Article talking about how people that have been jobless for longer than others are getting jobs faster than others who have been fired recently or laid off recently.

Schools in Wisconsin changed their food menus to help achieve better overall health and cut crime/better people's lives. I can see how candy not being sold is a good thing in schools and I can also see how changing the menu is beneficial.

Several people found after several weeks had passed, people were kidnapping these individuals and stealing their social security checks.

Article about phone companies charging individuals with fees that weren't actually taking place. I can see how phone companies could easily overcharge people, I can see millions of dollars made off corrupt phone bills.

I don't think it's a bad idea anytime to start a small or large business up during a economic downturn. Just have a good business plan and everything important laid out and you will be succesful. Article talks about businesses starting up in economic downturn.

Talks about predator loans at a very high interest rate which is killing Americans in this debt filled country.

Article talking about people with more money spend more money. But, I can see this true that even though people with more money than they ever will need still go broke.

I strongly agree that it is time for entrepreneurs to really put themselves on the line. This article talks about how entrepreneurs need to stick their head out their and improve our economy and produce more jobs.

Talks about the goods and bads of taking vacations in the business world. I think taking vacations can make you feel real relaxed and when you return from your vacation you feel re-energized and ready to get back on track.

This article talks about individuals with toxic behaviors that influence their work behavior and regular personality in their life.

John Morrell in Sioux Falls and Sioux City charged of illegal fees earned. They say they were mistakes but that much was is easily noticed.

I can see the interwined relationship between honesty, integrity and respect in the small business world and the Fortune 500 comapanies. But the reason that their might be less respect, honesty, and integrity in the small business world is because the people that can't make it into the big business world is because they are lacking the essential needs to be included in the big jobs, big time bucks.

There is a new South Dakota convention that started this year called South Dakota Marketplace that is similar to the lean start up company. I went to SDMP this year and learned a lot of beneficial information.

There is always going to be people that search for other jobs because they think they can do better, etc. money, health benefits, better working environment. As the article says, people leave to seek higher pay in the short run but in the longer run they could've been making more in the future with their first job. I would say to keep employees searching for better pay in their job, maybe the owner could have an amazing employee getaway convention or to simply raise their pay a bit, if reasonable of course.

I think that if a couple is flirting too much and other workers are noticing it and their fling is interrupting their work, than I would say something has to be done to keep work efficient and to have no distractions. But, if a couple is married and they do not distract anyone than I think that the office relationship is okay. As long as the office romance doesn't take time away from others and the romancers themselves are keeping up with their work, than everything is okay.

I see this almost every lunch break I take with my co-workers. There is always someone in the group that wants an extra 10 or 30 minutes more added to their breaks. I think this dilemma will always occur due to people's attitudes and their work ethic during the work day. Maybe an added incentive will cause the person to change their time of work breaks to lesser time but some will always want an extra minute or two.