As a software developer who worked with NASA, Timothy Childs built vision-tracking systems for the space shuttle. Now the former techie has a new venture that he says is out of this world: chocolate.
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Fair trade is a hit with coffee drinkers. By guaranteeing a living wage to their Third World growers, sellers of fair-trade-certified java are growing revenue by an average 70% a year, not to menti...
As a software developer who worked with NASA, Timothy Childs built vision-tracking systems for the space shuttle. Now the former techie has a new venture that he says is out of this world: chocolate.
Dear FSB: I have a statistics counter for my Web site oceansofchange.net and although people visit, they are not browsing or purchasing. I am on a very limited budget and am concerned that the layout and text are the problem, yet I don't know how to improve them. Your suggestions are greatly welcomed and appreciated.
Dear FSB: I'm launching an online store with garage-sale prices to help women sell their products. Ninety percent of the items for sale will be made by women from around the world, especially those from developing countries. I'm looking for something to make us stand out. I'm thinking of having a fire sale each night at midnight where the customers can either pay the listed price or set their own price. It will only be for one hour. Is this a good idea or not, and if not any suggestions?
South Korea has long enjoyed some of the fastest and most widely available broadband Internet access on the planet. Top online gamers are bona-fide TV celebrities, and long before MySpace, there was South Korea's Cyworld, a social networking site launched back in 1999.
Fair trade is a hit with coffee drinkers. By guaranteeing a living wage to their Third World growers, sellers of fair-trade-certified java are growing revenue by an average 70 percent a year, not t...
To produce a pound of organic sun-dried coffee, farmers in the southern Ethiopian village of Fero spread six pounds of ripe, red coffee cherries onto pallets near their fields. They sun the fruit f...
Fair trade is a hit with coffee drinkers. By guaranteeing a living wage to their Third World growers, sellers of fair-trade-certified java are growing revenue by an average 70% a year, not to menti...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) flipped its stance in the longstanding lumber dispute between the United States and Canada and ruled that the U.S. violated international free trade laws by imposing "anti-dumping" duties on Canadian lumber imports.
The Southern Democrat landed yesterday in New York, where he'll spend part of every day this weekend. He arrived there armed with a Super Tuesday game plan, some fair-trade talking points and a joke about Alex Rodriguez, designed to endear him to die-hard Yankees fans.
Delicious for nibbling, invaluable for developing your palate--and irreplaceable in the kitchen. Once you start baking with the best, there's no going back.
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