Category: Business
PayPal Shifts Strategy, Now Available at Home Depot
One of the best-known online payment processors in the world recently made the decision that it would not focus on developing a tap-to-pay service for mobile phones, and would instead focus on expanding itself into the world of brick-and-mortar retail.
Survive and Thrive in an Uncertain Job Market
If you want to improve your situation long term, you need to step back, take a breath and approach a career change thoughtfully and deliberately.
Take Your Skills With You
If you think your work skills are only useful at your current job, think again. Many of the skills acquired in the workforce can be used in related or even completely different careers, so there’s no need to stay in that dead-end job or keep trying for a job in an industry that’s losing them.
Six Marketing Moves Small Businesses Can Make Themselves
Here are six key components of Internet marketing than startups should have no problem tackling on their own.
Top 10 Helpful Features on the IRS Website
Navigate your way through the tax season online and skip waiting in line. All you need is a computer and Internet access because the IRS website has a wealth of free information and online tax support.
Helpful Tax Tips for the Self-Employed
There are many benefits that come from being your own boss. If you work for yourself, as an independent contractor, or you carry on a trade or business as a sole proprietor, you are generally considered to be self-employed.
10 Smart Financial Tips for 2012
Although tough economic times have taken a toll on many Americans in recent years, making sound financial decisions can help you weather financial storms.
Using a Football Rule to Create Employment Opportunities
Demographic trends show that minorities are quickly becoming the largest employee pool and consumer base in the U.S. Unless corporate America reaches out and embraces this growing group, experts believe this nation cannot win in the global game of economic competition.
Keep Your Online Accounting Degree Up-to-Date with Certification Programs
Accounting remains one of the more dependable career paths, with accounting majors one of the most likely degrees to yield a job directly after graduation.
Uncle Sam Wants You to Save for Retirement
You may be able to reduce your federal income taxes when you save for retirement through a qualified retirement plan or an individual retirement account (IRA).
Tips to Remember When Relying on a Remote Workforce
While studies indicate that “stay-at-home” employees are happier and more productive, there are unique obstacles and incentives to hiring remote workers that must be addressed if you expect to get the most out of switching to a business that operates in the cloud.
Being A Good Citizen Can Be Good Business
A growing number of corporations are finding that good works and good business can go hand in hand.
Solid Planning May Save You from Disaster
Small businesses play a vital role in helping the nation’s economic recovery. Properly protecting a small business through risk management is essential to its long-term survival.
A Better Telecommuting Option for Small-Business Workers
If you work on your own at home-or would like to—you’re not alone. According to research by the University of Oregon, about 6 percent of the work-force (over 8 million Americans) telecommute to company jobs from their homes on either a part-time or full-time basis—and the number is increasing.
We are Living in the Age of the Entrepreneur
Even during a historically bad economic stretch, fiery new engines of commerce are being created everyday, all across the world, by intrepid entrepreneurs who are driven by their conviction that they can make the world a better place, or at least earn a mean buck.
Changes that Impact Your Tax Return this Year
Three out of four taxpayers received a refund from Uncle Sam last year, averaging $2,805. This year’s amount should be about the same, thanks to a few major tax law changes expiring or added during 2011.
The Corporate Blog: Article Graveyard or Content Garden?
Some of the most invested in, and high quality, blogs on the internet are those set up by businesses for promotional purposes. So why is it that blog posts that get the most comments and the most buzz in social media sites are those written by John and Jane Doe bloggers rather than those posted [...]
