In the fiscal year 2010, the United States Postal Service (USPS) lost over $8 billion. This year it expects to lose $7 billion. While the scale of the losses for 2010 and 2011 are larger than usual, they are part of a pattern of losses that the USPS simply can’t seem to shake.
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The Postal Service is Going Broke - Should You Worry?
Posted by jnelson under FinanceFrom http://www.openforum.com 4811 days ago
Protect Your Business and Your Family from Yourself
Posted by steeldawn under FinanceFrom http://www.openforum.com 4811 days ago
What would happen to your business if you suddenly disappeared for a day? How about a month? And what if you never came back? Could your business continue where you left off, or it would simply collapse and disappear into the annals of failed ventures?
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How to Get More from Your Sales Team
Posted by sannwood under FinanceFrom http://www.openforum.com 4812 days ago
One of the burning questions that just about every entrepreneur wonders about is how to get more out of their sales team. If you can get more out of them, it will translate to more money in your pocket. But deciding on the right road to take to get there is not always clear cut – at least not for m
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Small Business Lending Shows Signs of Stabilizing
Posted by NetworkSolutions under Raising CapitalFrom http://www.networksolutions.com 4812 days ago
While it’s not news that small business lending was down in 2009-2010 compared to its peak in 2008, the good news is that small business lending began to stabilize during that time period, according to the Office of Advocacy’s latest edition of Small Business Lending in the United States.
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Will Interchange Regulation Push 884 Troubled Banks Over the Edge?
Posted by vantagepoint under FinanceFrom http://blog.vantagecard.com 4812 days ago
According to a BankInfoSecurity.com post, the number of banks on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s "Problem List" totaled 884. If these institutions are already hurting, will any survive the Feds plan to cap debit Interchange fees?
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Three Ways to Take Your Small Business to the Next Level
Posted by BizNewsie under FranchisesFrom http://momswearyourtees.com 4813 days ago
A simple tweak to how your small business runs could be the chance it needs this year. Often small businesses owners purchase new equipment or hire new employees to boost work efficiency. Although effective, there is an easier way to reach for an increase in profits and productivity: update what yo
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Accelerate Your Cash Flow to Buy More Time
Posted by jnelson under FinanceFrom http://www.openforum.com 4813 days ago
There’s no way to insulate your company completely from the unpredictability wrought by the changes taking place everywhere from healthcare to regulation. You can, however, position your company to better weather these conditions by paying more attention to cash flow.
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The Franchise King® Signs a Book Deal!
Posted by franpro under FranchisesFrom http://www.thefranchisekingblog.com 4813 days ago
On Friday, I officially signed a deal with the fine folks over at Wiley Publishing. I'm going to be writing a book on franchising! I remember when I called my wife at work and said,......
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2 Tales of Business Borrowing in the Recovery
Posted by stillwagon428 under FinanceFrom http://www.openforum.com 4813 days ago
A common refrain about business borrowing during the economic recovery is that large companies have returned to credit markets while small businesses have remained on the sidelines. While this story is frequently told with anecdotes, recently released data from the Federal Reserve Board provides a
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Does the AOL-Huffington Post Deal Make Sense?
Posted by sannwood under FinanceFrom http://www.openforum.com 4814 days ago
The acquisition of The Huffington Post by AOL has generated hundreds of expert views on the matter. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, in general, show mixed results. Despite making sense on an Excel spreadsheet, many M&A transactions are plagued by problems.
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