Mother’s Day is one of the busiest chocolate buying days of the whole year.
Americans eat an average of twenty two (22) pounds of candy each year,
or approximately 2.8 BILLION pounds annually, split almost equally between
candy and chocolate. That is far less than most Europeans consume.
The Midwest and the Northeast consume more candy per region than […]

Even the Congressional Budget Office admits the federal deficit
is going to be $1.85 TRILLION for this year alone
- nearly FOUR times more than last year’s deficit!
And the government’s new scheme is the worst of all - of bailing
out unworthy bankers, brokers, insurers and automakers while
expecting struggling middle-class taxpayers to simply pick up the tab.
“I’m fighting […]

“If you just take a can of white paint and paint the roof of your building,
overnight the energy consumption in your building goes down 10%.”
- Mayor Mike Bloomberg
The reason is because the white paint reflects the sun.
It’s so simple, it’s so common sense, yet nobody does it.
This will be one of the new requirements when […]

Even as Washington and Wall Street swear on a stack of bibles
that that the worst is behind us …
The home foreclosures that triggered this economic disaster are absolutely
exploding — up a staggering 24% in the first three months of 2009 alone.
Worse: Industry experts are warning that an even GREATER surge in mortgage
defaults will slam U.S. […]

Two of the world’s most respected economic authorities
just issued separate reports saying that the worst is still ahead.
With the United States officially in the 17th month of recession…
(the longest since the Great Depression of the 1930s)
The World Bank and The Office of Economic Development (OECD)
just warned that in 2009:
- Global industrial output will fall for […]

Do government bailouts truly rescue companies,
create jobs and stimulate the economy?
For the 12-month period ending in March,
prices for consumer goods dropped 0.4 percent.
That’s the first 12-month bout of deflation in 44 years!
Chrysler is now just days away from bankruptcy even after
getting billions in bailout money last December,
General Motors is close behind.
Under an agreement with the […]

One of the most compelling videos I’ve ever had the pleasure
to watch, were the pre-launch videos by Chris Carpenter of
Google Cash fame.
The videos were for his newest project Google Cash Detective.
In the videos Chris gives us a glimpse of the lifestyle all us
internet marketers WISH we had…
The jet-set lifestyle of flying all over the world […]

Today is the Last Day to file your taxes without paying a penalty.
You should be happy. If you are paying income taxes,
that means that you have income and a job.
The combined impact of  joblessness and foreclosures is creating
the most hardship for Americans since the Great Depression.
And speaking of great depression… Do You Owe Taxes?
You work […]

Shooting pirates from 25 meters away on rolling seas is extremely difficult.
Shooting pirates from 25 meters away on rolling seas at dusk is even more difficult.
Shooting 3 pirates at the exact same time from 25 meters away on rolling seas
at dusk is even more than extremely difficult.
Yet American sea captain Richard P. Phillips has been […]

The Dow has just put in its biggest four-week gain
since the bottom of the Depression in 1933…
Soaring more than 19% off its March 9th low.
The Fed’s recent actions of pumping at least $1.3 Trillion Dollars
of new money into the economy and the Treasury’s TALF program
is starting to take hold and becoming successful.
— The U.S. economy […]