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My Final Blog Post
Posted Saturday, December 27, at 12:21 AM To my faithful blog readers, I'd like to announce my retirement from blogging here on the Daily World to pursue some new personal projects. There are only so many hours in the day, as they say. I hoped you've enjoyed the past 16 months of community blog posts...
When I Grow Up, I Want to be a… Sometimes it's not only what you want to do, but where you want to live that counts in a career. While home offices and the internet have broken down some geographic boundaries, there are still some jobs higher in demand in some regions than others...
Operation Food Fight - Chris' Throw In March 2008, I took a field trip to the Greene County Health Department, located in Bloomfield. My mission was to inquire about the restaurant inspections within the Linton area. I wasn't quite sure how this inspection of the records would work, but I found out that I needed to request each inspection file by restaurant name...
A Follow-Up Post: Good & Bad in the Ugly It's been a year now, so it's time for some follow-up on a post from last year. On a Friday back in early-December 2007, I posted about a portfolio of six publicly-traded companies (dubbed "the 6-pack"), along with an additional pick of Anheuser-Busch (the "+1"). http://gcdailyworld.com/blogs/chriswathen/entry/15323/ And boy, this fantasy football-style portfolio has had a violent ride in the stock market over the past 12 months!...
Chief of Running Companies into the Ground Since a post back in September on the subject, I ran across another interesting website at http://gcdailyworld.com/blogs/chriswathen/entry/20991/ that shows executive compensation at some of America's largest companies. The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), which describes itself as a federation of a number of national and international labor unions, has developed the "Executive PayWatch Database" on its website for many of America's top Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). ...
FOR SALE: Cubs Baseball According to the Tribune Company's last 10-Q filing with the SEC in November 2008, the Cubs baseball team is up for sale and will likely be 'disposed of' in 2009. See this link for more info: http://corporate.tribune.com/tribune_sec/investors_test.php?page=secfilings...
Business Scam Business owners should be on the look out for a new scam, which may present itself in your mailbox soon. The letter has the appearance of an official government request to handle certain business paperwork, citing fictitious laws and requesting a fee for these services. The Indiana Secretary of State issued the following 'Scam Alert' recently:...
A New Grinch This Christmas As of late, we read many examples of corporations filing the big 'B' in various newspapers and online. In August, I discussed how clothing retailer Steve & Barry's had filed for bankruptcy, but were still expected to remain open in their Terre Haute location. http://gcdailyworld.com/blogs/chriswathen/entry/20439/ Word has it now that they will be closing this location. Linens-N-Things and Circuit City both filed for bankruptcy, too, recently...
Terre Haute Has No Mayor Wow! Terre Haute is now without a Mayor! One of my interests is keeping up with current court cases around the State of Indiana, and a truly interesting one was found, which I thought I'd share. In fact, the Court of Appeals opinion was just published earlier today...
County-by-County Education & Earnings The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has recently published some state-wide maps with interesting county-by-county data, regarding educational levels of the current and available Hoosier workforce. Below you'll find links to these county-county maps for the State of Indiana:...
Mood Swings & Madness If you've opened up your 401(k) or other investment statement recently, I'll bet it wasn't pretty. So, it's very timely that the Greene County Community Learning Center offers an informational workshop, instructed by Randall Brown of Edward Jones, to address the current bear market...
Debt Drowns, Cash Floods Americans have used their homes as ATM machines for many years. And as home values have declined lately, their ability to refinance their way out of cash crunches has vanished. But wait, there's a new type of debt in town: credit cards! While not exactly new, there is new focus on credit cards and their rampant use. ...
Place Your Bets on Gas Prices In parts of Indiana, I've read that gasoline prices are about $1.80-something a gallon recently. In Linton, I noticed the stations were around $2.15 yesterday. I, along with everyone else, are left to wonder: will the price continue to go down, or will this be only a short-term phenomenon? And if this does become the new price level -- or even lower -- I wonder how quickly we will all forget how quickly prices can go back up again?...
YOUR FREE CREDIT REPORTS If you want to look at your credit report from the three primary reporting agencies, you can now do so by visiting this website: www.AnnualCreditReport.com You will need to follow the instructions carefully, making sure that you don't click, check mark, or otherwise accept anything for a fee unless you want to purchase it though. ...
Quickbooks & Your Business I saw information on a local seminar earlier today, which I thought may be of use to many small business owners: The Community Learning Center is hosting an "Introduction to Quickbooks" workshop to introduce attendees to the many features of the Quickbooks bookkeeping program...
Only About a Week Left! The deadline for submissions to the 1st Annual Greene County Business Plan Competition is quickly coming to an end -- October 15th to be exact. For rules and resources, please see http://gcdailyworld.com/blogs/chriswathen/entry/19858/ Good luck to everyone submitting!...
Starting a Specialty Food Business Ever dream about starting your own business? If you own a small farm now, would like to add additional income? Beginning or experienced entrepreneurs, as well as current farmers, may be interested in an upcoming seminar on October 9th at Apple Hill Orchard in nearby Bruceville, Indiana (about 5 miles north of Vincennes). Attendees will learn about beginning a specialty food or food ingredient business in Indiana...
FIRE SALE: Up To 93% OFF! It could be a complete dud as an investment, or it could be an amazing buying opportunity! Investors began selling off shares of National City Bank (NCC), a stock that traded for as high as $27.21 in October 2007, predicting it would be the next bank to fail. ...
DISGUSTING. It's funny how high-ranking politicians and government officials just conceded this week that we're in a financial mess nationwide. Rewind to the previous week, and they were still telling the American people that everything was fine and our economy was "sound"...
Tween Radio? No Thanks! I can't stand the thought of having to pay for radio on Sirius or XM, but I was almost to that point. Then I discovered a new radio station. If you share my frustration with the other "local" stations, and you're tired of having tweens pick the same 10 songs to be played over-and-over again (100.7 MIX-FM), or you're just sick of the non-stop commercials (HI-99), take a listen to a world-class rock station: 92.3 WTTS...
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Hot topics My Final Blog Post(7 ~ 9:55 PM, Dec 30)
When I Grow Up, I Want to be a…
Operation Food Fight - Chris' Throw
Chief of Running Companies into the Ground
A Follow-Up Post: Good & Bad in the Ugly
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