
I can’t help but think about disaster planning, survival tactics, financial recovery and a giving spirit. It’s hurricane season and many cities and countries have been ripped apart during this time of year and stitched back together by their hearts and willingness to help each other.
It’s the…

Small business owners and their HR staffs are all too familiar with the arduous challenges of balancing business and employee needs. Rising costs, particularly related to health care/medical insurance, are central to business concerns. However, maintaining balance also requires effectively…

Entrepreneurs can do a lot to control their destiny, but there is little they can do about the weather. Hurricane Irene’s destructive path has devastated small businesses all along the eastern seaboard, and Tropical Storm Lee hit New Orleans hard.
Businesses recovering from storm damage must…

With the exception of July 4th weekend, the upcoming Labor Day holiday is usually the most profitable week of the year for a wide range of small businesses. For countless amusement parks, boardwalk arcades and seaside vendors, the week leading into Labor Day represents one last hurrah for the…

Politics aside, the end of Cololnel Qaddafi’s reign in Libya should be good news on the economic front. If oil production rises in post-Qaddafi Libya, oil prices will drop, resulting in lower gasoline and transportation costs for consumers and small business owners. World events don’t…

President Obama and Congressional leaders averted default and agreed on a budget deal that aims to cut $2.5 trillion in federal spending over the next 10 years. The plan also allows an increase in the government’s borrowing limit. As part of the compromise, a new 12-member Congressional…

Are your employees seeking work-life flexibility? While having flexibility in when, where and how you work is increasingly becoming the norm at companies of all sizes, a new study, the Work+Life Fit Reality Check, reveals there are still some roadblocks in the way.
Among the findings of the study,…

We have been hearing about the baby boomers for decades and we will hear about their impact for decades to come. I remember studying them in high school and college, so I’m guessing that it was on all Generation X and Y curricula. They are still the largest group of babies born in the U.S. at…

This probably won’t surprise you: Health-care costs are expected to increase by 8.5 percent in 2012—slightly up from this year’s increase of 8 percent, according to the annual Behind the Numbers report on medical costs recently released by PwC’s Health Research Institute. There’s both…