While the new health care bill affects the way small businesses maintain and administer medical plans, one small provision in the bill has nearly been overlooked in the hubbub of activity. Beginning in 2012,...

In the past, we have discussed the differences between the cash and accrual bases of accounting. While these differences can be hard to grasp, the overall concepts of the two methods are fairly straightforward. The accrual basis of ...

When was the last time you asked your customers if they were happy with your products or services? No news is good news, right? Wrong! While clients might seem happy, how much do you really know about their ...

How many times in the past year have you been asked how your business is doing? You might need a laptop to calculate the number, and if you are like the majority of business owners in this economic climate, ...

August saw the markets putter along, with volatility a constant factor as economic concerns resurfaced. July’s data provided some positive news for housing starts and industrial production. Unemployment continued ...

If there is a way to protect your stock holdings from volatility, no one has discovered it yet. July’s stock market gyrations showed the dual effect of good earnings news coupled with disappointing economic ...

If your kids are going back to school, now is a great time to educate them about money. Baby boomers were taught to save for a rainy day. The younger...

With the July enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the financial reform debate moves from Pennsylvania Avenue to the offices of the regulators. Although the Act establishes ...

Have you ever loaded a new cartridge on your inkjet printer only to have the low ink indicator come on within days? Or perhaps your color inkjet printer appears to go through new cartridges at an alarming rate...

Keeping up with the constant stream of technology innovations and sorting out the winners from the losers is a mind-boggling challenge for any busy small business owner. It’s a real help when someone else does the ...

One of life’s many ironies is that you need a solid marketing budget when economic times require you (and everyone else) to tighten the purse strings. To be effective, marketing requires the right mix of reach and frequency – or to put ...

Obtaining bank credit – one of the toughest problems facing many small business owners –could get easier soon thanks to a $30 billion credit funding program designed to address the decline in lending to small businesses. This is ...