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your issue is customer service, the Internet, sales and marketing, or
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Government
and Economy
Can
Small Businesses be Exempted from Card Check Unionization?
While
small business groups are readying their opposition to new card check
legislation, many are hopeful that after compromise negotiations in
Congress, small business will be exempt. WSJ.com
Local
Economies Seeking Their Own Stimulus
Cities,
counties and states across the nation are launching home-grown
economic-stimulus plans aimed at spurring local spending and keeping
small businesses afloat during the recession. WSJ.com
Reaching
“Millionaire Tax” Status The Easy Way
You
don't even have to be a millionaire. Consider this: 75% of small
businesses report profits (or losses) as personal income. Add in
salary, spouse's salary, other perks like a company car and it's easy
to get to $250,000, the amount that triggers the "millionaires'
tax." Newsday.com
Management
and Financial Issues
From
Niche Market to Mass Market
Iman,
the founder and CEO of Iman Cosmetics, discusses her transition from
supermodel to entrepreneur with her beauty line specifically for
women of color-and her success at taking that niche line to a mass
market. (Video)
BusinessWeek.com
Technology
Issues
Look
Who's Tweeting
Lessons
from brands and people leveraging Twitter: a Canadian lifestyle
brand, British celebrity chef, a British entrepreneur, and a beauty
brand.
ClickZ.com
Benefits
and Labor Issues
Survey:
20% of Employers to Drop Health Benefits
Nearly
20% of employers responding to a new survey are planning to stop
offering health benefits over the next three to five years. That is
nearly five times as many as the 4% who were planning to drop the
benefits last year.
Workforce.com
Sales
and Marketing
Six
International E-Mail Marketing Challenges
Factors
to consider when sending e-mail to multiple countries, each with its
own language, culture, and social morays.
ClickZ.com
Defining
Your Competition-Enhance Your Position
Properly
defining your competition is really a matter of perspective, and
finding the right perspective—that of your current or potential
customers—is well worth the time and effort. BusinessWeek.com
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