Archive for the 'Business' Category

Tracking Fast Moving Markets with newsflashr

The markets are crazy insane again today. They don’t have the same doom and gloom feeling as Monday’s toppling, but it is a negative market – Dow is down about 350 five minutes before the closing bell.
The future of the economy in the US, as well as the rest of the world, is dependent [...]

Financial Health of Businesses For Sale

Although it may sometimes seem like a lot of work, doing the math and finding out the true financial state of a business for sale can often mean the difference between selecting a successful business, or one that will simply drain you of all your money. If you are in the market to purchase any [...]

Will AIG still be a publicly traded company on October 1?

I think the answer has already been made clear. But, the Hubdub market is a bit behind:
Will AIG still be a publicly traded company on October 1?
Make a killing by betting your Hubdub bucks:

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My Prediction

Will AIG still be a [...]

Communists Invade US – Capitulation – Not a Shot Fired

BREAKING NEWS – Reports are flooding the news wires that the formerly Capitalist economic model enjoyed by US citizens for hundreds of years (minus the period when the second Roosevelt inhabited the White House) has been replaced in the last several weeks by Communism. An insidious plot has been uncovered whereas former Soviet eastern [...]

Work Your Network

The company I work at is going through some serious growing pains, which in turn is making many people uncomfortable with the environment. So, there seems to be a good deal of attrition – voluntary attrition. I was talking to someone this morning who is leaving and we started talking about LinkedIn, the [...]

Tax Accountant and Audit Services

The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward. – John Maynard Keynes, an economist of some stature (although, I am a supply-sider).
Avoidance of taxes is relatively strong wording, so let’s call it optimizing your financial position in relationship to the government’s revenue requirements. As an individual, you want [...]

Credit Card Processing versus PayPal

When PayPal was in its formative stages, I was battling the process of getting a merchant account that would allow me to accept credit cards on my website. Holy mother of a wildebeest – that was a painful experience and since then when people ask about the ease of using PayPal to accept payments [...]

El Teide – Overlooked by Americans

Image via WikipediaSituated off the western coast of Africa, the Canary Islands are a unique travel destination often ignored by most American tourists. A curious location for an island that is governed by Spain, it is a major destination for Europeans venturing into the tropical waters to enjoy scuba diving. The islands were [...]

Impressionist Business

No different than at the personal level, first impressions are very important in business. Often, the first impression can end up being the only impression. Communicating professionalism without overly restricting your creativity is an important balancing act. It is tough enough to capture a customer’s attention, but the moment that you have [...]

Brokering a Sale of a Business requires Expertise

If you have a million dollar business that you wanted to sell, would you use EBay to put it on the market? Well, you certainly could and there have been some well publicized deals where people used EBay as their “broker.” But the role of a broker isn’t simply to connect buyers and [...]