likes of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN ), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ), and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO )

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The week in preview: Trick or treat earnings?

Filed under: Recession Excess capacity is everywhere — we have more than enough people, factories, stores, and so on to meet current demand. Want to buy an indoor mall?

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Reason #6: Excess capacity