StoneMor Partners Plans Offering of 1.2M Units
StoneMor Partners LP said Wednesday that it plans a public offering of about 1.2 million common units. The funeral home and cemetery operator plans to use the offering's...
Bring it On, Drive Your Competitors Crazy
The desire to beat the competition can lead a company astray--or drive it to even greater heights. Here's how to avoid the former and achieve the latter. Know...
7 Small Business Steps into Social Media
By Marc LeVine, Director of Social Media, RiaEnjolie, Inc. I am often asked for my opinion on what a small business should be doing ? initially - to...
Western States Funeral Supply Partners with Aurora Casket to Serve Funeral Home Clients
To create new opportunities for its funeral home clients, Western States Funeral Supply has joined forces to distribute Aurora caskets and technology solutions to funeral homes throughout Colorado....
New York Times Is Dead Wrong On Obituaries
As a public speaker, I'm always looking for ways to engage my audience. One old trick ? which I never use, precisely because it is so old ?...
Ancient Moche Burials Provided Insects With Banquet
Peru's ancient Moche exposed their dead to corpse-eating bugs as an act of veneration, archeologists report. In the current Journal of Archeological Science, J.B. Hucheta of France's Universit...
White Powder Not Drugs, Its Grandma?
A traffic stop in Wyoming led investigators to a powdery substance believed to be drugs, but it turned out to be cremains of a grandmother. The traffic stop...
Tattoos Penetrate the Funeral Industry
By Tiffany Stewart Tattoos have been a means of personal and religious expression and even a healing remedy for thousands of years. In the states many have a...
FoxNews Says Government To Blame for High Funeral Prices?
Every day, federal, state and local governments stifle small businesses to privilege well-connected incumbent companies. It's a system of protectionism for influential insiders who don't want competition. Every...
Government Information: 1000's Killed Incorrectly By Social Security Each Month
Judy Rivers went to the bank with a simple request in April: She wanted to open a safe deposit box. The response, while equally simple, was a complete...