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		<title>&#8221; Can you hear me now&#8230;.Or at ALL?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you hear me..at all?   Many business owners do business from their cell phones. Lots of them do business in their shop by landline. The cellular phone has made instant messaging, texting and other services that we never dreamed of available now for business use. But we still talk. How do you sound on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbbboise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3842807&amp;post=77&amp;subd=bbbboise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BBB Accredited Businesses are Good Employers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MSNBC carried a story the other day that said difficult economic times are making some bosses meaner. To be sure, the economic news is challenging. Some companies are adjusting, changing, even transforming to new financial challenges. Some bosses and managers are taking out their problems on their employees. Maybe you are looking for another job [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbbboise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3842807&amp;post=74&amp;subd=bbbboise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Registration, License, Accreditation&#8230;Idaho Contractors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently a nonprofit organization in Idaho has begun a voluntary licensing program for contractors. Composed of government officials from cities dealing with building and other trades, the goal is to meet what they consider shortcomings in Idaho&#8217;s Contractor registration law. Idaho requires contractors to be registered to do business, a fee, liability and workers compensation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbbboise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3842807&amp;post=73&amp;subd=bbbboise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Change and Challanges&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news today is dominated by energy prices and  the effect on the ecomomy. The forecast is for energy costs to actually increase. This means change to operating costs, purchasing and employment plans to businesses. Consumers are facing major changes in buying habits, commuting choices, recreation and travel plans. At first glance the future looks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbbboise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3842807&amp;post=72&amp;subd=bbbboise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>iTunes and the BBB</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your Better Business Bureau Serving Southwest Idaho and Eastern Oregon is proud to announce its launch of the &#8220;Better Business Bureau Podcast&#8221;.  This is the first BBB podcast ever to be hosted on iTunes, &#8220;the world&#8217;s #1 online music store.&#8221;   This podcast gives you updated audio access to scams, schemes, and trends in the business [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbbboise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3842807&amp;post=70&amp;subd=bbbboise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BBB Myth Busters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often talk to business owners who are under the impression that being an Accredited Business with the BBB will increase the number of complaints they will get, compared to a non Accredited Business.  I guess you could put this in the urban myth column. The truth of the matter is more non-accredited businesses get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbbboise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3842807&amp;post=68&amp;subd=bbbboise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advanced Fee Loan Scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Better Business Bureau serving southwest Idaho and eastern Oregon has been receiving numerous calls about an advanced fee loan company that has an address in our service area. The company’s name is Capital Lending Service and they say they are located at 1444 Entertainment Ave. Boise, ID  83709.  We contacted a BBB Accredited Business [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbbboise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3842807&amp;post=64&amp;subd=bbbboise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Flight of Great Customer Service</title>
		<link>http://bbbboise.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/the-flight-of-great-customer-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel several thousand miles to experience the good, the bad and ho-hum of customer service.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbbboise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3842807&amp;post=61&amp;subd=bbbboise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you ready for February 2009 and the switch to Digital TV?</title>
		<link>http://bbbboise.wordpress.com/2008/06/13/are-you-ready-for-february-2009-and-the-switch-to-digital-tv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February 2009, your local TV station will change the way it broadcasts. TV stations broadcast in &#8220;analog&#8221;, a means of amplifying or varying the signal to add information, to digital. This will open up many additional frequencies and drastically increase quality of the picture and sound. One morning in February, if you haven&#8217;t converted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbbboise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3842807&amp;post=57&amp;subd=bbbboise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Phony Invoices Target Domain Name Holders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your BBB has had several calls today about local businesses receiving phony domain name invoices. Businesses report having received official-looking renewal notices, supposedly from their domain registrars. The notices are actually solicitations for business that are disguised as invoices. The letters inform the business recipients that their domain name registration is about to expire and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bbbboise.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3842807&amp;post=56&amp;subd=bbbboise&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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