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...their community that others can access by registering. Members advise one another about local services such as the best plumbers or baby sitters or spread the word about changes in local government. By registering for MeetTheNeighbors.org a site run by Jared Nissim, a New York City--based Web entrepreneur, you join a local message board. You can view members' profiles, read postings by locals and be notified about events like barbecues. There isn't a secure way of sharing personal profiles on these sites, so it's best to give minimal information. But in the end you just might turn...
...Breton last week told oil companies to come up with structural plans (including new refining initiatives) to lower oil prices or risk a windfall tax. With oil at $63 per bbl. and oil-company profits at record highs, a new era of refinery construction seems imminent. Last week, serial entrepreneur Richard Branson floated the idea of building a refinery just to provide his Virgin Airways and other airlines with jet fuel. U.S. politicians have been putting pressure on domestic oil companies to build new facilities for some time, while China and India are already undertaking ambitious new construction. Trouble...
...quit only when they are tired, afraid or outgunned. And even then, there is always one terrorist who refuses to give up. So I am not applauding the i.r.a.'s announcement. I am tired of being made a fool of again and again. Batya Dagan Los Angeles Al Gore, Entrepreneur I was happy and not surprised to read that with his new 24-hour youth cable network, Current TV, Al Gore continues to be actively engaged in many of the issues that guided him as a public servant [Aug. 8]. Americans missed a golden opportunity to have a truly visionary...
...launch her business, Mobile Billboards of Las Vegas. The four-year-old company, with sales of $1.5 million and 30 employees, features billboards on a fleet of seven trucks. The mobile-billboard industry, which is 99% male run, was new and exciting to Letizia and seemed to offer an entrepreneur a lot of potential for growth. "People thought I was crazy, a girly-girl like me who is careful with her hair and makeup working with truckers and going into such a 'guy' kind of business," says Letizia, who has two grown children. "But I don't paint, garden...
...national, setting up scholarships for minorities, donating to the United Negro College Fund and writing checks for several black Congressmen. Patronage has its benefits. In May Black Enterprise, the venerable periodical of Afro-America's business class, announced that Wal-Mart would be a sponsor of its 10th Annual Entrepreneur's Conference. In its June issue, Black Enterprise listed its "30 Best Companies for Diversity." Guess who made...