Where is Milla Jojovich when we need her? The zombies are coming, debt-ridden husks, they shuffle across the financial landscape seeking to feed on unwary taxpayers. How bad will it get? What can be done?
Tags: economic stimulus, failure, congress, obama, bush, bailout, zombie debtor, debt, red queen
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Posted: 1/16/2009 | Comments (0)
Learn how to boost company morale and build teamwork at the same time.
Tags: small business, company outings, morale booster
Posted: 1/15/2009 | Comments (1)
Einstein, who is purported to have been a pretty sharp guy, defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result each time. It seems that the experiment in Keynesian economics our government has been engaged in is about to prove Einstein’s theory, or are we looking at something entirely different?
Tags: economic stimulus, failure, fdr, congress, obama, bush, einstein, insanity, stupidity, bailout
Posted: 1/13/2009 | Comments (3)
The old saw is that the three most important things when setting up shop are location, location, location. Maybe there is something to that since there are some places that are more business-friendly than others. Here are the top seven states that want YOUR business.
Tags: small business, best states, start-ups
Posted: 1/12/2009 | Comments (2)
“The Mind Your Bizness Show” Host Danielle Hampson has ABC president speak about his “10 Simple Strategies to Make More Money” giving entrepreneurs and small business owners tools to survive in this financially challenging times.
Tags: mindyourbiznessshow, interview, jimtracy, americasbestcompanies, abc, onlineradio, daniellehampson, podcast
Posted: 1/12/2009 | Comments (0)
We have heard the call to bail out Main Street rather than Wall Street so much that we barely pay attention to it anymore, but Governor Charlie Crist of Florida paid attention and acted upon the call.
Tags: small business, florida, bailout, loans
Posted: 1/8/2009 | Comments (0)
It used to be that the holidays would roll around, prices would drop and then, once the annual consumer feeding frenzy was over, they would rise again. 2009 is shaping up to be something different, as retailers strive to keep the people coming in by piling sale on sale. A good strategy or do retailers just not know what to do? How can you break the cycle?
Tags: retail sales, sales, economy
Posted: 1/6/2009 | Comments (0)
You have to appreciate Barack Obama. Just when you think he’s committed to spending us back to prosperity as he promised during the campaign, he turns around and proposes some $300 billion in tax cuts to individuals and businesses in order to create jobs and stimulate the economy over the next two years.
Tags: business tax cuts, obama, economic stimulus
Posted: 1/5/2009 | Comments (0)
There has been a lot of talk of how the trillions in bailout money should go to Main Street now that Wall Street has wasted its cut and the automakers are about to take their piece. Now, with a proposal from the National Retail Federation, that might be a step closer to happening, but will it work?
Tags: retail, bailout, stimulus, national retail federation, nrf
Posted: 12/29/2008 | Comments (1)
During this season of giving, where everyone seems to be getting their bailouts, even Santa could use some help from Congress.
Tags: santa, bailout
Posted: 12/23/2008 | Comments (0)
We have heard of universal default, where trouble with one creditor can mean interest rate hikes for all the others, but lowering your credit limit based on where you shop? American Express is doing just. What does that mean if your business is one flagged as being frequented by deadbeats.
Tags: small business, american express, universal default, credit limits
Posted: 12/22/2008 | Comments (0)
Small Business tips about doing press releases right.
Tags: small business, tips, press release, how-to
Posted: 12/22/2008 | Comments (1)
The Congress just gave itself a pay raise. For you and me, pay raises are predicated on things like a good financial picture and personal achievement; you know, meeting goals, raising the bar, exceeding expectations—all that good, positive stuff—but pay raises for our legislators don’t work that way. Maybe it is time they should.
Tags: small business, congress, government, pay raises, bailout, waste, corruption
Posted: 12/19/2008 | Comments (0)
Small Business tips about how to establish a presence in your community.
Tags: small business, tips, community
Posted: 12/18/2008 | Comments (0)
It is getting to be a little ridiculous, we discover that folks on Wall Street have misbehaved with money and then we learn that the folks in government charged with overseeing those activities were looking somewhere else. Now it’s a huge Ponzi scheme and SEC investigators with blinders on. What’s next, a floating craps game for CEOs betting mortgage-backed securities?
Tags: small business, sec, christopher cox, bernard madoff, ponzi scheme, congress, oversight, fraud, scandal, who is watching the watchmen
Posted: 12/17/2008 | Comments (0)
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