If you have been following the news about National Small Business Week (which I guess is technically over), you might be interested in what the other b5media people have been saying about the phenomenon of Small Business from Accounting$olver:

Small is Beautiful (businesses, that is)

a Success Formula for your small business

The importance of Working Capital and

How to determine your Working Capital needs for your small business

Keeping customers through Trust-Loyalty-Growth

Good stuff here, and well worth your time to read.  Wish I’d thought of it.

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Ecuador wants community stakes in mining projects - International Herald Tribune
QUITO : Ecuador wants villagers living near mines to be shareholders in huge projects as part of a new mining law that is key for the development of the country’s nascent sector, President Rafael Correa stated on Saturday. A government-controlled

‘Weeks’ to re-start strike plant - BBC News
Grangemouth operator Ineos said it would still take two or three weeks to get back up and running, despite safety cover being provided by workers. Meanwhile, oil and gas operators urged UK ministers to intervene in the dispute - which will result in

Contractors will be required to disclose tax debt - Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON - A new federal rule will require government contractors to disclose whether they owe federal taxes or have violated federal criminal tax laws following congressional investigations that found companies owing millions of dollars were still

Huge investment firms pull back on Fed borrowing - San Francisco Gate
Huge Wall Street investment companies are pulling back on their borrowing from the Federal Reserve’s emergency lending program, a sign that credit conditions might be improving a bit. A Federal Reserve report Thursday said those firms averaged $22.6

State’s largest homebuilder lays off 103 workers - Chicago Tribune
DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa ’s largest homebuilder, Regency Homes Inc., laid off all its employees except for top management in its homebuilding and land development companies Friday. A letter addressed to friends and partners of the West Des Moines

Massive Fine Set for Wachovia to End Case - New York Times
The Wachovia Corporation concurred on Friday to pay as much as $144 million to end an investigation that accuses the bank of allowing telemarketers to use its accounts to steal millions of dollars. The settlement, one of the largest penalties ever

Tennessee lottery numbers - Pine Bluff Commercial
LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas environmental officials have set up a new licensing program for companies that clean up sites where dangerous illegal drugs are found. The program grew out of concern over the dangers of methamphetamine labs that involve highly

Apple looking to license iPhone haptics? - MacNN
Apple might be looking to license its haptic technology to other companies, as the industry looks to develop and incorporate more touch and feedback technology into devices. Immersion Corporation, a patent-driven digital technology company, has

Treaty hot air chills the carbon traders - Times Online
THE Manhattan offices of Eco Securities were eerily empty last Thursday morning. Over the rows of unoccupied desks, two men could be seen peering out of the 19th-floor windows — a sight that might have aroused concern considering the company has

Corriente and Other Mining Companies Meet With President Correa and - MSN MoneyCentral
Corriente (TSX: CTQ)(AMEX: ETQ) announces that the company and seven other mining companies (Aurelian Resources, Cornerstone Capital Resources, Dynasty Metals & Mining, Ecometals Limited, IAMGOLD, International Minerals Corporation and Salazar

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Filed under: Estates

NeighborhoodScout.com has used their matching function to find neighborhoods that are “discount equivalents” of some of the hot and costly communities we recently covered in our Most Pricey Zip Codes estates.

The Neighborhood Scout deems that the town of Madison, Connecticut is a good equivalent for Malibu, the pricey celebrity-filled beach area north of Los Angeles. Malibu has a median price of $2.93 million but Madison has a far more reasonable median price of $649.344. Madison also has a much longer history than Malibu, it was first settled in 1641. Madison is also a beach community on the Connecticut shoreline. Hammonasset State Park in Madison boasts the state’s longest public beach and like Malibu it gets crazy crowded in the summer.

In Malibu, especially in the elite Carbon Beach area where it is rumored that a sale in the $65 million range recently took place, you’ve to be prepared to pay a lot. Also even some of the most striking homes such as one of my favorite estate of the day properties, special effects master Stan Winston’s Malibu home are in tight proximity to one another. In Madison, prices are for more reasonable. Today’s home has a great setting on Long Island Sound with a front yard that leads to a double tiered sandy beach. The 5000 square-foot home has been renovated and includes a great room with floor to ceiling stone fireplace, a gourmet eat-in kitchen and six bedrooms total. The master bedroom has a private balcony overlooking the water and a spacious master bath. This home is listed at $4.9 million.

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