I have to admit last week, I was little skeptical about this stock market. I was thinking that when the un-employment numbers came out (next week) tomorrow we could see a big sell off in stocks. The stock market has been off the charts lately, and everyone is trying to figure out whether or not they are under invested in it.
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Employment (NFP) Report and the Effect on Markets
Posted by mywealth under FinanceFrom http://www.mywealth.com 5572 days ago
How The Government Helps and Hurts Small Business
Posted by BizBox under NewsFrom http://bizbox.slate.com 5572 days ago
Two New York policies: one helps small business, one hurts it.
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Small, medium business optimism remains stable: survey.
Posted by andynew under StrategyFrom http://www.canada.com 5572 days ago
OTTAWA - An index that represents business confidence in Canada was relatively flat in July, suggesting a degree of economic stabilization.
But small- and medium-sized businesses aren't cheering the end of the recession just yet, said Ted Mallett, chief economist with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, which puts out the monthly ``
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BI Tools Drive Performance for Small to Medium Sized Businesses
Posted by andynew under TechnologyFrom http://www.earthtimes.org 5572 days ago
BOSTON, MA -- 08/06/09 -- In the newly released report, "BI for the SMB 2009: How to Slash Cost and Empower the Business User," Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), found that 99% of top performing organizations were able to deliver business intelligence (BI) to their employees in a self-service, non IT-assisted capacity, helping i
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Outlook turning positive for small businesses
Posted by andynew under Success StoriesFrom http://www.theage.com.au 5572 days ago
Small-to-medium sized businesses have benefitted from the Federal Government's stimulus packages, registering a profitable outlook for the first time since September 2008, a survey shows.
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Scheduled Profitability
Posted by SheTeam under ManagementFrom http://www.sheteam.com 5573 days ago
Automating scheduled business functions like bookkeeping, filing, follow up calls is critical to profitability.
If you're running a small business, you may be handling many of those administrative tasks on your own. These can distract you from your real work, providing the products or services that earn you income. But these things must be done
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Is Now the Time To Pursue Government Contracts? | Duct Tape Marketing
Posted by ducttape under MarketingFrom http://www.ducttapemarketing.com 5573 days ago
The Federal Government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world and, perhaps as part of the economic recovery, getting bigger. Many people associate government contracts with things like vehicles and missiles, but the U.S. Government buys every imaginable product and service and tries very hard to make a substantial portion of t
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The Customer Comments Book Helps Your Closing Rate
Posted by SkipAnderson under SalesFrom http://blog.sellingtoconsumers.com 5573 days ago
The impact of this customer comment book on your prospects, and therefore your sales results, can be phenomenal.
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Small business loans remain a challenge
Posted by ShawnHessinger under FinanceFrom http://news.bbc.co.uk 5574 days ago
This interesting story from the BBC about how small business loans remain a challenge examines how the recession has been hard even for small businesses that are fairing well especially when it comes to credit. According to the story, banks have increasingly shut out small businesses even in cases where credit had earlier been extended and busines
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Selling Smarter and Leaner
Posted by SalesBlogcast under SalesFrom http://salesblogcast.com 5574 days ago
There are reasons why people worry about selling on price... Shame and Embarrassment - Client Retention - Margins, Quotas, Commissions - But there is another point of view...
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