Monday, June 6, 2011

[HARO] Business & Finance Queries: Evening Edition

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Good evening! Ready for Tuesday? Queries!


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Business and Finance

1) Food business entrepreneurs (Hero Entrepreneurs with Dino Herbert)

2) How are you outsourcing? (Blog/Book)

3) Debt Ceiling & Personal Finances (St. George News)

4) Cheaper auto insurance for Detroit's poor (Creditcards.com)

5) Greece crisis (The Economic Spy)

6) Block Aircraft Registration Request program (Aviation Week)

7) Physicians using Groupon (freelancer)

8) Web Designer Tips for Creating Websites and Blogs with WordPress (The Content Factory)

9) Coconut Shortage (NPR/Marketplace)

10) Tipping stories (TheMovingPlanner)

11) Young, Successful Wall Street Guys Wanted For New Reality Show (TV)

12) How to negotiate a higher salary (StartUpGrowthExpert.com)

13) Small Biz with Effective Employee Training (The New York Enterprise Report)

14) shopping for a home online (SmartMoney.com)

15) business plan don'ts (BNET)

16) Online businesses Opportunties - Scams or Hidden Treasures (StartUpGrowthExpert.com)

17) Foreclosure Crisis (CNN)

18) How to shop yard sales (National personal finance site)

19) Video Casting -- L.A. couple (Wells Fargo)

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Business and Finance

1) Summary: Food business entrepreneurs

Name: Melinda Johnson (Hero Entrepreneurs with Dino Herbert)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-196o@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: Hero Entrepreneurs with Dino Herbert

Deadline: 07:00 PM EST - 10 June

Query:

Looking for entrepreneurs with unique food businesses for the
month of June.

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2) Summary: How are you outsourcing?

Name: Robert Longley (Blog/Book)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19ab@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: Blog/Book

Deadline: 07:00 PM EST - 11 June

Query:

Looking for stories of unique ways/directions in outsourcing. If
you have a VA in the Philippines who is now maintaining your
website, blog, podcast, and answering your phone, that's not what
I am looking for. If you are leveraging technology, students,
disabled populations, specific geographic communities, or
something else innovative, I would like to hear about what you
are doing, what has worked well, and what have been your
challenges.

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3) Summary: Debt Ceiling & Personal Finances

Name: Jen Watkins (St. George News)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19e1@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: St. George News

Deadline: 03:00 PM EST - 7 June

Query:

With Congress wanting to raise the debt ceiling, we need to speak
with a financial planner or economist who can talk about how this
is just as bad as being on track for bankruptcy and borrowing
more money anyway. We are looking for someone who is willing to
do a step-by-step program with a real person who is struggling to
get out of debt so we can show that it is possible to get out of
debt on your own. You will receive credit and a link to your
company, and we will be discussing your actions on our Fox News
Radio show, as well.

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4) Summary: Cheaper auto insurance for Detroit's poor

Name: Aaron Crowe (Creditcards.com)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19ek@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: Creditcards.com

Deadline: 01:00 PM EST - 10 June

Query:

A pilot program is being planned in Detroit that would help poor
people afford auto insurance, mainly by getting rid of the
unlimited personal-injury coverage requirement. I'm looking for
an insurance expert to discuss this issue as it applies
nationwide and what other states offer low-cost auto insurance
(California does), and how it has worked. I'd also like to talk
to a driver in Detroit with auto insurance about how expensive
their auto insurance is. One goal of Detroit's plan is to cut
down on the number of uninsured motorists.

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5) Summary: Greece crisis

Name: Michael Haltman (The Economic Spy)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19ep@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: The Economic Spy

Deadline: 06:00 AM EST - 10 June

Query:

We are looking for thoughts on how the current crisis in Greece
might affect the global economy but specifically the United
States.

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6) Summary: Block Aircraft Registration Request program

Name: Benet Wilson (Aviation Week)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19eu@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: Aviation Week

Deadline: 02:00 PM EST - 9 June

Query:

The US DOT and FAA will end the BARR program, which currently
strictly limit the Block Aircraft Registration Request (BARR)
program, which permits aircraft owners to request that their tail
numbers be withheld from flight-tracking programs. Business
aviation organizations are protesting the move and say they will
mount a legal challenge against DOT's BARR decision. I need 2
attorneys who can speak about the success -- or failure -- of
this effort.

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7) Summary: Physicians using Groupon

Name: Jane Santucci (freelancer)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19f2@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: freelancer

Deadline: 07:00 PM EST - 7 June

Query:

I am interested in interviewing physicians who have chosen to
advertise on Groupon and why. I am also interested in
interviewing physicians who have mixed feelings about their peers
using Groupon to advertise their services.

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8) Summary: Web Designer Tips for Creating Websites and Blogs with WordPress

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19f5@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: The Content Factory

Deadline: 03:00 PM EST - 9 June

Query:

The Content Factory (www.contentfac.com) is looking for expert
web designers to provide their very best tips for creating
websites and blogs with WordPress. If yours is chosen as one of
our favorites, you and your website will appear on our blog. We
will e-mail you if we plan on using your tip. Please submit your
response in the following
format: Name: E-mail: Company: Website: Tips:

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9) Summary: Coconut Shortage

Name: Sally Herships (NPR/Marketplace)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19f8@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: NPR/Marketplace

Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 7 June

Query:

A coconut shortage in Thailand is driving up the price of
coconuts. Are you in a business that uses coconuts - restaurant
or other that's affected? Please drop me a line!

