1. Laid Off FL Man, 59, Launches New Website to Help Americans Start Their Own Business (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - After being laid off last summer, the famous line from the '70s Academy-award winning movie Network kept running around in John Gallant's head: "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore." As a former business owner in the '60s and '70s, Gallant decided it was time once more to stop letting others control his economic well-being. Gallant says, "The American Dream is still out ...
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2. Are Paid Online Dating Sites Dead? (Mashable) - A recent launch suggests that the web’s love affair with paid dating sites may be coming to an end. DowntoEarth is a new, completely free dating site with an interesting pedigree. According to DowntoEarth’s Privacy Policy, this new, free entrant is “part of the IAC/InterActiveCorp family of businesses.” IAC, of course, acquired Match.com in 1999, and is also behind Match.com’s spin-off ...
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3. Review of the year in media (Guardian Unlimited) - What a sorry year it was. A year in which everybody, but particularly the BBC, seemed so sorry about everything. The BBC was sorry about Sachsgate after Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand decided to phone Andrew Sachs and make fun of Brand's dalliance with the Fawlty Towers star's granddaughter. But that wasn't the only thing the BBC was sorry about. It made several apologies during 2008, ...
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4. Making MLM Work For You (PIZZAHEROS) - Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of pyramid schemes and MLM scams out there that are trying to rob you out of your hard-earned money, but if you do a little research you'll see that most companies that utilize an MLM compensation or Forced Matrix pay plan are actually legitimate businesses, and it is up to YOU to make them work.
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5. Local calendar, January 3 (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin) - Clubs Build Networking Group: The networking group invites business owners who want to network, grow their businesses and help other business owners. There is no fee to join. The group meets each Tuesday. Begins at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Guasti Cafe-Chino, 13526 Central Ave, Chino. Information: (909) 988-6083.
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6. Biz Bits How to avoid scams (SouthtownStar) - Here are 10 tips from FindLaw.com to help you avoid becoming the victim of a scam:
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7. Wanted: Web-Wide Cops (PC World) - The Internet needs global regulation to stave off "scareware" and other security threats, researcher says.
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8. What got the consumers goat in 2008 (Independent Online) - Wendy Knowler takes a look at her year's inbox and recounts some of the scams big corporations tried to sell this year.
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9. Internet needs global regulation, says researcher (ARNnet) - The Internet needs to be globally regulated if it is to have any chance of stopping scams such as security 'scareware', a researcher has suggested.
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10. Internet needs global regulation, says researcher (TechWorld) - FTC crackdown on 'scareware' not enough. The Internet needs to be globally regulated if it is to have any chance of stopping scams such as security ‘scareware', a researcher has suggested.
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