One of my client’s, David Smith, this past spring visited a local nursery in the New Jersey area because he had tree seedlings that he wanted to protect from getting mowed down when he did the lawn.

Do you know the greatest force on the face of the earth?
If you have teenagers, you probably run into it daily. In fact it would be surprising that you don’t run into it yourself each and every day.

Although experiencing significant financial hardship in 2008 from the June flood, a number of Corridor businesses are practicing “home grown” economic development.

Last month, Google became the world’s first $100 billion brand. Does that mean that its assets are valued at $100 billion? No. So does that mean its annual revenues total $100 billion? No. In fact, Google’s 2008 revenue was around $22 billion, and its 2008 total assets were valued at around $32 billion.

The New York Times ran a story recently about Selfridges, a London-based department store celebrating it’s 100th year of business. Talk about recession-proof.

While visiting my jeweler last week (sorry wife, no new bling, it was simply a business discussion) I was surprised to learn that he gladly pays for any parking tickets his customers get while shopping in his store (whether they make a purchase or not).