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Businesses in Yuma, Arizona took advantage of a boom of travelers passing through their town. Yuma is usually a sleepy town on the way to San Diego, but a bridge collapse of nearby Interstate 10 sent detoured traffic through the town. When they realized traffic would be diverted, the convention and visitors…

An Internet entrepreneur discovered that revenge can be popular. Mat Carpenter started a website where patrons can order an envelope with a folded up piece of paper filled with glitter and send it to people you don’t like. He said the concept is simple. Decide whose day you want to ruin and then enter…

VW is a flagship German company representing the highest standard of reliability. Volkswagen has been synonymous with quality and high standards for at least the last 25 years. However, U.S. regulators recently discovered that the auto giant had been installing special software in its supposedly clean-diesel…

Debt is a monster in our culture threatening to devour individuals and families. One indicator of how close to the edge of insolvency people live can be seen by the fact that there are more payday lender locations in the U. S. then there are Starbucks and McDonald’s locations combined. --Jim L. Wilson…

Americans are working more and resting less. More than half of U.S. workers left vacation time unused in 2015. A balanced healthy lifestyle is important to health and happiness. Over the last few years, workers are taking four less days of time off per year. Not only is that harmful to personal and family…

In 2015, Dan Price, CEO of a credit-card processing firm made an announcement that he was raising the salaries of all of his employees to $70,000 a year. Price is now feeling the impact of that decision. One of the first things that happened as result of the decision was the loss of some big accounts.…

Berkeley California may be the first city to require a business to give a portion of its product to the poor. While two percent is not a biblical tithe, it is a portion of the company’s wealth. The law says that medical marijuana dispensaries must give away at least 2 percent of their pot free to very…

Brad Barrett, the general manager at Lilly’s on the Lake in Clermont, Florida decided to clean house and fire thirteen employees in one fell swoop. He did it by sending the following text: "Hello Everyone, As you know we are making some changes and moving in a new direction in the restaurant and because…

The way your desk looks may say a lot more about you than you think. Results from a new study indicate that people with messy desk may live less healthy, but more interesting lives, while people who keep their desks organized tend to be fit and get all their work done. The research appeared in the journal…

By Kate Rogers Published January 23, 2013 |FOXBusiness The Panera Bread Foundation has opened a new community café in Boston, which has no cash register or prices, just suggested donations. Panera Bread Company, which has 1,600 restaurants across the country, opened the café to provide community members…

Researchers have found that certain types of behavior may be contagious. In an article published in the Harvard Business review, researchers found that when a supervisor is unkind at work, employees have a strong tendency to act the same way. The research encourages business leaders to be as positive…

Some define Integrity as what you are when no one is looking. In order to expand into the Mexican market, Walmart spent $24 million in bribes to Mexican officials. An American law, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act forbids U. S. companies from paying bribes abroad. The effect of the law is to hobble…

Retail stores are not typically known for their generosity, but consumer electronics giant Best Buy has recently been unexpectedly generous to two customers. Both of the shoppers ordered iPads online and were shocked when a box filled with five of them arrived at their door. When contacted, the company…

Businesses spend millions every year to attract customers and prove that they deserve the trust of the public. According to the 2013 Harris Poll Reputation Quotient, that money is well spent because six out of ten American shoppers study a company’s reputation before buying from them. The reputation…

Café del Soul noticed that a nest of German Cockroaches attacked their place of business with a vengeance and infested the restaurant. Rather than running the business as usual they wrote a public letter to their customers posted it everywhere and called the Health Department on themselves. This caused…

By Laura Ingle On February 15, 2011 @ 8:01 AM In Business, Economy Since 1923, artisans and craftsmen at the Wendell August Forge in Grove City, Pennsylvania have been producing handcrafted heirloom pieces in sterling silver, bronze, pewter and other metals - a "made in America" tradition that is treasured…

A restaurant in the St. Louis area is trying a new concept for eating establishment, eat, and then pay what you want. The Panera Corporation decided to convert the restaurant with the idea of helping feed the needy and raising money for other charitable work. Founder and Chairman Ronald Shaich said the…

A man starting in the fish business hung out a sign, "Fresh Fish for Sale Today" and invited his friends to the opening. They all congratulated him on his enterprise, but one suggested his sign might be improved. He said, "Why the 'Today'? Of course, it is today, not yesterday or tomorrow." So the new…

Mind Your Own Business One evening, Dwight Moody noticed a man leaning against a lamppost and asked him if he was a Christian. The man snorted back, "Mind your own business!" Moody responded, "I'm sorry if I've offended you, but this is my business." Is sharing your faith your business? The other day…

Despite its general unpopularity in the world today, hard work and free enterprise have historically built some of our most successful businesses. For example, there was the young Cincinnati grocer who had $372 and idea: sell many goods at a small mark-up each to obtain a larger overall profit. Today…

We are all manufactures – some make good, others make trouble and still others make excuses.

Going out of business has become so profitable for one merchant that he’s opening a chain of going-out-of-business stores. The Sourcebook of Humor, James C. Hefley, page 106

Results, Not Excuses For some time now, the members of our church that work at Intel have been praying against my office computer with a Cyrix CPU. Their prayers were answered last week--it gasped, and returned multiple registry errors as I rushed it to the local computer emergency room. The repairman…

In the September/October 2007 issue of Today's Christian, Shirley Shaw tells the story of how the sacrifices of a successful cabinet maker named Terry Lane continue to change a drug-riddled neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida. My business had prospered to the point my 40-man staff needed more space…