Tag: Small Business

Expedia / Hotels.com / Hotwire: The Big, Ugly Rip-Off

Filed in National by on December 25, 2012 3 Comments

How do you feel about a corporation that tries to destroy the small businesses that it is partnered with? Which lies and claims small hotels are completely booked in order to route customers to more expensive ones?

Expedia, which owns Hotels.com, Hotwire, and Venere, is a big, fat rip-off:

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show-Wed., May 5, 2010

Filed in National by on May 5, 2010 3 Comments

Allow me to be the first to extend my congratulations to Monsignor Lavelle and Rep. Kovach. Yesterday, they earned the distinction of  being the only ones opposing legislation to enable victims of abuse by healthcare providers (Read: Br. Bradley) to file civil suits any time after the incident(s) occurred. Dave Wilson and Dan Short went […]

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Legislative Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show-Thurs., March 25, 2010

Filed in National by on March 25, 2010 1 Comment

Let’s start with yesterday’s Session (In)Activity Report. The General Assembly could have, and I think, should have, saved the State some money by, at most, holding one week of session from mid-March to the Easter break. The lack of activity does not justify 9 days of session. I understand why the action is relatively sparse–there’s […]

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The GOP and Health Care

Filed in National by on October 24, 2009 11 Comments

Everyone that reads Delaware Liberal can probably agree that health insurance is a huge strain on Americans, businesses (big and small) and the government. For instance, according to the New York Times, small businesses are looking forward to a sharp increase in health insurance costs. Insurance brokers and benefits consultants say their small business clients […]

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Obama Details Help to Small Businesses

Filed in National by on October 24, 2009 1 Comment

All across America, even today, on a Saturday, millions of Americans are hard at work. They’re running the mom and pop stores and neighborhood restaurants we know and love. They’re building tiny startups with big ideas that could revolutionize an industry, maybe even transform our economy. They are the more than half of all Americans […]

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