Indie Bookstore Saved by Hilarious Super Bowl Ad, Thanks to Tom Hanks and Stephen Colbert

How Tom Hanks and Stephen Colbert saved a small North Carolina bookstore called Foggy Pine Books with a ringing endorsement.

By Roger Harper

09 March 36 Views

Help Out Your Favorite Historic Restaurant-Nominate it For an Amex Pandemic Grant

Amex is giving $1 million in grants to small, historic restaurants in the USA to survive the pandemic-you can help nominate your favorite.

By Jeanne Goddard

24 February 35 Views

Startup Cleans Up Laundry Detergent With Powerful Soap That Uses Bio Ingredients

The US-based startup Dirty Labs has created a detergent that's missing the polluting ingredients that laundry soap typically contains.

By Blake Isbell

16 February 36 Views

Company Develops 'Sound Beaming' to Enable Digital Listening in Your Own Sound Bubble - A Cone of Near-Silence

Israeli tech start-up Noveto have launched the first sound-beaming speaker system, creating a 3D sound bubble which others cannot hear.

By Blake Isbell

15 February 33 Views

World's First Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Plane Lifts Off On Maiden Zero-Emissions Flight

ZeroAvia completed the world's first hydrogen powered, zero emission flight of a commercial-grade aircraft.

By Jeanne Goddard

27 September 40 Views

How One Interior Designer Is Helping The Homeless With Her One Percent Project

Oregon's One Percent Project has home and housing businesses including a 1% line item on every invoice, funding state homeless charities.

By Blake Isbell

11 February 44 Views

Wisconsin Chick-fil-A Worker Who Won a Car in Company Raffle Gives it to Co-worker Who Bikes to Work

Haley Bridges won a car in a raffle for Appleton, Wisconsin Chick-fil-A employees and gifted it to a co-worker who bikes to work.

By Jeanne Goddard

14 February 37 Views

Nike Made a Hands-Free Shoe For Arthritic, Disabled and Pregnant People to Easily Slip Into

The Flyease Go: Nike roll out the first hands-free shoe to be available for around $120, and is perfect for arthritis or stroke patients

By Blake Isbell

04 February 40 Views

Billionaire Mark Cuban's New Drug Company is Producing Low-Cost Generic Drugs Cutting 90% of the Markup

Dr. Oshymansky got the backing of billionaire Mark Cuban to create Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs, which is slashing prescription drug prices.

By Blake Isbell

29 January 34 Views

US Industrial Output Rebounds Strongly in April, Jobs Returning from China

Industrial production in the U.S. surged in April, with the data from factories, mines and utilities rising 1.1 percent, the strongest gain since December 2010 and well above expectations. Over the past 22 months, if you dive into the numbers, you'll notice several positive manufacturing trends, according to a new government report.

By Jeanne Goddard

16 May 49 Views

Strong Consumer Sales and Big-Ticket Purchases for Businesses

Consumers ignored the scary headlines and handwringing and went clothes shopping anyway in September, creating solid sales gains for the nation's biggest retailers. Another positive note was report this week showed businesses ordering more big-ticket items in August.

By Jeanne Goddard

07 October 41 Views

Stevie Awards for Customer Service Honor Best Customer Call Centers

The secret to Michael White's success is satisfaction -- for his customers. White, 29, was recently named the Customer Service Contact Professional of the Year at the 5th annual Stevie Awards honoring the accomplishments of customer service professionals worldwide.

By Jeanne Goddard

16 March 31 Views

Six Green Innovations Making Freight Rail an Environmental Favorite

Of all freight transportation options, rail is the most environmentally friendly way to move goods over land, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which estimates that if just 10% of the nation's freight were shifted to rail fuel savings would approach one billion gallons annually and emissions would be cut by two-thirds.

By Jeanne Goddard

08 June 32 Views

Selling Eye Glasses at Cost While Giving a Pair to the Needy With Every Sale

Warby Parker is a new web-based company with a mission that goes far beyond profit. They want to help people find affordable glasses by cutting out the middleman. They also want to make a difference, by donating one pair of glasses to a person in need for every pair sold. So far, in one year, the startup has sold 60,000 glasses.

By Jeanne Goddard

26 June 34 Views

Salon Announces Hair for Hope - Free Cuts for People Who've Lost Jobs

Dawn Renee Salon & Day Spa is teaming up with SHELTER, inc of Contra Costa County to offer free haircuts to Contra Costa County residents who have lost their homes and jobs due to the troubling economy. On Monday, April 6th, from 9 am to 6 pm, Dawn Renee Salon and Day Spa will open its doors to dozens of displaced residents and offer hair cuts, shampoos, child care, donated food and donated toiletries.

By Jeanne Goddard

13 March 39 Views