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How to Survive a Recession, According to a 91-Year-Old Business

Success

To keep the 76,000-square-foot store running with only 120 employees, down 40% from the prior year, and with 50% fewer staff in the restaurant, they had to find efficiencies like streamlining the restaurant menu. My dad told me: ‘Rick, if you want the restaurant to run well, be in the restaurant.’ Great advice.”

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Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. Steve Said on January 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm I often find that CI is overlooked by small businesses especially regarding restaurants for example. Say you have a competing restaurant a few blocks away. You ask a question, I answer! Starting a Small Business?

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PA in Malta

Practically Perfect PA

Oh and I’m also going to book my next holiday asap! The compromise here is that you get fantastic views over Golden Bay and the large plot of land means the hotel developers have added lots of on-site entertainment and restaurants. Here is my little guide to Malta: Where to stay? A return ticket will cost around €5.

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PA in Malta

Practically Perfect PA

Oh and I’m also going to book my next holiday asap! The compromise here is that you get fantastic views over Golden Bay and the large plot of land means the hotel developers have added lots of on-site entertainment and restaurants. Here is my little guide to Malta: Where to stay? A return ticket will cost around €5.

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

The Small Business Blog

Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. I put together a 10 question survey that I had planned to accost passers by with outside the few foreign wine boutiques as well as restaurant owners. He warned me that Spanish restaurant owners would never pay up front and that I would be forever chasing them for money. (My

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

Laughing all the Way to Work

And who bothers writing out the words e-mail, TV, ASAP or FYI when everyone will know what you mean anyway? Does anyone even know what CNN stands for? It has become such a common initialism that it is recognized immediately and everyone knows what it is.

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Proverbs 17:22 Humorous Out of Office Replies Office Humour The Administrative Bloopers blog Workplace Humour International Help Country calling codes Country codes and more Dialing international calls/country codes International phone calling information and calling codes Reservations for restaurants around the world Time Zones Job Seekers AdminSecret (..)