Have you ever heard this?"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."Have you ever been tempted to inquire about "opportunities" that promise; Internet Millions! Make Up To $2,000 Weekly Working From Home Become A Medical Transcriptionist In The Booming Medical Industry Make Money With Foreclosures!  Fraud is most often associated with vending machine, display rack, pay phone, medical billing, work-at-home, and some Internet-related business opportunities. Promotions for fr... Read Full Story

                                                        From the "I'm surprised and shocked" file;The U.S. Census Bureau will announce today that Cleveland lost nearly 10 percent of its population this decade, the fastest rate of decline of any major American city except New Orleans, which weathered a hurricane and is bouncing back.Read The Cleveland StoryI'll bet you have a theory or 20 about the reasons why...Comment area is open! Read Full Story

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Happening now in Youngstown;Ohio's unemployment rate was 10.4 percent in May. Trumbull County's rate was 14.3 percent, and in Warren, the rate reached 15.3 percent. Mahoning County was not far behind with a 12.2 percent unemployment rate, which includes a Youngstown unemployment rate of 13.7 percent.Read about area pawnshops, and what is really going on with people, nowadays... Read Full Story

  Is it my imagination, or are there more and more franchise concepts starting that have to do with the following; Grooming Mobile grooming Dog Daycare Dog And Cat Sitting Dog poop Removal {Still can't quite put my arms around this one. And I don't want to.} Dog Camps Dog Training Is the economy good enough to warrant all of these franchise start-ups? Let's find out.Go to Anita Campbell's Small Business Trends website to find out... Read Full Story

                                                                                                                                              Months and months of mostly negative discussions about a mostly negative economy have left a lot of us mostly...well...negative. Is their change in the air?The phone calls and emails that I have been receiving in the last 60 days or so are decidedly different than the ones I had been getting since the middle of last year. The differences; People that ... Read Full Story

                                        June 23rd is the second anniversary of my father, Jerry Libava's death. He succumbed to lung cancer in 2007. He started his self-employment trek in 1990, after being a victim of corporate downsizing at Physicians Weight Loss Centers, where he opened over 300 f... Read Full Story

Right now, students all across America are preparing for their summer vacations. Unfortunately their minds might be going on an extended vacation. Extensive studies by Johns Hopkins University have shown that kids can lose up to two months or more of math and reading skills each summer. Those same studies have shown that two-thirds of the 9th grade achievement gap between low and high income students is due to a lack of adequate summer learning activities. Many teachers have to spend at least... Read Full Story

Dear Mayor Jackson,There is a problem at the City Of Cleveland's Division Of Water. A big one.I am not sure if you read The Plain Dealer or not, but no less than 8 articles documenting customer service issues and unexplained spikes in your customer's water bills {Some as high as 800%} have been written in the last 6 months.The TV stations are just warming up. Tom Meyer is on deck, and Joe P. is really getting pumped up for this one, Mayor..Your customers are really angry, and it is just not g... Read Full Story

The Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park franchise is celebrating its 40th anniversary by hosting a video contest at http://www.jellystonefun.com for campers to capture how they have fun at Jellystone Park for a $10,000 grand prize. Read Full Story