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Article: Desperate times, creative solutions.(EDITOR'S PAGE)
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- Wood & Wood Products
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- May 1, 2009
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The desperate straits brought on by today's economy are giving way to some very creative solutions.
A recent article in The Detroit News (detnews.com), "Michiganians mine bodies for cash to make ends meet," illustrates how thinking "outside of the box" is leading to, in my opinion, some bizarre, but profitable results. (Money-making ideas put forth in the article included participation in medical research studies, selling long hair for $1,000 a shot, selling eggs for $4,000 or making $50 a week for selling his own plasma.)
It's not only individuals. Companies nationwide also are going "outside the box" in order to survive in the current economy.
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