News money 2008-06-09 Andanh.com

High-energy leader Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:53:00 EST
When the Tom Payette auto dealership sold out to Blue Grass Automotive in 2002, former general manager Maggie Payette Harlow found she was "not an ideal employee."

Operating a small business from home has pluses Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:54:00 EST
When a small business graduates from being home-based to having premises of its own, it's quite an accomplishment. But in this economy, the owners of some small companies are deciding it makes more sense to move back home.

re: Tom Poppe, model maker Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:07:00 EST
"I work as a model maker -- the printing house manufactures and sells a lot of specially designed educational aids for children. … Several prototypes have to be made before we settle on what we think is a viable product. After that, a dozen or more copies have to be handmade to be sent out for field testing."

Oystermen pay price for rising water use Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:56:00 EST
Longtime oysterman Keith Millender sees every shower taken or car washed in metropolitan Atlanta as a small threat to his family, which has harvested seafood from northwest Florida's Apalachicola Bay for generations.

L.A.-Las Vegas MagLev train gets boost Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:56:00 EST
Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move forward under a transportation bill signed Friday by President Bush that frees up $45 million for the project.

Monks blessed with blooming business Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:59:00 EST
That'll be $117.95 for laser printer toner, $9.95 for free-trade organic hot cocoa and $16.95 for fruit tarts. The prayer for peace in your home? No charge. LaserMonks sells everything from office and school supplies to gifts such as gourmet mustards and CDs of Gregorian chants. And the six monks of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank always make sure to pray for you, too.

Business People Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:32:00 EST
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GLI will present Breakfast Club talk Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:59:00 EST
Greater Louisville Inc. will present its Small Business Breakfast Club 7:30-9 a.m. June 18 at American Commercial Lines, 1701 E. Market St., Jeffersonville, Ind.

Keep foul language out of the workplace Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:00:00 EST
Cussing at work could cost you your career. A recent poll of more than 2,000 executives found that more than 80 percent consider a foul-mouthed colleague unacceptable to work alongside in the office. More than one-third of bosses have issued a formal warning for using inappropriate language, and 6 percent have fired someone for swearing.

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