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Natural Gas

Despite forecasts for substantially colder temperatures across most parts of the country, natural gas price changes at the end of the report week were still trending downward. The Henry Hub price declined approximately 6.1% for the week. At the NYMEX Henry Hub natural gas for January’s delivery opened up on Monday 12/05 at $3.458 and closed Sunday 12/11 at $3.248 per gallon. Consumption…

Blogs make up a large portion of content on the internet. Their presence is large enough that it cannot and should not be ignored..... Read more on how to blog for business

How Do You Stop Your Employees From Stealing Your Business Secrets?

Your business may have special information that gives will be used to create a new product. Or you may have a special way of marketing that gets you more business. Trade secrets can also include your list of customers. How do you stop your employees from stealing your trade secrets?…

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For now, let's put aside the question of which flat panel or projector gives the best picture.  See  http://www.dhaudioandhometheater.com/blog/2011/03/30/flat-panel-plasma-lcd-led-240mhz-help/ for that discussion as regards flat panels.  For this article, I'm talking about broadcast sources of high definition TV.  While I've never been shown that one cable or satellite provider is better…

Jewocity.com is the Largest Online Jewish business directory featuring Business Reviews, classifieds, events, deals, kosher recipes, and much more. 

Jewocity Media Corp. is also the publisher of over 100 local Jewish city guide sites such as CrownHeights.com , Monsey.com ,…

 Email providers are now becoming just as cautious about who they accept emails from, in an effort to prevent large volumes of unsolicited commercial email (spam) from moving through their servers.  They're turning to 'blacklist' services, to see if you've developed a reputation for being a known source of spam. 

 There are numerous blacklisting services on the internet, which use various methods to build up a list of known spam sources.  One such method is a 'honeypot' - pretending…

Anti-Bullying Law Takes Effect In N.J.:…

Coach Randy will be interviewed tomorrow morning, Thursday September 1 on Fox 5 around 8am. 

NJ legislation developed the most comprehensive anti-bullying bill back in January which is set to go into effect tomorrow, Thursday September 1.

In addition to significant protocols and steps now required for all NJ public schools, this piece of legislation takes steps to truly impact school culture and climates.  The Anti-Bullying Student Bill of Rights Act mandates…

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A short sale is one of the ways that a homeowner can avoid having the lender foreclose on his home when the amount that he can sell his house for is not enough to pay off the mortgage.  In the typical scenario, the homeowner has lost his job or his income has decreased to the point where he can’t afford to make his monthly mortgage payments.  The homeowner is asking the lender to allow him to sell his home for whatever he can get and the entire proceeds of the sale (less the real estate…

Want to improve your golf game?

Want to improve your skills on the dance floor?

Want to improve one of your character traits?

Want to improve your health?

Wanting to improve is nice, but wanting alone won’t do it.

Reading about what needs to be done won’t do it either.

Neither will telling people that you want to improve.

But practicing what you want to improve; well now that may be the missing piece to the puzzle.

In…

Most websites out there, for better or worse, have something called a footer, which is text at the very bottom of the page that typically contains some copyright information or legal jargon.

So many times I come across sites that mention something other than the current year in their website footer. Holy cow is that a blatant give-a-way that this company either 1) Doesn’t proofread their website or 2) They actually haven’t updated their site since whatever year is…

Just like in other cities, business people in New York City and New Jersey are using online videos as a source for making decisions about businesses.  The use of business to business online sales video production is increasing everyday.  In addition to an online video production being part of a companies sales tool kit, your video…

There are many social media trends that have been
introduced lately that are well worth considering for your business. Of course,
this doesn’t mean that the standard social media practices that you have been
using so far should be abandoned. Read more...

There are so many reasons that your business may need a loan – cash flow problems, to cover an emergency, or expansion plans.  For the very smallest businesses, you may not be able to find a lender to give you a loan.  You may be applying for a credit card to get an unsecured loan.  For larger businesses, you may be talking to the bank where you keep your business…

LogiTag's RFID-based technology allows hospitals to automatically track each individual product received from suppliers without burdening the frontline caregivers with regular cycle counts and other manual processes.

Hospitals using smart cabinets have reported annual cost savings between $50,000 and $300,000, in addition to the increase in quality of patient care, operational efficiency, and number of patients treated.  This solution allows for better management of…

Now and then we all need a little extra support.  As we age it might not be as easy as it used to be to get up and down from chairs, beds, etc. or we need to grab on to something to steady ourselves.   A fall resulting in a broken bone can be devastating with the results being no longer able to live independently in your own home. 

Some…