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Best Money Tips: Save on Takeout

Today we found some awesome articles on ways to save on takeout, commonly overlooked tax breaks, and how to make your dreams a reality.

AMEX Small Business Profile: Stacy Debroff, MomCentral.com

We caught up with Stacy recently to get the inside scoop on her unique success story.

Best Money Tips: Find Good Cheap Hotels

Today we found some great articles on where to find good cheap hotels, how to avoid expensive car maintenance, and ways to improve your credit score.

Best Money Tips: 16 Cheap Emergency Essentials For Every Home

Today we found articles on emergency essentials everyone should have, how to get more energy without caffeine, and ways you may be messing up your retirement savings.

15 Ways to Make the Most Out of Warm-Weather Weekdays

Going from cubicle to couch should be a wintertime-only activity. These tips will have you out and about enjoying the warm weather after a workday.

How Health Care Reform Will Impact Your Small Business

The new health insurance reform legislation adds both new requirements and perks for small businesses.

Expected Value: How to Play the Odds and Come Out Ahead

By understanding the expected value concept, and making realistic assessments of your odds of success, you can make better decisions about how to allocate limited resources.

Best Money Tips: Make More Money

Today we found some awesome articles on ways to make more money, how to use and accrue frequent flyer miles, and steps to find a summer job.

Résumé Quirks to Embrace and Avoid

To gain deeper insight into a candidate's capabilities, try these techniques for evaluating candidates with just a few résumé and work-related quirks.

5 Ways to Waste Money at Your Business

Even if you think you have been ruthless about hunting down “leaks” in your budget during the downturn, you may be surprised to find that your company still has some.

Local Branding: Make Your Company Part of the Community

Being seen as a valuable member of your local community can keep you in mind for prospective customers or clients in a way that many other branding strategies can't.

Does Your Entity Choice Provide Personal Liability Protection?

Making your business a corporation or LLC only goes so far in protecting an owner's personal assets. Discover what you're responsible for.

How to Become a Premier Local Brand

When potential customers decided to purchase products from lower-cost sources, one regional business decided to go luxury instead...with great results.

Renting Computers for Higher Profits

Sick of conflicting operating systems, obsolete parts, and investing in a computer for every new employee? Don't buy, rent!

The Dilemma of Entrepreneurial Decision-Making

Are you the type who takes candy now or who holds out for cake? Learn why both decisions can be valuable, and how to figure out whether it's better to act now or wait.

Best Money Tips: How to Prepare for Natural Disasters

Today we found some great articles on how to prepare for natural disasters, how flexible you should be in your job hunt, and things you must do this September.

Putting a Value on Conferences

Conventions and conferences are great for networking and boosting exposure. But are they good investments of time and money?

10 Business Owners Who Turned Services into Products

The problem with selling a service is that supply -- you and your staff -- is often limited. But what if your service could be made into a product?

Are Capital Improvements Required By Law Tax Deductible?

When the government says jump, you ask how high. You may also be asking whether or not your compliance efforts are tax deductible.