Category: Business
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Margin and Markup and two different things!
I know they both start with “M” and they both are used pretty frequently together. Other then that, they have entirely different meanings and one can hurt the other. Margin: The percentage margin is the percentage of the final selling price that is profit. Markup: A markup is what percentage of the cost price you…
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Read the fine print on the contract!
I review contracts frequently. It’s part of my job. I’m not a lawyer, but I need to protect my company. I have an understanding, through a finance and accounting basis, that I am obligated to protect. Aside from that, I also feel that businesses have to apply common sense and basic protection with any contract they…
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A Delaware Corporation – What’s so great?
Well I wouldn’t call a Delaware Corporation “great” but I would say that they are the best corporate havens that we have in the US. Your first answer when you ask people, “why Delaware” is that they are a corporate tax shelter. Which isn’t really true. Although there is no corporate income tax in the…
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SEO Rapper – Design Coding
Chuck, the SEO Rapper is back! This time he’s doing a rap on Design Coding. Check it out!
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Great article about how the internet is playing a key role in a new recession
Leveraging The Internet In The Recession – Forbes.com Great article about how the internet is playing a key role in a new recession.
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Bush is optimistic about the economy
What kind of horrible headline is this? Does the author really think that at some point Bush is going to say, “this economy is really f*cked!” Of course he’s optimistic, he’s currently running it. His key motivation to come out and say this, is solely on the pressures that we are in a recession. I’ve…
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Good article about Houston becoming a technology center
Josh Tabin is interviewed about Houston tech sector. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/5516289.html
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The High Definition DVD War strikes it’s (almost) final blow
Taps for HD DVD as Wal-Mart Backs Blu-ray – New York Times That’s it! The battle of the high definition DVD’s is over! Back in the 80’s, the war between VHS and Beta Tapes was the talk of the town. There were many different factors concerning that battle, but the final blow came when the…
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Ever wonder how you look on paper? Personal financial statements can look scary
I once learned back in college that more then 2/3’s of the country look horrible on paper. At work, we have all seen or heard about corporate financial statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, etc. Have you ever tried to do a personal financial statement on yourself? Usually it’s pretty surprising the amount of debt…
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On Your Mark, Get Set… Recession!!
There seem to be a vast number of technical definitions for the word ‘Recession.’ Although most of the financially based definitions seem to be more centered around GDP, they all reflect negatively. The best definition I found to match our current situation is “the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP; and employment…
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