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Business @ Hand - NJ Shore Business Journal: Monthly Archives for January 2007

FDA approves diet drug for pudgy dogs!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/30/2007 11:02 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Twenty years of Superbowl advertising and what do we have to show for it?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/30/2007 10:11 PM | Add Comment

Vista is here! Does it "WOW" you?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/30/2007 9:25 PM | Add Comment

What's in for 2007? Will deferred demand push the market?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/30/2007 8:28 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

High prices hurt demand for oil - Saudis remain committed to keeping prices down

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/30/2007 7:53 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Internet advertising is soaring!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/30/2007 7:08 PM | Add Comment

Sales are brisk in LA - What's up in the ultra high-end market?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/29/2007 11:36 PM | Add Comment

Every item counts! You work hard for your money, Forbes Magazine tells you how to keep more of it!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/29/2007 10:52 PM | Add Comment

Hillary is in Iowa - dazzling the crowd of screaming women - "You go girl!"

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/29/2007 10:05 PM | Add Comment

Newspapers are making impressive gains in attracting viewers to their websites!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/29/2007 8:25 PM | Add Comment

Super Bowl tickets fetch big bucks when the game is in sunny Florida

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/28/2007 11:57 PM | Add Comment

Empty hotel rooms in Miami - Tickets are expensive, so are the rooms!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/28/2007 11:22 PM | Add Comment

Question: What will the Fed do next?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/28/2007 10:50 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Retailers slash prices - Home is where the hurt is as the slump trickles down

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/28/2007 10:45 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

New home sales take a dive in 2006 - Things look brighter for 2007

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/28/2007 9:58 PM | Add Comment

Wishing Upon a Star - What's new at Disney?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/27/2007 8:36 PM | Add Comment

Sherwin-Williams has a fun, easy-to-use interactive Website

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/26/2007 10:20 PM | Add Comment

Super Bowl will add $195 million to South Florida economy

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/26/2007 9:37 PM | Add Comment

Price of fresh oranges to soar!!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/26/2007 8:55 PM | Add Comment

Confessions of a Retail Clerk! Saleslady dishes - read all about it!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/26/2007 6:01 PM | Add Comment

Baby's arrival inspires birth of the cell phone camera - and societal evolution

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/26/2007 4:55 PM | Add Comment

Advertisers kick-off Super Bowl competition - they're after your wallet!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/25/2007 11:35 PM | Add Comment

Coming to a cell phone near you - advertising!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/25/2007 10:44 PM | Add Comment

The Gap, from the height of hip to the bottom of the barrel

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/25/2007 10:04 PM | Add Comment

Emancipation Day - Taxpayers get two extra days in 2007!!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/24/2007 10:13 PM | Add Comment

Weather chick causes uproar over global warming!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/24/2007 9:34 PM | Add Comment

Take a trip to Planet M & M - Find your inner candy with this creative ad campaign

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/24/2007 6:39 PM | Add Comment

Housing outlook brightens - Pay attention to the Internet - Time to focus on the home seller too?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/24/2007 4:46 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Veggies rule on Super Sunday, but not at my house!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/24/2007 4:00 PM | Add Comment

The doctors office gets crowded on the Internet ... Surf the web and visit the doctor - would you be willing to pay?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/23/2007 9:36 PM | Add Comment

Boomers could live to 100 ... Don't be too tired to take care of yourself!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/23/2007 9:21 PM | Add Comment

Are you a tightwad or a spendthrift?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/23/2007 8:04 PM | Add Comment

Mortgage broker optimistic - The market is picking up!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/23/2007 6:27 PM

A softer real estate market is leaving cities in the hole - Are we talking about Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale or Ocean City?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/22/2007 10:35 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Listen up if you are planning a tropical vacation! New passport rules in effect!!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/22/2007 9:55 PM | Add Comment

A victim of emerging technology - TiVo is toast!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/22/2007 9:35 PM | Add Comment

Art Buchwald dies - "A Celebrity for Death" ... Read about his video obituary and final column, "The Business at Hand"

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/20/2007 2:22 PM | Add Comment

Big Government in action in Ocean City - Don't feed the gulls - "We'll fine you," says the city

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/20/2007 12:57 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

College-bound? Listen up - Free money is there for the asking but you have to act now!!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/20/2007 11:40 AM | Add Comment

You can't talk and pedal at the same time - says who? The new law would ban talking on a cell phone while pedaling a bicylcle - What's next? Where does it end?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/19/2007 6:42 PM | Add Comment

Google this: Newspapers buy search terms!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/19/2007 5:32 PM | Add Comment

Working Moms battle the big "G" - Check it out!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/19/2007 3:59 PM | Add Comment

Oil prices plunge below $50 - Price continues to tumble as inventories build faster than expected

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/19/2007 3:55 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Coach earnings through the roof - time to buy a new fashionable handbag - or accessorize your portfolio?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/18/2007 9:56 PM | Add Comment

Coming to a grocer near you - the UglyRipe tomato! The hideous tomatoes are sitting pretty in Florida and now liberated, across the fruited plain!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/18/2007 9:13 PM | Add Comment

Consumer Alert! Customer data stolen from Marshall's, T.J. Maxx!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/18/2007 5:41 PM | Add Comment

Replacing the Boardwalk - Tropical wood - it's the best!! NO MORE NAILPOPS!! Unite for a new Boardwalk!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/17/2007 10:51 PM | Add Comment

Something's fishy - Democrats vote to raise the minimum wage, but exclude American Somoa ... What does Starkist tuna have to do with this?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/17/2007 9:05 PM | Add Comment

Power Bounce running shoes - developed by Ocean City's HERB TOWNSEND - you gotta try 'em!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/17/2007 7:09 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

A radio station promised the winner of the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest a Nintendo Wii gaming system

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/16/2007 10:04 PM | Add Comment

Use 'em or lose 'em - do you know where your gift cards are?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/16/2007 7:50 PM | Add Comment

Unchartered Territory - Marriott CEO creates his own blog!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/16/2007 6:06 PM | Add Comment

Opportunity knocks but the timing is critical - The National Association of Realtors has a message for you - BUY NOW!!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/16/2007 4:17 PM | Add Comment

Ocean City Board of Realtors plans aggressive marketing campaign

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/16/2007 3:44 PM | Add Comment

Senator Barbara Boxer - a role model for the ignorant

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/14/2007 11:09 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

It all starts with the phone - time to refinance that home equity line of credit or ARM?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/12/2007 7:34 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Transactions for Cape May County properties drop in 2006 - but the County Clerk's office is busy ....

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/11/2007 9:02 PM | Add Comment

A reader responds to the Tourism Survey

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/10/2007 8:50 PM | Add Comment

Wal-Mart court rulings affect all of us

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/10/2007 8:18 PM | Add Comment

Home Depot - The Golden Parachute - Give me a good old-fashioned hardware store any day!

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/10/2007 4:40 PM | Add Comment

Apple introduces new iPhone - will it "reinvent" the telecommunications world?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/9/2007 8:01 PM | Add Comment

Forget the polls - I like my American-made "Pig-Iron" machine

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/9/2007 5:28 PM | Add Comment

Rise to Power - Nancy Pelosi - First female Speaker of the House

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/8/2007 1:20 PM | Add Comment

Eagles advance - good or bad for business?

Posted by Ann Richardson Ocean City NJ at 1/7/2007 10:17 PM | Add Comment
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