The business card idea makes Schacht wonder whether the tiny balls might be added to a birthday card to reveal a surprise message when the card is held over birthday-cake candles.
He has covered shoes in gold studs (a recent boot brought to mind an abacus), dotted them with googly eyes (he got the idea from a greeting card), and topped them with plumes (a pointy-toed stiletto looks as if it had tussled with Tweety Bird).
The idea is to associate the card with moments of enjoyment, and an emotional reward.
The Card and Krueger idea that a higher minimum wage will actually increase employment.
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Well, all of this movement points to the possibility of a bigger idea: a Facebook credit card.
It is always a good idea to have a backup card available, or use a chip and PIN prepaid card.
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That's followed by an intriguing-looking Ten Minute Rule Bill from the Conservative Alec Shelbrooke, promoting the idea of a welfare cash card.
How about something simpler, say the idea that printing a credit card agreement in 12-point type (which would make it 30-pages long, but never mind)?
"The idea of having a separate business card could be considered dangerous or damaging, " says Cohen.
The idea of a legitimate alternative to backstreet card games, packaged as a luxury club, is appealing.
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Keeping an eye on both the economic conditions as well as consumer conditions should help give investors and potential investors in this sector an idea of what to expect from credit card companies.
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If, on the other hand, you want to argue against government intervention, then a useful card is moral hazard : the idea that individuals will take bigger risks if they expect to be bailed out.
"The idea is to make the cost of penetrating one card much higher than the benefits, " says Wu.
Alec Shelbrooke was labelled by some as the ultimate Scrooge just before Christmas when he asked MPs to back his idea of making benefits payments through an electronic cash card which would not be valid for buying luxuries such as alcohol, tobacco or satellite TV subscriptions.
The debit-card fee wasn't the only revenue idea Bank of America shelved late in 2011.
Could you take the idea to a competitor and use it as your calling card to look for the next job?
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The new consumer bureau is based on a pretty simple idea: people ought to be able to read their credit card and mortgage contracts and know the deal.
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Taking nothing away from the fun that is college, the idea that advanced education is anything more than a high-priced union card is hard to countenance.
None of the employees has any idea of what it does, despite the bustle of departments such as Business Card Design, Gymnasium Management, Infrastructure Control, Training Sales and, of course, Senior Management.
The card can initially only be used at Asda but it is hoped the idea will extend to other shops after an evaluation.
While most people have no qualms about sending enormous amounts of money to credit card companies, on a regular and systematic basis, they balk at the idea of paying themselves, first.
The idea: draw kids under age 12 with a code attached to the back of each card that lets users download players and their stats into their own virtual album online.
She has taken an idea and brought it into reality, connecting an iPad with a printer, cash drawer and card swipe unit that powers the iPad.
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An extension of that idea is Local Scout, which aggregates information about nearby restaurants, sights and shops into a quick card.
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So he shopped his idea to Visa, moving to California with a colleague to try to hammer out a deal with the card issuer.
The idea for Wood's first product was spurred by a client who was working on a talking greeting card using chips developed by Texas Instruments.
The card actually started trending this week after several online publications picked up on the company's lofty idea of passive-aggressive extortion, and most took it to task.
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