Doritos in a mess
The makers of the famous brand of snack Doritos, has found themselves is some serious trouble with the Muslim community. Walkers Crisps, has been criticised by Muslims leaders over the snack because it contains alcohol.
It may only be a trace amount of alcohol but never the less this product has not been listed on the [...]
PayPal and your cash
There is growing concern as to exactly how much the online payment processor business PayPal is making off the back of all that money that goes through the business everyday. Customers are concerned that PayPal are making money not only through the charges that they make, but also from interest gained on the large float [...]
February 26, 2008New ethnic food business
Space cuisine is set to take on a more international flavour when South Koreas first astronaut Ko San visits the international space station in April, but he will be bringing along with him something that has never been tried before in space, Kimchi which is the national dish of South Korea.
However although this may be [...]
Oil prices soar again
We could be looking at the prices of crude oil settling at new all time highs of above the $100 per barrel level. We have seen that the price did rise above the $100 mark but it did settle down later at below this figure, but it seems now that the prices are set to [...]
February 21, 2008EU puts $22 million into filesharing
Peer to peer filesharing has been given the thumbs up by the European Union as a new project named P2P-Next has been given $22 million from the EU and another $6 million from other European partners to develop the new system.
Surprisingly one of the more famous names who will be taking part in the project [...]
Blogger fired by CNN
Working for CNN as journalist has to be a great job, you get perks and if you are good at your job prospects, but how can writing in a blog lead to you getting fired from one of the leading news companies in the entire world?
It sounds simple, but naturally there are going to be [...]
NY Times cuts news jobs
The New York Times has resisted the trend throughout the industry to introduce cutbacks in their newsroom, however the financial problems have persisted leaving the business no other choice than to bow to the financial pressures of the business and have been forced to cut around a hundred jobs this year.
However the plan is not [...]
Niche market could be the key to success
Being a small business has its advantages no matter what your business does, whether it provides a service or supplies a product the basics are the same, in order to become a very successful small business you will need to explore your niche in that particular market sector and exploit it.
By doing this a small [...]
Haggling good for business and life
Being in business doe not mean that you need to pay the first price for everything, indeed being in business means that people expect you to be hard to deal with; it is all part of the game. Of course it is embarrassing to start with, but this is money and the less you spend [...]
February 12, 2008Businesses sending passwords over net
Can there be anything worse than signing up to service which requires you to create a username and password, only to get a welcome email back saying “Thanks for signing up etc” and there for all to see is your username and password?
Well a lot businesses and organisations do this and it is only when [...]
Ten business mistakes
Running your own business is a dream that many people hold dear to their hearts, so it is a terrible thing that when the opportunity comes along within a couple of years the whole thing be a failure and costing the owner a lot of money, how could something like this be avoided?
The main thing [...]
Office romances improve work
This could be the thing that all bosses have be looking for ever since a business started to employ people, and here hundreds of years later is the answer. People who have a romantic fling at work turn out to be better workers in the long term.
According to Serenella Salomoni, She said: “We discovered that [...]
Pirate Bay turns over $3 million per year
In the first attack on the Pirate Bay, the Swedish government has opened up with all guns blazing in order to sink the Pirates before they can slip anchor.
The first passing shot is the fact that the government believes that the Pirate Bay have been making around three million dollars a year in profits. This [...]
Google unhappy with Microsoft/Yahoo deal
It was inevitable that at some stage a partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo would be going ahead, however what was not clear was how this would happen. But the cat is out of the bag now and Yahoo will be going under the very large umbrella that is known as the Microsoft organisation.
Almost immediately after [...]
Pirate Bay safe even if they lose
Despite having been charged and if found guilty spending some time away, the founders of The Pirate Bay have pledged that the site will remain operational regardless of where the founders are.
They have made plans just in case thing do not go very well for them, as they might do considering the size of the [...]