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Are You Really Prepared To Weather A Recession?
In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, people work inside the Lehman Brothers headquarters in New York. Shoppers won’t be picking up little tables from the Bombay Company in the coming year. Or investing with Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns. Or flying to Hawaii on Aloha Airlines. Or buying ultra-cheap tickets on Skybus ei
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Assets That Can Be Used To Secure A Small Business Loan
Every business at some point or other will require extra finance to meet for their operational expenses or to continue their growth. The reason could be as simple wanting to venture into a new stream or inadequate working capital. You need to find an alternative finance company that would grant you a loan by considerin
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Healthcare In The Age Of Personalization
This is Part 1 of a six-part series on Healthcare in the Age of Personalization. Healthcare in the Age of Personalization Several months back I published an in-depth series asserting that inclusion should be embraced as a growth strategy for enterprises across all industries. I went so far as to say that inclusion is a
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How To Be A Leader For Your Small Business
Pop quiz: are you more of a leader or a manager in your business? When you’re a solopreneur, you’re the CEO, the janitor, and everyone in between. It’s hard to think of yourself as being a leader because the only person you’re leading is yourself. Yet simply managing the day-to-day of your business isn’t going to set y
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How to establish your agricultural brand
For years we have considered fruits, vegetables and meats as generic products that fulfill the same function: feed us. We often see campaigns about the importance of eating more papaya or about the benefits of ingesting ginger. However, seldom do agribusinesses present us with the reasons why we should select, say, the
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Intriguing ESOP Benefits: Thoughts on Recent Research
ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) are IRC section 401(a) qualified defined contribution plans which allow employees to own stock in the company for which they work. ESOPs may be sponsored by public companies or closely held corporations. According to The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), there are ove
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Key to employee retention: build your own benefit plans
Customization is the key to building a benefits package that appeals to all ages, according to the CEO of a national benefits advisory firm. Five generations are currently working side by side in the U. S. workforce, and that’s unlikely to change in coming years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that a quarter o
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Plan to Retire Even If You Don't Plan to Retire
Photo: Huy Phan (Unsplash) If you’re one of the people who has decided to solve the retirement problem by “working for as long as possible,” it’s time to ask yourself what might happen if your working days end sooner than anticipated. As the New York Times reports: Many Americans understand that working longer can be
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Providers place inordinate trust in patient identity practices
Providers may be placing too much trust in cybersecurity practices that are not sophisticated enough to deter high-level attacks by hackers. That’s the result of a survey of 100 participants from healthcare organizations, which found discrepancies in cybersecurity preparations and actual marketplace reality. The resear
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The 1 Mistake to Avoid in a Hot Housing Market
It's a hard time to be looking for a home. Property values have soared on a national level, and a lot of buyers are getting priced out of the market because of it. On the other hand, it's a great time to own a home. With property values being up, homeowners have more options to borrow against their homes. But there's o