[Friday Musical Interludes] Export with a conscience

The U.S. trade deficit shrank just a tad last month, according to an announcement by the Commerce Department yesterday. The 7% decline was comprised primarily of an increase in exports, while imports fell a teeny tiny bit.
In dollars, that means the U.S. exported $175.6 billion in goods and services, and imported $219.2, during the month [...]

[Friday Musical Interlude] Online shoppers are social animals

Happy Friday, fellow travelers.
Some of you may already know about my monthly research post over at Small Business Trends but, if you don’t, go check it out.
For my May post, I cover

a somewhat alarming look at (yet another) small business financing data, which found a broad-based lack of collateral that gets in the [...]

[Friday Musical Interludes] How do you want to work, America?

(Photo by gravyphig, via Flickr.)
I guess different people place different value upon different experiences, ultimately depending on what matters to them. One of my favorite experiences in life is coming across an intellectual kindred spirit.
In fact, it suddenly occurs to me, maybe one day when I have nothing to do (guffaw!), I’ll sit down and [...]

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