Twitter is Caliente: Twitter Directories for Promotion

Want to promote your Twitter profile in Twitter Directories? Here are the top Twitter Directories to add your Twitter profile:

WeFollow - A creation from Kevin Rose, the Digg guy, with the use of Twitter Directory tags to segment Twitter users. WeFollow is heavy on the celebrities.

Twellow - The yellow pages of Twitter Directory Listings. A search directory of people by area of expertise, profession or other attribute listed in personal profiles on Twitter.

Twitter Directory 2000 - A premium Twitter directory that only lists Twitter users with at least 2,000 followers and has been updated within the last 30 days.

JustTweetIt - Just Tweet It is a user directory for Twitter organized by genre to allow for users to easily find other Twitter users to connect with.

TweetFind - Live Twitter Directory to Find Twitter Users and Twitter Businesses.

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The Twitter Matrix Has Gotten Me

I recently have been bitten by the Twitter bug. I really enjoy the simplicity of the interface. Twitter offers a really competitive landscape for those that like to compete and try to get the most followers. Twitter also offers a way for people to stay in contact with one another on the day to day happenings in their life.

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California Tax Refund Status

Did you know that you can check to see when your California Tax Refund was authorized and when you should get it in the mail or in your bank account? Visit the California refund status center for a date when your tax refund was authorized.

No IOUs from the California State Tax Board
If you have already filed your tax return you should get an authorization date shortly. If you have not filed your tax return, the news states you will be authorized within 2 to 3 weeks after your return is approved. The sooner you get your California State Tax Return filed, the sooner you will get your money. Especially if California runs out of money again.

2009 Retail Industry Stores Closing

2009 Retail Industry Stores Closing, Including Chains Going Out of Business (updated 3-8-09):

567 Circuit City

461 KB Toys

300 Starbucks

287 Goody's

175 Van Heusen

163 Ann Taylor (by 2010)

125 Pier One

118 Office Depot

115 Zale Corporation

111 Rex Electronics

100 Gap, Inc.

98 Club Libby Lu (Saks)

60 American Greetings

50 Supervalu

50 New York & Co. (over the next five years)

48 Home Depot (Expo, YardBIRDS, Design Center, HDBath)

40 Ruby Tuesday

35 Famous Footwear (Brown Shoe Co.)

30 S&K Famous Brands Inc.

28 Yankee Candle

26 Cost Plus

25 Chico's FAS

25 ZGallerie

24 Blue Tulip Gift Shops

24 Sears

20 Oneida Ltd.

19 Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc.

15 Tim Horton's

13 OfficeMax

12 Bealls

12 Kira Plastinina

12 Stein Mart

11 Better Bedding Shops, Inc.

11 Filene's

11 Jimmy'Z (Aeropostale)

11 Macy's

11 Pamida

10 Bruno's

10 Bassett Home Furnishings

10 P.F. Chang's Pei Wei Restaurants

10 U.S. Cellular

8 Dillard's

8 Dominos

7 Sweetbay Supermarkets

6 Rex Appliance & Electronics

5 Basha's Supermarket

5 Borders

5 Dillards

4 Applebees

4 Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops

4 Lucky Grocery Stores

3 Albertson's

3 Good's Furniture & Flooring

3 Lane Bryant

3 P&C Food Markets

3 Virgin Records

2 L'Oreal Paris

2 Storables

1 Fresh Market

1 Jewel-Osco

1 Sony PlayStation Store

1 Sony Style Store

1 Victoria's Secret

What's a Crackberry? Internet Slang Part 1

With new technology and social networks comes new slang words.

Twitterer or Tweeter - Someone that uses Twitter.com to keep in touch with friends. Are you a Tweeter?

Twuet - Having sent a Tweet recently to a friend. LOL {Used in a sentence} "Did you just twuet?"

Crackberry - Are you addicted to your BlackBerry? Then it's your Crackberry.

Rim-Shout - Sending a shout out to all your friends on your Rim Blackberry.

Linkedin - Are you part of your inner circle of business professionals, then you are Linkedin!

Bitchmeme - Group dialogue on a single topic, often kicked off by one blogger’s rant.

Yelper - Someone that is part of the Yelp! community.

Yelping - Leaving a review on Yelp! for a community business or professional.

Any other funny slang words. Rim-Shout-out!

Las Vegas: The House Doesn't Always Win!

Las Vegas is no stranger to the failing economy. If you have been to Las Vegas you have undoubtedly found yourself at a Station Casino. The reasonable room rates and low table minimums have made a large dent in many a wallets. But this time the house doesn't win, and it didn't take a pack of MIT graduates playing 21. Who needs Las Vegas when you can gamble with your job and paycheck in this economy.

Station Casinos. (Privately owned, about 14,000 employees). Las Vegas has already been creamed by a biblical real-estate bust, and now it may face the loss of its home-grown gambling joints, too. Station - which runs 15 casinos off the strip that cater to locals - recently failed to make a key interest payment, which is often one of the last steps before a Chapter 11 filing. For once, the house seems likely to lose.

15 Companies That Might Not See 2009

Donald Trump, "You're Fired!" The Atlantic City mob has put a hit out on gambling in 2009. Who has money to gamble, let alone pay their mortgage? One of Trump's Casinos already filed for bankruptcy in the last two years, this might be the end of the Trump Entertainment Resort dynasty.

Trump Entertainment Resorts Holdings. (TRMP; about 9,500 employees; stock down 94%). The casino company made famous by The Donald has received several extensions on interest payments, while it tries to sell at least one of its Atlantic City properties and pay down a stack of debt. But with casino buyers scarce, competition circling, and gamblers nursing their losses from the recession, Trump Entertainment may face long odds of skirting bankruptcy.