Author Archive for Jonathan Cole
Abercrombie & Jersey Shore: Just a Publicity Stunt?
Abercrombie & Jersey Shore: Just a Publicity Stunt? Product placement is a huge part of advertising. To have your brand featured in a movie or on television distinguishes you from the rest of the pack, especially if the movie/show is highly acclaimed. At other times, logos are blurred out, especially on television shows where the [...]
Former President Embraces Vegan Diet
Former President Embraces Vegan Diet In 2004, former president Bill Clinton underwent quadruple bypass surgery. After his heart attack, Clinton cut back on his calorie and cholesterol intake. However, he still ate steaks, hamburgers, french fries and barbecue. Then, he had two stents put in his coronary artery in 2010. It was after his 2010 angioplasty [...]
Postal Service: Making Changes in a Tough Economy
Postal Service: Making Changes in a Tough Economy “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” or so says the inscription that runs atop the building housing the General Post Office located at 8th and 33rd in New York City, but layoffs [...]
Problem Bank List – Is Your Bank on It?
Problem Bank List – Is Your Bank on It? With another bank failing this week, bringing the total to 64 this year, you might be wondering if your bank could be next. If you want to know if your bank is in trouble, you can check on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) list of [...]
US Credit Rating: More Complicated Than Just the Debt
US Credit Rating: More Complicated Than Just the Debt While President Obama was telling the country that no matter what the rating agencies say, the United States would always be an AAA country, stocks took the biggest one day tumble since December 1, 2008. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 634.76 points by the close [...]
The Downgrade – What it Means in Simple Language
The Downgrade – What it Means in Simple Language Since Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the United States’ credit rating from AAA to AA+, American consumers have been wondering how the downgrade will affect them and the country. If the country, with billions of dollars in income, can’t have an excellent credit rating during these [...]
Internet Marketing, Social Media New Best Advertising Platform
Internet Marketing, Social Media New Best Advertising Platform Social media giant Facebook has been offering companies and retailers the opportunity to buy add space on the side of their website for years now, but recently some of the biggest retailers have found a new way to advertise their products and specials. Facebook Pages for Retail [...]
Three More Banks Fail, Sixty-One for the Year
Three More Banks Fail, Sixty-One for the Year Federal regulators had a busy week beginning on July 25. Three different banks in three different states were closed by regulators during that week. This brings the number of failed banks to 61 for 2011. The three banks were Virginia Business Bank in Richmond, Virginia, BankMeridian in [...]
Online Dating Site Match.com Has Its Own Set of Dimensions
Online Dating Site Match.com Has Its Own Set of Dimensions eHarmony about its ability to find the perfect match based on 29 dimensions of compatibility. But they are not the only ones putting delving into science to try to figure out what goes into making two people compatible. Match.com, launched in 1995, now has its [...]
Mortgage Interest Deduction on the Chopping Block
Mortgage Interest Deduction on the Chopping Block Homeowners, beware! As part of the budget deal, your mortgage interest may no longer be a deduction for you to take on your 2011 tax form. Congress and the White House Congress and the White House are discussing putting a cap on the mortgage interest deduction (MID) and [...]
