For almost 12 years, I’ve been performing a variety of investigations. They have ranged from petty theft and street crimes, to tax fraud and big-time white collar crime. I’ve learned many things from both the perpetrators of crimes as well ...
Read More »Saving needn't mean pinching your pennies
If skipping your morning latte to save money is not an option, there are other ways to save a small bundle of money this year that may not cramp your style, or make you nearly as grumpy. Following are seven ...
Read More »Communicate, communicate, communicate
We have been talking about the last five areas that make up every business in the world, this fifth are is “collecting.” The four other areas that make up every business in the world are: “Clients” or “customers”; “Administration”; “Getting ...
Read More »8th Circuit considers a couple of contract cases
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rarely hears contract cases. Generally, litigation concerning business agreements is confined to the state courts, unless diversity of citizenship exists between the parties and there is more than $75,000 in controversy, which allows ...
Read More »AOL and Yahoo to charge for spam-filter bypass, Goodmail
Companies that want to ensure that their e-mails are being received by AOL and Yahoo e-mail users will have a new service available to them soon. AOL and Yahoo say that spam and worries about online scams have made e-mail ...
Read More »Is your budget a boring task master or an exciting master plan?
Every New Year comes with accounting nightmares of looking back and looking ahead. The centerpiece of this drama is the battle of the operating budget. By definition, an operating budget is a “list of all planned expenses and revenues.” An ...
Read More »Rules for hiring family members
Many self-employed people want to hire family members to work for them. But as with many things in life, there’s a right way and a wrong to do this. Doing it right can promote family togetherness. But it can also ...
Read More »Beware of lax letters of intent
Letters of intent are generally non-binding, but parties should never presume that this is true in every situation. Given that letters of intent have sometimes been found to create enforceable contracts, lawyers who carelessly prepare these documents place their clients ...
Read More »Full-service consulting firms ease process for developers
Too often, developers call on a host of separate sub-consultants and designers to shepherd them through the plan, design and approval process. Developers are likely to deal with a band of subcontractors that will include land planners, site engineers and ...
Read More »Recent ruling reflects rigid retirement risk
The largest occurrence of retirement in the workplace is on the precipice as the baby boomer generation is curtailing or withdrawing from employment. There are some 72 million of them, born between 1946 and 1964, comprising about 25 percent of ...
Read More »iMarketing
Just five years ago, if your firm didn’t have a website you risked lagging behind your competitors as they sprinted to keep pace with the ever-changing, increasingly tech-savvy world around them. Nowadays, if you don’t add an RSS feed or ...
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