Business Insights

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7 Steps to Prepare Your Company for the Economic Storm
When the economy takes a turn for the worse, executives need to ensure their company is ready for the challenges ahead. Here's a seven-step plan to prepare.
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The New $250,000 FDIC Coverage: and What You Should Know If Your Bank is in Trouble
On Oct. 3rd the U.S. Congress approved a temporary increase on FDIC coverage for individual, IRA, CD, and business accounts. Under this legislation, deposit coverage increases from $100,000 to $250,000 through the end of 2009
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Keeping Your Cash Safe: How to Insure up to $50 million in Bank Deposits
While treasury bill, notes and bonds are typically viewed as the safest place for cash, there are new convenient bank options that offer insurance beyond the $100,000 mark.
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Steering Through the Economic Storm: 12 Habits that Engender Optimism
As the Wall Street meltdown and credit crisis pushes onward many economists are giving sensationally bleak forecasts about the storm to come. Some say that to have a positive outlook about the next two years is either foolish or disingenuous.
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Tough Times: What to Do (and Not Do) with Human Assets
Eight steps to maximizing your human assets.
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12 Ways to Gain Ground in a Slowing Economy
Looking for ways to take advantage of the weakening dollar, the down real estate market, low interest rates or weak competitors? This article presents 12 ideas for finding opportunity in adversity.
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IQ vs. EQ: How to Hire Smart People Who Understand More Than Just the Job
For many years organizations thought that bright, intelligent people were the key to superior performance. But “book smarts,” in the form of high IQs or stellar GPAs, we now know, don’t always translate to equally exemplary job performance.
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