11,298 articles on "finance"

Why Would Anyone Hold a Bad Meeting

Pssst, want a stock tip that will make you rich? Okay, here it is: phone a public corporation and ask to speak with the CEO.If a secretary tells you that the CEO expects to be busy in meetings for the next six hundred years, call your broker and sell...

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Regret or Passion Which Will Be Yours

I once attended a retreat on how to live with passion and fulfill one’s life’s work. The facilitator posed the question, “If money was not an issue, yet you had to work full-time, what would you do?” Answering this question was a turning poin...

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Microsoft Great Plains SOP: Sales Order Processing

Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is marketed for mid-size companies as well as Navision (which has very good positions in Europe and emerging markets where it can be easily localized). Great Plains Sales Order Processing (SOP) module forms a...

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Futures Versus Forex (Foreign Exchange Market)

Futures Versus Forex (Foreign Exchange Market) by: Jeff Slokum Todays current futures market is quite unlike the futures of the 19th century. Todays future market is a worldwide one that includes manufactured goods, financial currencies and trea...

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Decision Time: Home Equity Loan or Home Equity Line of Credit?

Decision Time: Home Equity Loan or Home Equity Line of Credit? by: Tim Paul Home equity loans and home equity lines of credit continue to grow in popularity. According to the Consumer Bankers Association, during 2003 combined home equity line an...

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Negotiating and Sales Skills Are Critical

Negotiating and Sales Skills Are Critical by: Tim Randle When I first started getting active in creative real estate, my skill set at negotiating was very weak. I had done the telemarketing thing for American Express as a financial planner and h...

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Where Business Ideas Come From

e Business Ideas Come From by: Sue and Chuck DeFiore I was reading the local paper and came across a picture of the cleanest garage I ever saw. In addition to a picture of the garage there was a picture of a gentlemen, in his late 60's clea...

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Tales from the Corporate Frontlines The Importance of Organizational Structure

This article relates to the organizational structure competency, commonly evaluated in employee satisfaction surveys. It shows how structural concerns can affect the typical employee workday, as well as feelings towards your organization's mana...

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What makes a great presenter

Every day millions of people around the world make a presentation. Yet most of us who have been to meetings know that very few of those people are truly great. At each meeting there is usually only one person who stands out head and shoulders above t...

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Wanted A Dictionary-Perfect Leader

Answers are often before our very eyes or in front of our noses - particularly if we read the American Heritage Dictionary!Explore with me how some of the multitude of definitions for the word "leader" actually serve as a performance standard for lea...

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