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Small businesses have plenty to learn from Target's blunder.

I recently got the following question: “Last year I paid $1,000 to someone to build my website. But his business is an LLC. I heard that I do not have to send a 1099-MISC form to a corporation. So I have no requirement...

Stocks are falling because of brewing troubles in emerging markets. And those troubles are the result of economic ignorance: too many central bankers don't know how to defend their currencies, which are under attack. If ...

After two days of a global market selloff, investors cannot help but ask whether this is a normal correction or something more serious.

As a hotel guest, I am always annoyed when I am required to pay extra for WiFi. But thanks to WiFi service from a Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based startup, lets a Las Vegas casino charge an even higher price premium to grant ...

When you’re running your own company, it’s easy to be consumed by the day-to-day tasks that never seem to end. But it’s important to schedule time to get out of the office and think strategically about your role, t...

If President Obama were to announce capital gains tax cuts during his State of The Union address he could take credit for pulling the stock market out of crisis while aiding the middle class and the poor.

Severe cold and icy conditions in much of the U.S. recently may generate some much-needed business for privately held auto repair and maintenance shops, which saw minimal sales growth in 2013 as U.S. auto sales hit a six...

Mothers of the students who learn Krav Maga at Jarrett Arthur's Los Angeles martial arts school often tell her stories about how vulnerable they have felt driving into desolate, unfamiliar neighborhoods. Often, they'll...

The FDA warns that many popular weight loss supplements contain banned and possibly dangerous pharmaceutical drugs.

Among the big names reporting earnings on Monday, Apple is expected to attract a lion's share of the market's attention, particularly with activist investor Carl Icahn pressuring the company to bolsters its stock value.

I've been an HR person since Cyndi Lauper ruled the airwaves, and the whole time, employers have been frantically revising and revamping their practices to stay current. That's the key to running a good business, isn't i...

I swear I wasn't looking for trouble. I earn my keep as a consultant, speaker, and author on hospitality, foodservice, and the customer experience. The night this story takes place, however, I was chilling at the bar as ...

“Tax Resolution” Firms

Imagine the chagrin of an executive whose trial run at a company didn?t work out, when he changes his job title back to freelancer and LinkedIn so helpfully sends an email to let everyone know. Or imagine the anguish of ...