Survival strategies for the recession
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- Survival strategies for the recession
- Vista-To-Windows 7 Free Upgrades Start June 26
- Military spouses seek residency benefits
- Work at Home and Make Big Money? Let the Wise Be Wary
Survival strategies for the recession
Bizjournals.com
To make sure that Home Depot wouldn’t have to borrow money she and Chief Executive Frank Blake suspended the company’s stock buy-back program and sharply reduced capital spending. As a result during the recession Home Depot — unlike many large companies and millions of consumers — has not required short-term loans. Blake has made it his mission to focus on Home Depot’s most profitable core business which happens to be its existing retail outlets. In 2007 he brought a decade of store expansion under control. Home Depot stores had been opening at a rate of one or two per week. New stores now number about five per year. Blake also chose to focus on Home Depot’s status as a go-to place for both DIY homeowners and contractors who build or remodel homes.
Vista-To-Windows 7 Free Upgrades Start June 26
InformationWeek
The company was sued last year by consumers who complained that some Windows XP PCs sold as “Vista Capable” prior to Vista’s launch in January 2007 were anything but. Guggenheimer said Microsoft plans to release the Windows 7 code to manufacturers in the second half of July. Microsoft will ship several versions of Windows 7 including Starter Edition Home Premium Professional Enterprise and for emerging markets only Home Basic. Microsoft is hoping that the Windows 7 operating system helps it recover from the Vista debacle. Vista failed to catch on with mainstream computer users and businesses have shunned it outright. Windows 7 is said to be considerably lighter and easier to use than its predecessor. It also includes slick new features such as built-in support for touch screens and tools that improve day-to-day tasks such as desktops searches and PC-to-PC.
Military spouses seek residency benefits
The Associated Press
Rebecca Poynter 45 an Army spouse who testified before Congress last month on behalf of the law change said she first realized the discrepancy when she moved from McKinney Texas to Fort Meade Md. with a major corporation. Her income tax went from zero to 10 percent so she brought home $500 less a month even though her overall pay remained the same. “It’s unusual for me to keep my job but for that to happen on the other side of it I just thought that that was unfair” Poynter said. Poynter said the way the law is structured now many couples put personal property such as an automobile in the military member’s name to avoid many hassles. Sometimes that leads to suppression of property for the spouse. Williamson and Poynter met through the Military Spouse Business Association and have led the effort on Capitol Hill to change the law.
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Work at Home and Make Big Money? Let the Wise Be Wary
New York Times
A friend (and yes it is really a friend not me) who considered herself a sophisticated consumer recently signed up for one of those work-at-home offers. Like many of us my friend (who understandably doesn’t want to be named because she is somewhat embarrassed about this) is worried about finances and was therefore receptive when she came across an article online in The “Miami Gazette” about opportunities to work at home. She doesn’t even remember how it popped up on her computer.
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