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		<title>A Screaming Need that screams louder in a tough economy</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Food, drugstores, medical care (]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Food, drugstores, medical care (especially for the elderly), car and home repair and maintenance - it doesn`t matter what the economy does, people always need this stuff. Find a way to get it to them smarter, quicker, with less fuss and they will use it.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I think there is a surge in inte]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I think there is a surge in interest in entrepreneurship because of this slow economy. People are disillusioned with the corporate jobs.&#160; So businesses that help new entrepreneurs -- well, this forum is all about it, isn`t it.&#160; There are also ent[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  Along the lines of pawn shop]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  Along the lines of pawn shops. . .
  &#160;
  Professional life-downsizers. Someone that`s a cross between a credit counselor, pro garage-saler, and pro organizer to help people who are upside-down figure out how to pay off]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Cupcake bakeries seem to be "scr]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Cupcake bakeries seem to be "screaming hot".
]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Debt workout, mortgage workout, ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Debt workout, mortgage workout, anything that cuts debt and reduces a consumer`s monthly spend.
In: do it yourself debt workout, mortgage short sales, mortgage workout.
Out: "credit counseling".
--Richard]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Pawn shops, consignment stores, ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Pawn shops, consignment stores, thrift stores, check cashing businesses, and online learning (people really&#160;start thinking of a better career when the pocketbook suffers).
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				<title><![CDATA[Actually, I think a specific "sc]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Actually, I think a specific "screaming need" these days, is a better
way to post job openings. Reading your actual article, it seemed like
you were discussing strategies, but for something specific, it`s the
finding jobs.

It may have seemed ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Discount box stores like Costco,]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Discount box stores like Costco, Sam`s, BJ`s, etc. do well during down markets as people know they save money by buying larger quantities.&#160; If you are willing to buy items in big quantities club stores generally have a 12%-14% margin on their products[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  With Porsche`s profit up som]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  With Porsche`s profit up some 25% and cupcakes selling for $5.00 each I would look at serving the portion of the population earning $250.000 thousand a year or more. Maybe a good business would be high end auto detailing, or personnel chef. These ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I think financial planning is gr]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I think financial planning is great in either extreme - either a burning hot economy (I want to make more money) or a screaming cold economy (I don`t want to loose too much money).
Entertainment is also good at either extreme.&#160; In hot tim]]></description>
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