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10) Summary: Tipping stories

Name: Andrew Rosen (TheMovingPlanner)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19fj@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: TheMovingPlanner

Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 9 June

Query:

I once received a stuffed iguana for helping a client restore her
Internet connection; what's the strangest tip you have received
for performing a paid service? This blog post will talk about
the odd things moving professionals encounter while on the job -
including some of the odd "tips" they receive.

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11) Summary: Young, Successful Wall Street Guys Wanted For New Reality Show

Name: Richie Frieman (TV)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-1990@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: TV

Deadline: 07:00 PM EST - 9 June

Query:

I'm looking to put together a TV show about young 20 something
and/or 30 something Wall Street broker guys that live in NYC.
This is NOT a show about "inside Wall Street stuff" this is a
lifestyle show about the guys themselves. No secrets here, just
their personal and casual lives. I am looking for those guys
that feel they are really IN the Wall Street lifestyle, live the
NYC life, live bigger than anyone else and know that they have
really achieved something great. Whether you are an up and comer
or already at the top, I am looking for real, ambitious, driven
brokers that know how to work hard and play harder. It would be
best if there is a group of guys that work and hang out together,
all or most in the Wall Street game and all who like to live it
up big. Bottom line, you have to be someone that wants to show
the world the real you.

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12) Summary: How to negotiate a higher salary

Name: Vinil Ramdev (StartUpGrowthExpert.com)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19fo@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: StartUpGrowthExpert.com

Deadline: 07:00 PM EST - 9 June

Query:

Looking for tips on how to negotiate a better salary. If you have
experience in negotiating a higher salary and you have
successfully negotiated a higher salary, please email your
stories on how you successfully negotiated a higher salary. Also,
you may email the mistakes you made while negotiating a higher
salary.

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13) Summary: Small Biz with Effective Employee Training

Name: Daria Meoli (The New York Enterprise Report)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19dr@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: The New York Enterprise Report

Deadline: 06:00 PM EST - 8 June

Query:

Seeking 3 independently-owned companies that have unique but
effective ways of training employees to wear many hats. Can be
in-house training, seminars, group learning, classes, or other.
The article is about how employers are training existing
employees to do more. We will cover the elements of the training
program and the results.

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14) Summary: shopping for a home online

Name: AnnaMaria Andriotis (SmartMoney.com)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19f9@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: SmartMoney.com

Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 8 June

Query:

Hi. I'd like to speak with home buyers about the challenges they
encounter when searching real estate listings online.

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15) Summary: business plan don'ts

Name: Kathryn Hawkins (BNET)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19fa@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: BNET

Deadline: 11:00 PM EST - 6 June

Query:

Looking for investors and entrepreneurs to comment on five
business plan "don'ts": using jargon, making unfounded financial
predictions, going overboard on fonts and colors, creating a
baseless valuation, and repetition. Please choose one or two
"don'ts" and discuss how they affected your business plan or that
of entrepreneurs who've pitched you.

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16) Summary: Online businesses Opportunties - Scams or Hidden Treasures

Name: Vinil Ramdev (StartUpGrowthExpert.com)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19fd@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: StartUpGrowthExpert.com

Deadline: 07:00 PM EST - 8 June

Query:

We are doing a story on Online Home-based Business Opportunities.
Lot of websites, advertisements claim you can make $5000 and
above just by filling up forms and doing surveys. Looking for
people who have tried these opportunities and have first hand
experience. Please send us your experiences.

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17) Summary: Foreclosure Crisis

Name: Amy Ambatielos (CNN)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19fn@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: CNN

Deadline: 07:00 PM EST - 9 June

Query:

Looking for homeowners, lenders, or people who represent either
going through any stage of the foreclosure process. If you are
benefiting from the foreclosures, if you have chosen to stay in
your home without paying the house loan, if you are part of a
neighborhood/condo association really suffering. If you have a
compelling story with facts to back it up, please email me with
your story. Thanks.

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18) Summary: How to shop yard sales

Name: Heather Larson (National personal finance site)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19fv@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: National personal finance site

Deadline: 07:00 PM EST - 7 June

Query:

I would love to speak with some "shopping" experts who know how
to get the best buys at yard sales, where to go, what to look
for, etc. Please don't respond if you're selling a product or
service.

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19) Summary: Video Casting -- L.A. couple

Name: Maura Ewing (Wells Fargo)

Category: Business and Finance

Email: query-19ga@helpareporter.com

Media Outlet: Wells Fargo

Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 7 June

Query:

A married couple in L.A. is needed for an award-winning
documentary video series produced by Wells Fargo (see:
www.wellsfargo/beyondtoday.com). They must be 45+ and not yet
retired. I'm looking for couples in which the husband manages
most of the finances but the wife is interested in learning more.
The couple chosen for the video will receive $200.

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