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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

New Year, New Tax Cuts

You have to appreciate Barack Obama. Just when you think he’s committed to spending us back to prosperity as he promised during the campaign, he turns around and proposes some $300 billion in tax cuts to individuals and businesses in order to create jobs and stimulate the economy over the next two years.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Retail Stimulus

There has been a lot of talk of how the trillions in bailout money should go to Main Street now that Wall Street has wasted its cut and the automakers are about to take their piece. Now, with a proposal from the National Retail Federation, that might be a step closer to happening, but will it work?

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Happy Holidays from America’s Best Companies

During this season of giving, where everyone seems to be getting their bailouts, even Santa could use some help from Congress.


Tags: santa, bailout

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Credit Games: Adjusting Limits According to Where People Shop

We have heard of universal default, where trouble with one creditor can mean interest rate hikes for all the others, but lowering your credit limit based on where you shop? American Express is doing just. What does that mean if your business is one flagged as being frequented by deadbeats.

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Kim Fenolio
Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Press Releases Done Right

Small Business tips about doing press releases right.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Should Government be Run Like a Business?

The Congress just gave itself a pay raise. For you and me, pay raises are predicated on things like a good financial picture and personal achievement; you know, meeting goals, raising the bar, exceeding expectations—all that good, positive stuff—but pay raises for our legislators don’t work that way. Maybe it is time they should.

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Kim Fenolio
Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Establishing a Community Presence

Small Business tips about how to establish a presence in your community.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

The Madoff Scandal: Who is Watching the Watchmen?

It is getting to be a little ridiculous, we discover that folks on Wall Street have misbehaved with money and then we learn that the folks in government charged with overseeing those activities were looking somewhere else. Now it’s a huge Ponzi scheme and SEC investigators with blinders on. What’s next, a floating craps game for CEOs betting mortgage-backed securities?

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Kim Fenolio
Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Marketing your Website

Get discovered and be found by your customers! Small Business about ways to market your website. This is part of your internet presence.

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Kim Fenolio
Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Low Cost Marketing Strategies

Small Business tips about low cost marketing strategies.

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Kim Fenolio
Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Steps to Develop a Marketing Plan

Small Business tips about steps to developing a marketing plan.

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Kim Fenolio
Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Creating the Innovative Environment

Small Business tips about creating an innovative environment.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

419 Nigeria Scam with a New Twist

The usual something-for-nothing Nigeria Scam has now taken on the cloak of respectability by using the name of the agency designed to stop them, kind of like the Mob posing as FBI agents. Sneaky.

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Kim Fenolio
Kim Fenolio

Small Biz Tip: Wants from a Leader

Small Business tips about learning what your employees want from you as a leader.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Don’t be a Scareware Victim

We have all gotten the pop-up window that says we have a serious malware or performance issue. There are also the emails that appear, with offers of computer system scans and repairs. Have you ever asked yourself, how do they know there is a problem with my machine? The senders of these little doom-sayings do not know a thing about your system, they don’t have to. Offers like these tend to be scams.

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