11,298 articles on "finance"

Are You Too Busy for Your Kids?

Are You Too Busy for Your Kids? by: Lorraine Pirihi In his recent newsletter “Happy Kids”, parenting expert Michael Grose (yes he is an expert with three kids of his own) said: Australian parents currently rate achieving work-family balance...

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5 Interviewing Mistakes That Can Lead To Hiring The Wrong Person

5 Interviewing Mistakes That Can Lead To Hiring The Wrong Person by: Helen Wilkie Mistake #1: Going with the flow Inexperienced interviewers sometimes fall into the trap of letting the interview become "free form", spending different amounts of ...

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In Praise of Personal Pronouns

In Praise of Personal Pronouns by: Robert F. AbbottRudolph Flesch, a pioneering advocate of readability, put great stock in the liveliness of the written word.One way of getting that liveliness into our writing, he said, is to use the personal p...

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Web Conferencing: A Boon to Businesss

Web Conferencing: A Boon to Businesss by: Denise Bridgens It is Sunday evening and you are preparing again to go on a business trip. Monday morning the alarm goes off at 4:00 am, you drag your body and your briefcase to your car, drive to the ai...

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OPEC's Swan Song?

OPEC's Swan Song? by: Sam Vaknin Indonesia's Energy Minister, Purnomo Yusgiantoro, is unhappy with the modest production cut, from June 1, of 2 million barrels per day, adopted by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries last ...

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Succession Planning Obstacles in Family-owned Businesses

Succession Planning Obstacles in Family BusinessesJust like a physical obstacle course, succession planning for family businesses is like an obstacle course. You have to find the obstacles, then overcome them... fly over them, dig under them, outflan...

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Red and Blue Investment Portfolios

Some investment time spans leave investors with black and blue investment portfolios causing them to see red. Statements showing a drop in portfolio value weakens the resolve of many investors. Usually, this takes place during uncertainty about sudde...

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Me Owning My Own Business

Me? Owning My Own Business? (Part 1)Freedom is something we here in the United States cherish. We, as a nation, have never been defeated, within our borders, by any other nation. Our ancestors fought for freedom. We have demonstrated, as a nation,the...

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Whatever it Takes

Wouldn't it be nice if you could get someone else to do allof the things that you either don't have time for, don'tknow how to do, or just plain don't want to do? Ah... justthink of it: "Jeeves, could you run this over to theprint...

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Transition Your Mind - From Dependant Employee to Self-Sufficient Entrepreneur

There are a great many of you out there who are poised andready to move into the next phase of your lives but you arestuck in the starting gate!! You have dedicated a part ofyourself to the romance and excitement that surrounds a newbusiness venture ...

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