The ongoing rivalries between the major oil-exporting countries are currently intensifying. Most large producers are hugely dependent on income from crude oil sales to support growth. While restricting supply drives up prices, pumping out more of the ...
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3 Reasons Why Your Business Should Begin Accepting Credit Cards
It's crazy trying to run a business without accepting credit cards these days.
Nearly everyone in the free world is at a least using a debit card that they have connected to their checking account. And many people like to build up travel miles, so ...
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What’s Heaven Like for Entrepreneurs? Hint: It Has Capital
You have had several business ideas over the years, but you have that one idea that you know can change your life, touch lives and change the world. However, it needs capital, and you can't figure out how to raise funds to launch or boost your ...
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4 Reasons Why Businesses Will Always Need Working Capital
When people talk about business finances, they usually focus on startup capital, profits, and losses. Profits and losses are important because money is the lifeblood of business -- and you have no business being in business if you are running at ...
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5 Side Businesses You Can Start from Home
If you're one of the few people who can walk into your work and demand a raise, good for you! Most of us can't do that, but almost everyone wishes they had some more money in their pockets -- especially at the end of the month.
Luckily, there are ...
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When Does a Hobby Turn Into a Business?
Most of us dream of having a full-time occupation that not only keeps our finances healthy, but also indulges our creative tendencies too. And many lucky entrepreneurs have managed to turn their pastimes into lucrative occupations in a way that shows ...
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Amazing Small Business Ideas Anyone Can Do
Starting a business is one of the toughest ordeals. There's a number things to think about all of which will determine how well one begins.
Picking the right business may also not come in automatically. Times have changed and so have businesses. ...
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The Shark Tank Formula For Startup Success
Over the course of ABC's reality TV show Shark Tank, business dreams have turned into a reality for many entrepreneurs.
Shark Tank highlights the ups and downs the process entrepreneurs must go through in order to obtain funding from sharks ...
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12 ‘Sharing Economy’ Companies That Can Help You Earn Extra Income
If you're like some Americans, you may be struggling to make ends meet, living paycheck to paycheck without much savings to speak of. When you're in that kind of situation, every little extra bit of income helps.
Thankfully, there are ways to ...
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4 Things Everyone Needs to Know Before Pitching a Client
It doesn't matter what line of work you're in; if it comes down to working with clients, making sales, or even getting everyone on board, then you need to know how to manage your clients. That's exactly why you should take the time to study and ...
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Why George Harrison Is the Most Popular Beatle
Although I was born after the Beatles first set foot in America, that never kept me from being a huge fan of the band. Like most fans, I own the entire Beatles catalog. In fact, over the years I've bought it twice -- once on cassette tape and a ...
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A Primer on Bankruptcy Options and Potential Tax Liabilities
So, you are struggling financially and are curious about the bankruptcy option. You have heard the rumors about those who have filed and prospered; you've heard the tales about those who have filed and failed. Whatever the case may be, you want to ...
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6 Features You Absolutely Need From Your Merchant Services
Merchant services aren't usually something a business loves. After all, it seems a scam to pay for something as integral to your business as receiving and processing customer payments. Worse, plenty of merchant account providers charge exorbitant ...
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Looking for Inflation? It’s Hiding In Smaller Package Sizes.
Inflation? What inflation?
The fact is, for those who are willing to look close enough, we are actually being confronted by a serious bout of deflation, at least when it comes to the size of the containers sitting on our supermarket ...
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How to Use Competitive Intelligence to Your Advantage
When it comes to business, success depends on staying ahead of the competition. The know-how that helps achieve this is competitive intelligence. Whether it is planning a strategy, improving product features or providing better customer service, a ...
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A Small Business Owner Shares 5 Big Mistakes That Can Bankrupt You
So you have -- or want to have -- your own small business.
Being your own boss and having to deal with a diverse customer base is both challenging and fun.
I started my web design business 12 years ago, while also keeping a job at the local ...
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How to Handle a Partnership with a Foreign Business
So, you're looking to break into an international market? There are numerous reasons why you may wish to choose a partnership with a foreign business in order to expand your own company. There are also a great many things that you'll need to think ...
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5 Things Everyone Should Know About Corporate Finance
Whether you're dealing with a household grocery budget, a home mortgage, or end-of-year income tax calculations, financial matters can be confusing. However, keeping control of your finances is a vital aspect of managing your business, and once you ...
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4 Things Everyone Should Know About Corporate Finance Lawyers
Corporate finance is basically what makes the world go around, and every day there are hundreds of thousands of transactions between different corporations and commercial operators. When you have high numbers or transactions and a lot of money ...
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Meet Pete Briger: A Titan in the Investment and Finance World
A titan in the world of finance, Pete Briger is part of the elite Forbes 400 top business professionals worldwide. Briger currently serves as the President and the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Fortress Investment Group. Formerly a ...
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