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Forbes:
Attention, online shoppers! This may be the last holiday season you can dodge sales taxes by buying presents on the Web. State legislators, retailers and lawyers say 2009 may be the year Internet taxes finally come to pass.
The idea, which would levy sales tax on most goods bought online, has been tossed around for nearly […]
The Wall Street Journal:
When Summer Mills visited her local CVS drugstore recently, to save a few dollars she bought the store-brand facial scrub rather than the Olay version she normally uses.
“I thought I’d be able to tell the difference, but I couldn’t — I looked at the ingredients and they seemed almost the same,” says […]
Forbes:
While things might be topsy-turvy in the financial markets above ground, it’s still a bull market in the boneyard. The 13 famous names that make up our Top-Earning Dead Celebrities earned a combined $194 million over the last 12 months.
Topping the list for the second year running, is the former King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, […]
It’s amazing how dramatically websites like eBay have changed the ways we sell online. Years have passed since then, and things are beginning to change. 4Sale 4Now hopes to take that to a whole new level.
Buyers and sellers are now meeting each other in a whole new way. Rather than bidding or […]
Fortune Small Business:
Q: I need a balance in my business. Some months I am swamped. Other months I have nothing. How can I market my services so that work comes in steadily, but slowly enough for me to handle each client with utmost care? Should I advertise a lot and put clients on a waiting […]
BusinessWeek:
Nothing beats “mailbox money” when it comes to boosting your bottom line. That’s when you license an idea, innovation, or invention to another company in return for a royalty payment. Each quarter, magically, a royalty check shows up in your mailbox with a gross margin of 100%.
There has never been a better time to be […]
USA Today:
McDonald’s says its third-quarter profit jumped 11%, beating Wall Street estimates on another quarter of strong sales both overseas and in the U.S.
Fast-food sales have been holding up despite the economic downturn.
McDonald’s, based in Oak Brook, Ill., said that it earned $1.19 billion, or $1.05 per share, the three months ended Sept. 30. That’s […]
The New York Times:
Earn big money taking photographs in your spare time!
It sounds like a late-night TV come-on for a phony get-rich-quick scheme. But in this case, it might just be true.
Thanks to the Internet and digital cameras, thousands of semiprofessional photographers are now selling their shots through so-called microstock Web sites to customers around […]
The Daily Telegraph:
Australia’s ageing population will create enormous opportunities for small businesses involved in these areas, finds the inaugural Business & Population Monitor from business advisory firm PKF, with Access Economics.
It found that as well as the ageing population, these sectors would also gain from Australia’s rising immigration and increased fertility rates.
It said the working-age […]
No matter what area of business you are in, there is a good chance you need sales to keep your business afloat.
When it comes to this area of business, Kevin Boyle has had plenty of experience and seen what it takes. Besides coaching individuals in the world of sales, he has also written a […]
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