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you ght be temedo takeer simply at face value o on e fact she is the glamorous mom on t plplaygroundnd. don t be fooled, susanna quinn is the crereator oa new app calls e generating bigig numbs the veluxe generatiting big numbers. weat down with this workg mom to find out how she turned her concept into a business making money and making waves. susanna quinn, welcome to washington business report. you have been a big name in washington for many years. now you are getting attention for a new reason, a startup called vluxe. what is it? susanna:t is fitness and beauty services delivered to your home at market price. rebecca: you were literally on the playground thinking about what busy moms needed and came up with this idea. a lot of us have good ideas but we never create a business. talk to us about this started because it is the perfect example of an agreement organic startup. when did the idea come to you? susanna: my husband says i am a problem solver. i built a
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further after today s show, but first,t was a busy week in business new here is a look at what you need to know. on wall worrisome week street with the dizzying drop on thursday, the dowalling to points as investor concern grew as tensions grow in the ukraine and problems in china. and the showdown continues. we fight for o freedom, we fight for our independence, we fight for our sovereignty, and we will never surrender. also this week, president obama signed a memorandum directing be labor department to change rules on overtime pay. the president criticized rules meant to protect higher paid executives from qualifying for overtime but are now being used to prevent even lower wage workers from qualifying. it is not matter what you do, if it is physical work like stocking shelves, it is not matter iyou re wororking 50, 60, or 70 hours a week your employer does not have to pay you a single extra dime, and i think that is wrong. it was a bipartisan group in the senate