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As the economy continues its precarious path forward, consumers and business customers maintain a price-conscious attitude. Many large companies have made the decision to use price reductions, sales and rebates to increase (or maintain) unit sales. This tends to cause a great deal of grief to small business owners who [...]
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Continue ReadingThe promise of green energy has been a key driver of economic policy for the past several years. Energy generated from renewable sources emitting limited pollution would spur the creation of millions of jobs. That was the vision. The reality has been quite different.
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Continue ReadingRelocating your business—whether across town or across the country—is a grueling, complicated and expensive process. I’ve gone through this several times, relocating from D.C. to Buenos Aires to New York and to New Jersey, with more waiting around the corner.
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Continue ReadingThis year has been very volatile when it comes to money. Stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities have seen significant price increases, decreases or both. It seems as though every week a new crisis—real or imagined—is making news around the world.
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Continue ReadingI recently wrote about Groupon’s planned initial public offering (IPO) and the operational and financial data provided by the company in its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings—it was quite an eye-opener.
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Continue ReadingCanaries used to serve as an early warning system for coal miners. Before the existence of computerized monitoring systems, coal miners used canaries to monitor the buildup of toxic gases. These tiny birds are far more sensitive to methane and carbon monoxide than humans. Male canaries also love to sing.
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Continue ReadingA tax holiday is a temporary reduction or elimination of a given tax. Usually it is enacted in order to achieve a short-term benefit. The American Jobs Act proposed by President Obama could be considered a tax holiday because it eliminates certain taxes (payroll taxes) for a limited amount of time in the hopes that it [...]
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Continue ReadingDespite all of the economic challenges facing our country at the moment, mergers and acquisitions activity (“M&A”) is showing signs of improvement. During the second quarter of the year—the most recent period for which statistics are available—over 2,000 M&A transactions were successfully completed.
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Continue ReadingConcern over the state of the U.S. economy has reached a fever pitch. Political pundits tussle over whether the end of the U.S. as the global economic engine has arrived. Opportunists are peddling “doomsday” kits so your family will survive the inevitable downfall of society.
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Continue ReadingBrian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, has one of the most stressful jobs in the country today. With the entire world watching and waiting for disaster to strike, he is attempting to transform (in record time) an organization with 280,000 employees, over 55 million customers and revenues in excess of [...]
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