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Start Your Business on the Right Foot For 2010

Running your own business is an exciting but challenging prospect. In addition to wearing many hats, it's also important for small business owners to perform the necessary hygiene to maintain business ownership. Here are several essentials from the experts to help protect your business and ideas.

Recycling 202
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Recycling 202

We all know how to recycle newspapers and water bottles. But when it comes to other items, “many consumers either don’t know they should recycle, or they’re not aware of convenient recycling opportunities in their local area,” says Jennifer Boone Bemisderfer, a spokesperson with the Arlington, Virginia-based Consumer Electronics Association. But many organizations, manufacturers and retailers are making recycling easier, and some, such as New York-based RecycleBank, provide an added incentive. By mailing in recyclable products such as cell phones, MP3 players, and laptops, consumers receive points that can be redeemed for discounts at local and national retailers. “We’re rewarding people for greener actions,” says Melody Serafino, a spokesperson for RecycleBank. Here’s how to recycle some other less common household items.

NAACP Joins Boycott of Arizona
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NAACP Joins Boycott of Arizona

The NAACP has become the latest organization to boycott Arizona over the state’s new immigration law. The civil rights group has joined with other in a class action lawsuit today that challenges the new law requiring police to demand "papers" from people they stop who they suspect are not authorized to be in the U.S.

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