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BEing Green: Put Your Old PC to Good Use
  • Lifestyle

BEing Green: Put Your Old PC to Good Use

Has your computer overstayed its welcome? According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, more than 100 million computers become obsolete each year. One or two of them are probably stashed in your office closet. Before you get rid of these old machines, think about where they’ll end up, cautions Jamal Theodore, a computer repair specialist and owner of Almasi Tech Solutions in Clinton, Maryland. “The different components in old computers can contain toxic substances—like lead and mercury---that shouldn’t be in landfills,” he says.

  • Entrepreneurship

Virtual Reality in Tough Times

Tiffanie Tillman’s phone is ringing off the hook these days with business owners looking to fill staff positions without having to hire full-time employees. “Our industry is booming,” says Tillman, president of Virtual Professionals, an Orlando-based provider of virtual workers. “While companies may be scaling back on in-house employees, they still need the manpower.”

Black Congressman to Run for Alabama Governor
  • News

Black Congressman to Run for Alabama Governor

Let it never be said that Rep. Artur Davis isn’t up for a challenge. The three-term congressman recently announced plans to run for governor of Alabama, making him the first Democrat to formally throw his hat into the ring for the 2010 election.

  • Entrepreneurship

Oprah Means Business

For the past 15 years, Oprah Winfrey repeatedly told her team that production of her daily talk show was only the beginning. “This is the foundation of greater things to come,” she would tell her managers as she developed a dizzying array of partnerships and spin-offs — a venture with Hearst Magazines to produce her own, self-titled publication; new syndicated television shows with life coach Phil McGraw and leading chef Rachael Ray; made-for-TV movies; a reality TV show, The Big Give, for the ABC television network; theatrical film releases such as Beloved and The Great Debaters; the Broadway musical The Color Purple; a retail outlet; and a lucrative $55 million XM Satellite Radio Inc. deal. In the midst of these accomplishments, her team could only reluctantly imagine more greatness.

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