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Five Ways to Increase Profitability By Doing The Right Thing
1. Base your business in the Magic Triangle.
Got A Meeting Planned? Ask This Question
Meetings - they are a fact of our business lives. And while the number of meetings and the amount of time you spend in them may vary based on your job title, it is hard to argue that they are a significant part of business life today.
4 Tips on How to Avoid Communication Lines Breakdown
For example, in a small, two-person company, there is often the greatest opportunity for direct conversation and discussion throughout the day. There are only two possibilities for verbal communication and it's usually quick, easy and descriptive.
The Seven Cs: Partnership Danger Signs - Conflict Becoming the Norm ? Part 1
A series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble. Conflict Becoming the Norm - Part 1 Dr.
How to Find the Right Virtual Assistant for You
If you search on Google for "virtual assistant", you'll find a ton of listings. You can search through those, check out their services and do some interviews.
The Role of the Machine Metaphor in Mixed-initiative Organizational Leadership
"Can This Marriage be Saved?" So reads the title of the cover story in the August 15, 2005 issue of BusinessWeek (www.businessweek.
Big Company Intelligence on a Small Company Budget
Information is the lifeblood of the economy. That's especially true for businesses, because the ability to identify current customers and locate new prospects makes the difference between boom and bust.
Focus Leads To Nonprofit Success: Is Your Organization Rowing or Drifting
Picture yourself standing on the bank of a river watching a rowing competition. Carefully watch the crews.
Medical Collection. How Organized is Your Office?
At one time or another, all of us have experienced the frustration of waiting in a doctor's office. It seems as though every time we go to see the doctor or the dentist we end up having to wait for a ridiculous amount of time, and then when we finally do get in, we are only "treated" for a few minutes and then sent on our way.
Learn About Commercial Collections Agencies Fees
As with any other service, there are good and bad commercial collection agencies. Beware of any agency that offers you cut rate commissions far below the accepted Commercial Law League rates, offers you kickbacks on commissions, or makes outlandish promises about recovery success.
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Bush says backs strong dollar policy
(Reuters)
 Reuters - President George W. Bush said on
Sunday the American economy was not growing as quickly as he
would like and that his administration supported a strong
dollar policy.
Hyundai cuts, Kia lifts domestic sales target
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co (005480.KS), South
Korea's top auto maker, said on Sunday it had cut its local
sales target for this year by 6 percent as record-breaking oil
prices are hitting consumer sentiment in Asia's fourth-largest
economy.
G-8 meets as economy storm clouds thicken
(AP)
 AP - Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week.
Kimmitt confident in economic fundamentals
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert
Kimmitt said on Friday he was confident about the United
States' economic fundamentals in the long term despite a
current rough patch and was quite optimistic about the future.
Gas prices hit another high for holiday weekend
(AP)
 AP - Fireworks aren't the only thing skyrocketing on this Fourth of July. The price of gas has hit another all-time high.
62,000 jobs lost, off nearly half-million for year
(AP)
 AP - The nation lost jobs for a sixth month in a row in June, a storm of pink slips drenching this year's July Fourth holiday for more than 60,000 Americans and leaving thousands more worried about the future.
G8 to tackle inflation, but concrete action elusive
(Reuters)
 Reuters - G8 leaders aim to present a united front
against global inflation, driven by soaring oil and food
prices, at a summit in Japan next week, but solving the problem
requires more than just a strong message from rich nations.
Inflation, not credit crunch, is top concern worldwide: Paulson
(AFP)
 AFP - Inflation, and not the credit crunch, is the biggest economic concern worldwide, especially in developing countries, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in an interview Thursday.
IBD's Top 10 - Thursday
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - 1 The 6th straight monthly payrolls drop was in line with forecasts, though April and May payrolls were revised lower. That bodes ill for the economy, but recessions typically have bigger job cuts. Unemployment stayed at 5.5%, defying forecasts for a dip after May's spike. Factories and home builders slashed staff. Rising jobless claims signal more job losses ahead.
Wall Street firms reduce, banks step up Fed loans
(AP)
 AP - Wall Street companies sharply scaled back their borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week while commercial banks boosted it slightly.
Economy extends job loss streak
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. employers cut workers for a
sixth straight month in June for the longest such streak since
2002 and the country's vast service sector unexpectedly
contracted, underscoring the economy's frailty.
Service sector contracts as orders fall
(AP)
AP - Higher oil prices caused service businesses to shrink in June, as falling new orders and rising costs hit the nation's coffee shops, paper mills and corner stores.
New York cabbies struggle as fuel costs hack pay
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Tired of pumping his cash right back
into his gas tank, New York City taxi driver Mohammed Kalair
says he is considering quitting his job and going back to his
native Pakistan.
Stocks end mixed following jobs, services data
(AP)
 AP - Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame reading on employment. But stocks still had their third dismal week in a row, with the major indexes again posting losses as worries about rising oil prices and the fallout from the credit crisis dogged the market.
U.S. cuts jobs for 6th month
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. employers cut workers from
their payrolls for the sixth straight month in June for the
country's longest losing streak since 2002, while the
unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent, government data
on Thursday showed.
Jobless lines growing longer
(AP)
AP - The number of newly laid off people signing up for unemployment insurance rose sharply last week.
Paulson says US economy set to strengthen
(AFP)
 AFP - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said here on Thursday that the US economy would most likely be stronger at the end of 2008, even as oil prices surged to new records above 146 dollars.
Don't blame the buck for high oil price: Paulson
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A weaker dollar cannot be blamed for
soaring oil prices as policymakers around the world tussle with
the twin specters of rising inflation and slowing growth, U.S.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
Paulson: inflation becoming top global focus
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
said on Thursday inflation was becoming the top economic focus
of many countries around the world as oil and food prices take
their toll.
Paulson says US economy enduring 'rough period'
(AFP)
 AFP - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday that the US economy was enduring "a rough period" and warned that home foreclosures would likely remain high in the near future.
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