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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Energy Independence and Small Business Part II: Interesting Alternatives

We hear all about biofuels and ethanol, fuels that can operate your vehicle at a fraction of the cost and don’t depend on a single drop of oil. They come from surprising sources and have a long history. The question to small business is this: Can you turn this into a business?

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Energy Independence and Small Business

“Energy Independence” is an idea that’s been kicked around for a long time. Back in 1973 during the Arab Oil Embargo that sent prices rising, gas lines lengthening and speed limits dropping, Richard Nixon first brought up the idea of an energy independent America, but where are we 35 years later?

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Free SBA Online Courses: The Small Business Primer

The SBA's Small Business Primer is a self-paced overview course of the processes and necessities associated with starting a small business. Along the way, the student has the opportunity to find helpful resources associated with each main topic. For anyone contemplating their own small business, this is a great place to start.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Spam vs. e-Mail: Take the Smell Test!

In the world of e-mail marketing, dancing the fine-line between e-mail and spam can leave you more unsettled than a Michael Flatley DVD played at high speed. What to do, is it spam, is it legitimate? Sometimes it is hard to say but you know that this is a line you don’t want to cross.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

How Lenovo Turns Green into Gold

Lenovo, the folks that took over IBM’s Personal Computer division and now bring you the ThinkPad, now offers the first EPEAT Gold-rated desktop computer system. Sometimes it is easy to be green.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Avoiding Taxes

Now that we are a little over a month away from Tax Day and that awful black hole is opening up in Washington again, thoughts are turning to the greatest question an American taxpayer can ask: “How can I keep the tax man from picking me clean?” There are a lot of legal ways, but none of them are on this list!

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d.mckenzie
d.mckenzie

Blog Marketing Webinar

Blogs are no longer just online personal journals - they are now key business tools. Blogs allow you to engage in a conversation with your customers while improving your website's search engine rank. Don't know where to start? Attend this free webinar to learn key tactics for business blogging and engaging in the blogosphere to grow your business.


Tags: webinar, blogs

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Public Relations and Your Small Business

What do you call advertising without ads? You call it public relations and it is something that no business, large or small, can do without.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

The 401k Debit Card: Losing the Future

In the United States, a country where, by all measurable standards, the rate of retirement savings is dismal, how can easy debit card access to 401k accounts possibly improve matters?

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Deductibility: Taxes and Your Small Business

One of the biggest questions posed during this time of year, especially by new small business owners, is this: “What business expenses can I deduct?” Legitimate deductions can save you lots of money. On the other hand, improper deductions can land you across the desk from a tax auditor and no one wants that. Learn how to avoid tax trouble while receiving all the deductions to which you are entitled.


Tags: taxes, irs

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Al
Al

Tax Tips by H&R Block - Overlooked Credits & Deductions

H&R Block shares advice on the most overlooked tax deductions for the 2008 tax season.


Commonly overlooked deductions and credits include the Earned Income Credit, Child Tax Credit, Saver's Credit, medical expenses, moving expenses, state taxes, job expenses and self-employment deductions. Nearly 4.1 million people fail to claim education tax benefits, including Tuition and Fees Deduction, Student Loan Interest Deduction, and the Exclusion for Savings Bond Interest.


Tags: eic, hr block

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d.mckenzie
d.mckenzie

The Top 10 Mistakes People Make when Starting a Business

YoungEntrepreneur.com, a small business website for entrepreneurs and small businesses, published an article today about the Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Starting A Business.

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Leif
Leif

Phase-change memory set to make flash memory obsolete

Gizmodo has a short article on how Intel has just discovered how to double the capacity of phase-change drives.

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d.mckenzie
d.mckenzie

America's Best Companies Blog Feed

The America's Best Companies Blog is now available via RSS.


Tags: rss

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Leif
Leif

Second Life Economy in Crisis

Second Life Economy in Crisis

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