Work at Home Business Ideas

Inc.:
Over the past few weeks, economic experts have introduced us to a deluge of statistics and indices to chart the current financial crisis.
As a microbusiness owner, however, I’ve found one reliable index that won’t show up on most economic forecasts, one I’m calling the Haircut Index.
In my small town in New York’s Hudson Valley, there’s […]

MSNBC:
Except for a small poster of the Grateful Dead rock band, there’s very little to indicate what happens behind the walled-in industrial compound in East Los Angeles owned by Vidal and Vicki Herrera.
The only hint a casual observer might have is when a white Hummer pulls in or out of the driveway, the words “1-800-AUTOPSY” […]

Columbia Business Times:
Across the nation, many baby boomers are entering that next stage in life-the kids are gone and the large family home is superfluous. Kim Stanley started noticing this trend at open houses she hosted as a real estate agent.
“Upscale condos attract a lot of baby boomers. Their families have left and they have […]

The Tennessean:
More Nashville-area residents are choosing to work from home at a time when the job market is getting tighter. Davidson County saw a 54 percent increase to 14,990 people working at home from 2006 to 2007, outpacing the nation’s growth as well as that of comparable cities such as Charlotte, N.C., according to U.S. […]

The New York Times:
If shopping is indeed a form of therapy, why does nobody seem to get better? Because of one innovation, one group of shoppers may start.
Hospitals have begun installing Internet systems, complete with dedicated shopping channels, to help patients pick up goods they will need for their recuperation. The idea is that patients […]

USA TODAY:
Entrepreneur James Park’s new gizmo can monitor sleep habits and daily exercise, automatically.
The $99 Fitbit Tracker, coming in January, is a small device that knows both how many calories you burned and how long it took you to fall asleep. How does Fitbit accomplish all of this? With a tiny motion sensor, called an […]

Associated Press:
Arnisha Keyes admits she’s no Rachael Ray. Until recently, she spent $30 a day to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at restaurants.
But the high price of gas has her testing her cooking skills to save money, packing lunch for work and experimenting with dinner salads by microwaving frozen vegetables, mixing them with spinach and […]

Inc.:
To get an edge in the hunt for talent, many employers are using short-term contracts to evaluate job candidates before committing to hiring them full-time, a new survey finds.
Among the 600 finance and HR managers recently surveyed by Accountemps, 38 percent said they liked to bring in candidates on a temporary basis before making a […]

management-issues.com:
Most managers, if asked, would probably say they still prefer to be able to see the team they are managing. But, in an increasingly wired and global environment, the days of insisting workers are physically present in the office do look numbered, according to new research.
The number of people “teleworking” from home has risen dramatically […]

NetworkWorld:
Rick Boyd used to spend US$500 a month on gas and tolls commuting 48 miles a day between his home in Westchester County, N.Y., and his office in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.
Now Boyd doesn’t commute any more because his company, Chorus, which provides clinical and management software for community health centers, has gone virtual.
Chorus closed its […]