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A measurement known as "goodwill" is supposed to offer a sense of what a company is worth beyond the tangible — the added value that comes from the potential for future success, based on past acquisitions.
A 100-year-old Ellsworth Woodward painting found in Goodwill's Nashville warehouse has sold for more than $8,000.
It took some fancy footwork, but a Goodwill store in Illinois has found the owner of $7,500 in cash mistakenly donated with old shoes.
This stacks up among the better finds at a Goodwill store: $7,500 in cash stuffed in a shoebox. A recent Bulgarian immigrant found the money during her first day on the job last week at a Goodwill near St. Louis in Glen Carbon, Ill.
An old painting dropped off at a rural Maryland Goodwill store turned out to be a work by a French Impressionist. And now, thanks to the sharp eye of a store employee, the charitable organization is $40,000 richer.
Fact Finder: Clunkers Fill LotsCash for clunkers program is not what it could be. Read the many opinions, proper recycling and donating should be options. Disabling vehicle with one crush wastes much and others very much in need of charity or good will services. Why not benefit more from cash for clunkers?
Yesterday, when the neighborhood lawnmowers and a random list of various other racket-makers overcame me, I went inside for a spell to block out the eternal whirring, clanging, banging, cursing, and dust-blowing.
READ ARTICLE The linked article doesn't point out some other problems Obama has. Geithner Unaware Goodwill GM and Chrysler Guantanamo Bay Geithner
Discarded paintings net Goodwill $150,000Left in Goodwill bin, paintings by Venetian master set off brisk international bidding at auction
I received a letter from George Mark Children's House thanking me for my donation that I would like to share with you.
Book Dealers Told to Get The Lead OutLegislation passed by Congress last August in response to fears of lead-tainted toys imported from China went into effect last month. Consumer groups and safety advocates have praised it for its far-reaching protections.
Readers pass spirit of Christmas to familyOne reader, a woman who wants to remain anonymous, wrote a check to cover the next six months of the family's rent. She even included money for United Way to provide Wal-Mart gift cards to the family for food, necessities and a few Christmas gifts.
Anonymous donor gives $1M to fire victimsAn anonymous donor has come forward with $1,000,000 for the victims of the Burnsville apartment fire.
To all my Jewish Friends: Happy Channuka and Happy New Year To all my Christian Friends: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year To all my Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist , Atheist, and Agnostic Friends: Happy New Year. A most Prosperous and Rewarding, Peaceful and Progressive HAPPY NEW YE …
Layaway Angel Saves Christmas- While Santa Claus gets most of the credit for delivering toys at Christmas, three young children in Citrus Heights can thank a "layaway angel."
5-Year-Old Finds, Returns $7K At GoodwillA south-central Kansas girl stumbles across $7,000 stuffed in an envelope on the floor of a Goodwill store in Wichita.
Seattle Goodwill Glitter Sale is a golden opportunity for fund-raising and fashionEmployees cull donations year-round in search of "glittery" goods — shoes from Jimmy Choo, vintage dresses and jewelry or sequined anything — and put aside sparkly, outrageous and classic.
Thrift stores: We're seeing more middle-class shoppersExcerpts:Forget about the outdated notion of thrift shops as the refuge of the working poor, the down and out or the vintage fashion hipster. In these troubled times, the powerful lure of a secondhand retail bargain is attracting a whole new breed of customer.
Olympic Games in Beijing Open With a Lavish CeremonyAn ecstatic China, an ancient nation so determined to be a modern power, finally got its Olympic moment on Friday night.
$40,000 painting left at Goodwill -- baltimoresun.comPainting dropped off at a Goodwill store later auctioned for $40,000.
Pelosi Credits Iran's "Goodwill" for Surge SuccessIn an interview yesterday with the San Francisco Chronicle, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claimed the U.S. troop surge failed to accomplish its goal.
After a brief hiatus, Diggin' the Crates is back. This week, let's talk about thrift store records. In a lot of ways, this is my favorite kind of digging. You never can tell what you'll find in a crate in the back of a suburban Goodwill.
A Speeding Ticket? Just Kidding! The Associated Press reports that police officers in Rancho Cordova, Calif., a suburb of Sacramento, plan to pull drivers over during the holidays to give them — not tickets or warnings, but $5 Starbucks gift certificates, as rewards for good driving.
China halts panda gifts to foreign countriesBEIJING, Sept 13 (Reuters) - China has halted its time-honoured goodwill gesture of giving highly endangered pandas to foreign countries, local media reported on Thursday, citing a Chinese wildlife official.
Nonprofit Payday Loans - An Interesting AlternativeAPPLETON, Wis. — This city of 70,000 has five McDonald's franchises, three Pizza Huts, four Starbucks shops — and 19 payday loan stores, brightly lighted storefronts with names like EZ Money and Check Into Cash that offer two-week loans without credit checks.
As another tax season rapidly approaches, I'm reminded of the lack of improvement year over year on thousands of IRS pages that archaically define our tax structure.
Ethiopia, Weapons of War Re-purposed to Great CoffeeAs a coffee geek this is a fantastic find. Turning their mortar shells in to boiler's for affordable espresso machines is ingenious. Coffee is tradition and historic to Ethiopia.
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