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While this isn’t the first time I’ve mentioned clothing that was vintage, or vintage inspired, Papa Soul is the first business I’ve interviewed in this category that caters to men.
By creating a balance of truly vintage pieces and the brands of today, they are able to offer men a sense of fashion that is unique [...]
NBCPhiladelphia.com:
Stacey Pace runs a small florist in New Castle, Delaware. So small that her office is her kitchen and she works from a laptop.
“I got this e-mail directly to my business e-mail address from a John Larry inquiring about Eureka Tents,” Pace told NBC 10. She returned the e-mail explaining she is a florist and [...]
Wallet Pop:
1. Phishing scams related to the financial crisis
According to the Federal Trade Commission, there is a new round of email scams out there that are tied to the financial crisis. Many of these emails “phish” for personal information — your Social Security number, account numbers, passwords, etc. The scammer then uses that info to [...]
Forbes:
For two years, Eric Louie and brother Calvin pulled the virtual wool over scores of very real eyes.
The duo ran several Web sites that sold access to companies looking to farm out scut work–say “data entry,” typing three or four lines of text into an electronic form, over and over again, to fulfill some sort [...]
BusinessWeek:
The Internet is littered with offers for home-based business opportunities that promise big profits for easy work.
But many of these offers, which range from envelope stuffing to medical billing, are really scams that prey on people’s aspirations to work for themselves.
Business opportunities share three characteristics: a solicitation to the buyer, a mandatory payment to the [...]
NetworkWorld:
The owners of an invention promotion operation that charged up to $12,000 to evaluate and promote consumers’ inventions agreed today to pay $10 million in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers across the country.
The defendants — Davison Design and Development and Manufacturer’s Support Services — enticed consumers with [...]
Taylor Daily Press:
How would you like to earn $600 a week while working part-time in the comfort of your own home?
Sound too good to be true?
Internet employment sites now feature lots of postings for “virtual assistants†(home-based staff) but some of these offers aren’t legit.
The virtual assistant industry is now being targeted by con artists [...]
WCPO.com:
9 News viewers ask me every day about “work-at-home” jobs. Many of us would like to make a little extra money in our spare time. But how do you find a legitimate job?
Unfortunately, if you’ve tried finding work online, you know that most work-at-home jobs advertised online are bogus.
But there’s a website thats getting rave [...]
WiseBread:
When you search for work at home opportunities on the internet, oftentimes you will find sites pitching programs that could make you thousands of dollars a week. Usually these programs are scams designed to take your money. So how do you go about finding legitimate work at home jobs that pay you for [...]
smallbiztechnology.com:
There is a scam that’s perpetrating to be a legitimate email from the Internal Revenue Service. Computer Associates, CA’s Brian Grayek provides these tips for a safe 2008 tax season:
1. Don’t click on links sent by the “IRS†or a tax preparation firm. The IRS does not initiate contact electronically.
2. Don’t respond to email from [...]
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