Earlier today, Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI) announced the launch of its new Premium Service for owners of alternative lodging listings, which is designed to even the playing field between homeowners and travel industry suppliers. According to the news release, major travel industry suppliers – including airlines, hotels and car rental companies – employ cutting-edge […]

Late last year, when Star Mountain Resources (OTC: SMRS) acquired the Balmat zinc mine near Gouverneur in St. Lawrence County, New York, its president, Mark Osterberg, spoke to North Country Public Radio. At the time, according to the news report, zinc was selling ‘for just pennies on the pound’. Prospects for the metal looked grim. […]

If Ralph Waldo Emerson’s theorem, paraphrased as ‘build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door’, is valid, OurPet’s Company (OTCQX: OPCO) is following ‘a broad hard-beaten road’ to success. OurPet’s Company got into the pet care industry precisely to make the aphoristic mousetrap better. It’s doing that and making […]

Before the opening bell, Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI) announced a new agreement with Trisept Solutions, a division of The Mark Travel Corporation. Through this partnership, Trisept will both power Monaker’s flagship NextTrip.com brand with its Synapse travel merchandising platform and distribute its alternative lodging inventory through VAX VacationAccess, Trisept’s premier travel agent portal. This […]

Last year The Washington Post published an article with the captivating title ‘The most important thing you can do with your kids? Eat dinner with them.’ It was penned by Anne Fishel, a professor at Harvard Medical School, who is a founder of The Family Dinner Project and author of “Home for Dinner”. It’s a […]

According to a recent Nasdaq article (http://nnw.fm/kBav6), retail store earnings have not been moving much in the past few months. The research showed a shift in consumers habits whereby Americans are spending more on experiences such as travel and entertainment rather than clothing, accessories, and electronics. Services are now making up a large majority of […]

Google Wallet, the peer-to-peer payments service developed by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG; GOOGL), was first released in the United States in September 2011. From the beginning, Google Pay allowed its users to make point-of-sale purchases with their mobile devices using near-field communication (NFC) technology. Four years later, the multinational tech giant shifted its NFC payments to […]

According to PewResearchCenter (http://nnw.fm/gg2Sh), 84% of American adults use the Internet, a number that has grown from 52% in 2000, and access is now part of most people’s daily routines. It’s a phenomenon that has changed the way U.S. consumers live, and businesses have had to adapt to this still expanding trend. Much like any […]

Before the opening bell, Laguna Blends, Inc. (CSE: LAG) (OTC: LAGBF) (FRANKFURT: LB6A.F) offered investors an update on the success of its pro athlete branding strategy for Pro369, the company’s hemp protein-based functional beverage product. In addition to announcing the renewal of Emmanual Arceneaux, a player in the Canadian Football League, as a brand ambassador […]

J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata is a musical reminder that coffee has long been one of our gastronomic delights. The cantata (BWV 211) tells the story of a young German maiden, Liesgen, and her love of coffee. “It is”, she declares “more delicious than a thousand kisses, milder than muscatel wine.” This panegyric may seem to […]