11,381 articles related to "business and finance"

How To Best Handle Health Insurance Plan Changes

How To Best Handle Health Insurance Plan Changes by: Michael Ertel Many economists have suggested and recent economic data indicates that the economy is steadily moving in the right direction. A combination of several factors has no doubt had a ...

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Are Mortgages a Risky Business?

Are Mortgages a Risky Business? by: Jenny Barclay A bank or mortgage company is nothing more than a box in which to keep money. The owner of the box has to do a few calculations. Firstly, how much is he going to offer those people who deposit ca...

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Don't Sell Your HouseEver!

Don't Sell Your HouseEver! by: Neeraj VarmaKeeping your existing house when you buy a new one could be THE most profitable financial decision you could make. Consider the following:1. Second stream of income: When you move to another place ...

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Getting Your Employees' Attention Back to Work

Getting Your Employees' Attention Back to Work by: Michael Christian It is 9:00 am on a Monday morning. Do you know where your employees’ attention is? Is it on work? Picture this. You are at work. The phone rings. It is your aging father...

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Data Delivers Credibility

Data Delivers Credibility by: Robert F. Abbott Over the past couple of days I've been setting up visitor counters, so people in another organization can accurately count the number of people who visit their event. They got the idea (and the...

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Branding Your Business

ding Your Business by: Elena Fawkner If you think only big corporate names need to think about things like brand names, think again. Your brand says a lot about you and your business, and that's as true for a one person home-based operation...

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Creativity and Innovation Management- why products fail.

There is no sure fire route to commercial success but the probability of success can be increased. This is important for at least two reasons:a)Resource Management. The Economist (2003) states that 3000 bright ideas result in 100 worthwhile projects,...

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New FICO Scores A Boon To Landlords

Fair Isaac Corporation is the creator of the FICOcredit score that is used today by most lenders toevaluate consumer credit risk. FICO scores rangefrom a poor credit low of 500 to a best credit ratingof 850.The higher the FICO score the lower the int...

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Managing Your Meetings

Managing Meetings"To get something done a meeting should consist of no more than three people, two of whom are absent."~author unknownOne of the complaints I hear most often is about the number of meetings people attend during any given week. It isn&...

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Improvingcustomer service in large stock registrar cmpany

ROBLEMThe organization was always working under a crisis mode, with the managers feeling pressured and "under the gun". There was discord and resentment among the manager team, which reflected in the employees. Re-work and bureaucracy were eminent. T...

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