New Survey Shows Economic Recovery to be Sluggish

According to a November 19, 2009 MSNBC.com article, the economy is expected to make a slow recovery from now until the first half of 2010 according to a survey released in late October. The Conference Board, a non-profit organization that publishes economic-based forecasts and assesses trends in the economy, released the survey. According to [...]

A Stimulating Stimulus

By Gene Schulist, School-Pak OK, we’ve heard all the complaints about TARP and the last stimulus package. Banks and car manufacturers have been the big winners and the rest of us are getting bupkis. So how do we really get things moving in this country? We have to put the rest of that stimulus money to work [...]

Small Companies Should Keep Holiday Gifts

Should small business owners do away with holiday gifts for customers or look at them as an investment? According to a November 18, 2009 article on MSNBC.com entitled “Experts: Companies Should Keep Holiday Gifts,” small companies should look at holiday gift giving as an investment rather than looking at them as budget items that are [...]