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Carpet Cleaners: Sucking Your Wallet Dry

Carpet cleaners have found themselves a happy spot, indeed. While their business practices are often every bit as dirty as those of plumbers and electricians (laborers who, despite their shared blue-collar image, boast far more training and expertise than carpet cleaners), public perception of the industry—or, rather, a complete lack thereof—has put carpet cleaners in the perfect position to clean up. How do they whisk away the stains that sully the reputation of other in-home workers? Well, we do the work for them. Anyone can tell a horror story about being exploited over a flooded basement or a faulty circuit breaker. Being exploited over a dirty carpet, on the other hand, does not make for scintillating dinner party conversation.

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Posted by admin on 12/29 at 05:41 PM - 0 Comments

Friday, September 01, 2006

Stock Brokers and Dealers in Financial Products: Tricks of the Trade

Save a few stragglers holed up in the mountains somewhere, few people nowadays go through life without investing money one way or another. Most of us have long-term financial goals in mind when we invest, such as retirement or our children's college education, and we pin our dreams for the future on stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other investments. For most individuals, even professional financiers, trading is done exclusively through a broker.

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Posted by admin on 09/01 at 01:58 AM - 0 Comments

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Mortgage Brokers: Banking On Your Money

The word “mortgage” is derived from a French word meaning “death pledge.” By contrast, today we see the mortgage as a dull and tedious fixture of everyday life. Few people buy new homes without mortgages, after all, and almost everyone takes out a mortgage at least once in his or her life. But beneath their ho-hum exterior lies a danger worthy of their sordid translation.

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Posted by admin on 08/31 at 12:29 PM - 2 Comments

Saturday, July 08, 2006

Computer Service and Repair Centers: Fixing Until You’re Broke

When your computer slows down or stops working, you will frequently need to bring it in for repair. Your options will be either a chain store like CompUSA or Best Buy, or a local computer store. The process of repair begins the same way – you bring your ailing PC down to the repair location, where it is checked in. You leave with a receipt and the promise that you will be contacted with an estimate for the cost of repairs.

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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Shared Office Suites / Sublets: No Room For Growth

An office suite arrangement involves a group of subtenants (licensees) that share substantial resources, including telephone, Internet, secretarial help, mail facilities, printers and copiers. The defining characteristic of a shared office suite is the existence of a for-profit management company that provides the premises, utilities and shared resources at a premium over actual cost.

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