Where are Your Sales and Marketing Efforts Focused?

I was recently reading an annual report for a successful company, and, as always, I looked at the words used about customers ... of the success of this business.  The annual report is written in such a way as to bring out this focus ... information. A Customer Focus In this report, I looked for more.  Specifically, I looked to see how [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 18:31:26

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A Warning About “Imposter” Websites December 5, 2008

Posted by SBDC in Small Business General. trackback              Only one website is authorized to fill orders for the free annual credit report ... mandated free annual credit report program. In some cases, the “free” product comes with strings attached ... )A Chance for Free Credit MonitoringFinancial buddyAnnualCreditReport.com The Real Free Credit Rep [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 18:07:42

Minnesota’s Business Taxes, Climate – Not So Bad

Governor Tim Pawlenty in his 2009 state of the state address called for reduced corporate income taxes as a way to help Minnesota recover from the ... -sector consulting firm Anderson Economic Group, in its latest annual report download pdf ... by applying other measures of taxes or business earnings, but the AEG report demonstrates the difficulties [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:03:29

Waiting For the Recession Call

The government’s report on third-quarter economic output should be enough to pinpoint the start of the current recession to sometime in the summer of 2008 at the latest. But the relatively small size of the reported decline — an annualized 0.3 ... Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee, hasn’t weighed in formally yet [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 14:56:58

It's the Economy, Stupid

The Labor Department today reported that business productivity surged to a revised 4.3 percent annual rate in the second quarter of the year ... measure quality of output.)Higher productivity keeps inflation in check. When companies can produce ... of their lines of credit because the housing bubble has burst. The result? Employers can't sell [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 12:27:00

Annual Report - Sasken - 2008-2009

SASKEN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009DIRECTOR'S REPORTYour Directors have pleasure in presenting the report on the business and operations of the Company along with the Audited Accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 2009.Result of Operations (Consolidated) - Extract Amount in Rs. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-16 03:37:00

Property Investors Expected To Spend More This Year: Report

Source : The Business Times, January 13, 2009US seen as country providing the most stable and secure real estate(NEW YORK) ... , according to an annual report tracking institutional investor interest.Displaced: In the US market, Afire's ... globally and in the United States, their favoured international investment target, report members [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 16:00:00

It’s Almost New Years—Holiday Season—The Government’s Tax Administrators are Getting Excited. Why?

If you read my last article for ICs you can probably guess. There are a whole bunch of reports and taxes coming up that must be filed and paid ... more for those who are in business and have employees and IC’s. Form 940 Employer’s Annual Federal Tax Return This form is required to report (and pay) your annual Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 19:30:06

Data Breaches Affect Records of 35.7 Million People in 2008

Businesses, governments and educational institutions reported a nearly 50 percent increase in data breaches last year over 2007 ... that steals data blamed for nearly 14 percent of breaches. Many Companies Fail to Report Foley said annual ... and inadvertent posting of personal data online along with other accidental disclosure account for more than 35 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 20:10:52

Are You Sure You Want to Start Your Own Business?

I have learned a lot from the people I’ve taught my QuickBooks and Business Financial Basics classes for small business owners and bookkeepers ... before starting their own business, and I admire them for taking the initiative. I provide ... year (annual tip report) Employment Taxes and Insurance Social Security Taxes – 6.2% match [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:58:33

Executives fear Infrastructure Investment will be Inadequate

Despite all the talk about infrastructure investment, ... . Analysts estimate that two trillion dollars will be spent on infrastructure globally on an annual ... the majority of business leaders surveyed globally. Click here for the full free report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:16:04

BOSSES RUNNING AWAY IN CHINA

Cao Jun of The Times’ Shanghai Bureau contributed to this report ... of his industrial gas business. Tao owed him $850,000, Mao said, about 60% of his annual revenue. “We cannot pay ... and environmental requirements. When the credit crunch took hold — prompting Western businesses to slash [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 02:55:20

Use TrustedID to Fight Identity Theft

With the incredibly rapid growth of ID theft, there have been several businesses that have been formed with the distinct objective of battling this crime epidemic. These ID theft prevention companies essentially lock down your credit bureau ... supply you with annual credit reports from all three credit bureaus, so that you can check to see [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 04:06:14

Headline News - January 7, 2009

Hypercom Appoints Stuart Taylor Vice President, Global Marketing New Mercator Advisory Group Report: Small Business Credit Card 2008 Update: ... in credit card terms Economix Blog - NYTimes.com: Crisis Comparisons: How Bad Might It Get? Laru ... from Credit Cards, Could Save Consumers $500 Million Annually Over Competing Prepaid Cards Get Rich Slowly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:30:03

Merck Loses Vioxx Appeal

The New Jersey Supreme Court has thrown out a Merck & Co. appeal of a $4.5 million Vioxx award. According to a Business Week report, the dismissal ended the last unresolved Vioxx patient lawsuit. Vioxx was approved for use in 1999, and quickly became a blockbuster for Merck, with annual sales of $2.5 billion. However, [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 16:55:39

More Important Than Lipstick, Take 3

by hilzoy From the NYT: "Tracey Minda needed cash to buy clothes and school supplies for her 6-year-old son before the 2006 school year ... , banks and credit cards remain in business. I wonder how? According to this CBS report ... her debt. Ohio lawmakers sought last spring to aid borrowers like Ms. Minda by capping annual [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 04:07:30

The annual corporate battle

The end is near. The end of the year I mean, and to say that this year is an eventful one is certainly an understatement ... , that while the accountants slave it out to report the numbers, there are those in the corporate world ... like General Electrics have manufacturing business, aircraft servicing, capital, etc. Sometimes, a single [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 08:49:00

MICROCAPITAL STORY: Outdated Regulatory Frameworks and Inadequate Business Models Identified as Key Challenges to Financial Inclusion at World Economic Forum’s Inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda

The redesign of regulations, development of innovative business models that promote inclusion, financial literacy, expansion of delivery channels, ... , although it remains a work in progress and the website states that the report will continue ... , the outcomes of which will be integrated in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009 for further [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 07:35:54

Protect From Identity Theft with TrustedID

Identity theft is a rapidly growing crime and there have been several businesses that are ready to help you not be a victim. By putting a fraud alert on your credit report, these ID theft prevention services cause ... credit can be created using your personal information. TrustedID will also supply you with annual [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 15:58:08

Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes

Marvel Business | Propelled by Disney's planned $4-billion purchase of the company, Marvel CEO Isaac Perlmutter debuts at No. 230 on Forbes magazine's annual list of the 400 richest Americans . The 67-year-old Perlmutter has an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion. Creators | Several sources report that cartoonist Rusty Haller passed away this week of as-yet-unknown causes. He was 45. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 14:48:52

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