Starbucks plans to give away Free iTunes Downloads
Starbucks Coffee Co. on Monday announced that it will soon provide its customers with more than 50 million free digital songs to download from iTunes in a move that will give a significant boost to their recent deal with Apple Inc. to …
Honeywell Predicts Business Jet Sales (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Diversified manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. said late Sunday it expects to deliver about 14,000 new business aircraft through 2017 for sales of $233 billion.
Business calendar (River Valley Business Report)
September Sept. 4: Planning Basics for Business; learn about business plans, resources available, how to get started; 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., 126 W. Carl Wimberly Hall, UW-La Crosse, $35, registration required; Small Business Development Center at (608) 785-8783.
Easy money
Chancellor Alistair Darling has already exceeded his authority in guaranteeing bank deposits with money that, underwritten by taxpayers, was never his to begin with. Evidently the Financial Services Compensation Scheme is going to be …
Discover (R) Small Business Watch(SM): Small Business Economic Confidence at Lowest Point in Past Year (Rasmussen Reports via Yahoo! News)
Economic confidence among small business owners fell to its lowest point in a year in September marked mainly by increasing cash flow issues, according to the Discover (R) Small Business Watch(SM). At 99.2, the Watch dipped for the first time below its baseline 100 mark, which was established in August 2006.
Covington firm buys chemicals business (BizJournals)
Specialty chemical manufacturer Syrgis Performance Products LLC has acquired the organic peroxides business of Norac Inc., increasing its annual revenue base by more than $50 million.
Tom Hart presents THE MONEY WARRIO
The Money Warrior started as a bit of a parody of Jim Cramer of Mad Money, and in fact I created the first iteration for my Metro strips. But those strips reminded me that in the end, I dislike parody and that I d rather invent my own …