CPSC Clarifies Requirements Of New Children’s Product Safety Laws Taking Effect In February

Consumer Product Safety Commission
Guidance Intended For Resellers of Children’s Products, Thrift And Consignment Stores

Ever Wonder About Those Ads For The Fireplace Heater With Amish Made Mantels?


Better Business Bureau Report gives company an "F"

"Additionally, the BBB has received inquiries regarding the company's product Cool Surge Air Cooler. For clarification consumers should understand that the air cooler unit is not an air conditioner but a portable unit used to blast out "iced cooled" air by inserting 4-6 hour reusable glacier ice blocks. The company states that this in conjunction with a fan motor unit can reduce the air around the unit up to ten degrees."

Jan 17, 2009

"Even The Biggest Cities -- New York And Chicago -- Do Not Support Two Profitable Papers Now "

Poynter Online

Even the biggest cities -- New York and Chicago -- do not support two profitable papers now. And metro papers like the Atlanta Journal-Constitution or Dallas Morning News have their cities to themselves, but have still been forced to scale back distant circulation and make big newsroom staff cuts in the face of falling ad revenues.

Jan 11, 2009

Glen Loyd Responds To Work-At-Home Advertising in Janesville

Janesville Gazette

Loyd offered this warning: "If they ask for money, then it isn't work at home. It's give them money."

Free Calls To America From Almost Anywhere?

New York Times
Hopefully this free phone service doesn't become a tool for foreign scammers!