11,298 articles on "finance"

What to Ask When You’re Invited to a Meeting

Here are five questions that you must ask before agreeing to attend a meeting. 1) Where is the agenda? A meeting without an agenda is like a journey without a map; it will always waste your time. Once you have the agenda, make sure that it consists o...

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Managing Monsters in Meetings - Part 5, Dominant Participants

While dominant participants contribute significantly to the success of a meeting, they can also overwhelm, intimidate, and exclude others. Thus, you want to control their energy without losing their support.Approach 1: Ask others to contributeAsking ...

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Just what is Arbitrage Investment

Just what is Arbitrage Investment?By Gary Durkin© 2005In the simplest of terms, Arbitrage means to exploit price differential.Usually it meant looking at differing sources of an investment, and if there was a price difference between Source A an...

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Homeowners Beware of Underinsurance

Insurance is meant to give homeowners peace of mind, but an increasing number of policy holders are putting themselves at risk by neglecting to insure their home and contents adequately.There is often confusion over the difference between guaranteed ...

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Delivering Fantastic Service!

Delivering Fantastic Service! by: Darryl Gee Fantastic customer service is a friendly smile, it’s a warm greeting, it’s a caring attitude, it’s aimless small talk, it’s genuinely going the extra mile, it’s truly understanding the other...

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7 Essential Elements of Leading Change

7 Essential Elements of Leading Change by: Mike Beitler In my practice as an organizational effectiveness consultant, the most frequent phone call I receive involves clients and prospective clients asking how to overcome resistance to change in ...

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Selecting A Collection Agency

Selecting A Collection Agency by: Steve Austin If you run a business, you are sure to have some customers who require a lot of follow-up before they pay you. Often you spend too much time and energy to collect money that is rightfully due to you...

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Payday Loan Companies

Payday Loan Companies by: Jakob Jelling At one point or another everyone of has encountered this situation, not having enough money to make it to our next payday. A common solution to this problem that seems to becoming more popular is a payday ...

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The Downside of Buy To Let

The Downside of Buy To Let by: Peter Parsons is... gearing. The same factor that gives the buy-to-let landlord his massive advantage in a rising property market is one of his worst enemies in a falling market. With housing markets across the wor...

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The Right Mutual Funds For Baby Boomers

The Right Mutual Funds For Baby Boomers by: C.C. Collins The Right Mutual Funds For Baby Boomers By C.C. Collins, Wealth Strategist, http://wealthscientist.com If you are a baby boomer, time is not on your side. Many baby boomers see retirement ...

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