Welcome to the February 16, 2007 edition of On the Moneyed Midways, the only weekly review of the best business and money-related posts from each of the week's major blog carnivals! Every week, we seek out the best posts from among the hundreds posted to the various blog carnivals and we select one post as being The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!(TM) As an added bonus, we also cite the near contenders for the best post of the week as being Absolutely essential reading!(TM)
This week, we want to steer your attention toward the Cavalcade of Risk, whose Valentine's Day edition offers a lot of high-quality posts that are assembled in very entertaining (and appropriate) format! If you're organizing a blog carnival that will fall on a major "social event" day like Valentine's, take notes!
That's all the commentary for this week! All that's left is to scroll on down for the best posts we found in the week that was....
There's a growing market where advertisers are paying bloggers to post about their products. Daniel Scocco reviews several of the outlets that are behind the "pay-per-post" business model.
If you're in sales, approaching a potential customer and asking "Can I help you?" might kill any chance you have of making a deal. Mike Buckley weighs in on what it takes to start down the path to a sale. The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!
Franchises are often an attractive route to becoming your own boss. Jeffrey Strain notes the questions you should ask before you take this entrepreneurial path.
If your business isn't growing, it's likely because it's missing something essential. Michelle Cramer demonstrates how to make the essential connections your business needs. Absolutely essential reading!
Andrea Dickson just found out about debit cards that automatically round up the amount being debited from your account and put the "change" into a savings account, but has found out enough to list their pros and cons! Absolutely essential reading!
Joe Kristan responds to questions from Villanova professor Jim Maule regarding the universal health care proposal made by the President in his 2007 State of the Union Address.
Matthew Paulson finds that instead of being a problem, debt is actually a symptom. The real problem? You're spending too much money, which can't be fixed by consolidating your debts!
Charles H. Green argues that a nation of opaque financial laws, written by those favoring the concentration of wealth and violated without serious penalties, is a nation whose economic system is no longer based on trust. Absolutely essential reading!
MYGN is losing more money than ever before, but its stock has become a not-so-well-known darling of Wall Street. Travis Johnson explains its what's in the biotech's pipeline that makes it so attractive.
Penny Nickel has kept living like a college student despite having graduated nearly three years ago, and now wonders when is it time to start spending like an adult.
Craig S. Higdon shows how using a construction loan to acquire a commercial property might be used to both buy the property and improve it in one step!
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Welcome to the February 16, 2007 edition of On the Moneyed Midways, the only weekly review of the best business and money-related posts from each of the week's major blog carnivals! Every week, we seek out the best posts from among the hundreds posted to the various blog carnivals and we select one post as being The Best Post of the Week, Anywhere!(TM) As an added bonus, we also cite the near contenders for the best post of the week as being Absolutely essential reading!(TM) 
