CNNMoney reports that it may not be a gold medal, but don’t underestimate the importance of this little piece of neckwear at the Olympic Games. Every athlete and visitor at the Olympics will be hanging tight to their lanyard and the credentials it carries. Chums, a lanyard-maker based in Hurricane, Utah, sold about 10,000 lanyards […]
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Sick of sending big checks to the IRS? For some business owners, this tax season will bring a rare reversal: A stimulus-fueled tax change is putting cash back into the pockets of qualifying entrepreneurs, according to a story at CNNMoney. Bill Hewitt, who owns several real estate ventures in Denver, recently collected a $150,000 refund
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State and local budget crunches mean government contractors will have to wait longer to get paid, the WSJ‘s Marshall Eckblad reports. An Illinois non-profit named Springfield Arc Inc. is doing the people’s work, serving the mentally disabled. Trouble is, the people are six months late in paying. The state of Illinois owes the Springfield-based provider
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Ten types of businesses you can start on the cheap, by Anita Campbell at Business.gov. In many cases they can be run out of a home office. Most require minimal equipment beyond a computer, phone, printer, a few tools, and perhaps your car or truck. You won’t need advanced degrees or highly specialized training beyond
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If you want to succeed in business then you will need your potential customers to know that you exist. If they don’t know you are there, how can you expect them to buy from you? Connie Edwards at the Savannah Morning News shares her list of things that every small business should consider. Advertising How
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Communal lending pools known as cestas help aspiring business owners in Latino communities, and banks are beginning to partner with them to help the informal borrowers establish credit, Paul van Slambrouck reports in the Christian Science Monitor. Eight members strong, the Champions have come together in an upstairs office in this city’s predominantly Latino Mission
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The new rules for personal credit cards, which don’t apply to business cards, are making entrepreneurs rethink what plastic they choose, the WSJ‘s Emily Maltby reports. Small-business owners who rely on their company’s credit card to purchase big-ticket items or finance day-to-day operations won’t see any benefits from this month’s federal credit-card reform–unless they put
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For years, copywriter Allison Nazarian watched potential clients pass her by. Again and again, she heard from business owners who needed copywriting services, but who didn’t have the money or inclination to hire someone to provide them, according to a story at Entrepreneur. Then, about three years ago, she figured out a way to get
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From fighting forest fires to laying carpet in day care centers, CNNMoney.com takes a look at what some small businesses that got stimulus-funded contracts are doing with taxpayers’ dollars. Carpet One Commercial Flooring in Cheyenne won a $75,000 stimulus contract to update the flooring in a day care/child development center at nearby F.E. Warren Air
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Local economies are historically the biggest victims of recessions. When the market takes a turn for the worst, it is local shopkeepers, restaurant owners, hotels and other merchants who feel the squeeze most personally, reports Mint.com. Accordingly, most cities are eager for any economic stimulus they can get. Over the years, one of the great
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