11,298 articles on "finance"

A Brief Look at the Origins of Lending

A Brief Look at the Origins of Lending by: John Mussi When trying to discover the origins of lending you might find yourself looking at a lot of unrelated information that doesn't really tell you what it is that you want to know. The origin...

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Are You Too Busy for Your Kids?

Are You Too Busy for Your Kids? by: Lorraine Pirihi In his recent newsletter “Happy Kids”, parenting expert Michael Grose (yes he is an expert with three kids of his own) said: Australian parents currently rate achieving work-family balance...

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When is Enough: Enough?

When is Enough: Enough? by: Tina RideoutKeeping your Business Website Fresh and Unique:Google PR, SE optimization, Keywords, Content, and More Content. That is the beauty of the information hi-way. It is like taking a road trip for the first tim...

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Getting Your Employees' Attention Back to Work

Getting Your Employees' Attention Back to Work by: Michael Christian It is 9:00 am on a Monday morning. Do you know where your employees’ attention is? Is it on work? Picture this. You are at work. The phone rings. It is your aging father...

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Time Management Tips for Managers

Time Management Tips for Managers by: Lorraine Pirihi Late last year I was presenting a workshop for the senior managers of a major organisation. Whilst doing a pre-workshop survey to assess the challenges these managers were experiencing it bec...

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A New Look at Labor Day

A New Look at Labor Day by: Robert F. Abbott A day to reflect on the accomplishments of working people: That's been the proud tradition since the first, unofficial, Labor Day back in 1882. But, one of labor's greatest accomplishments ...

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Branding Your Business

ding Your Business by: Elena Fawkner If you think only big corporate names need to think about things like brand names, think again. Your brand says a lot about you and your business, and that's as true for a one person home-based operation...

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New FICO Scores A Boon To Landlords

Fair Isaac Corporation is the creator of the FICOcredit score that is used today by most lenders toevaluate consumer credit risk. FICO scores rangefrom a poor credit low of 500 to a best credit ratingof 850.The higher the FICO score the lower the int...

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Managing Your Meetings

Managing Meetings"To get something done a meeting should consist of no more than three people, two of whom are absent."~author unknownOne of the complaints I hear most often is about the number of meetings people attend during any given week. It isn&...

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What makes a great presenter

Every day millions of people around the world make a presentation. Yet most of us who have been to meetings know that very few of those people are truly great. At each meeting there is usually only one person who stands out head and shoulders above t...

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