Cost Cutting

The Three R's of Boosting Profitability

Mary Ellen Biery | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Small Business, Business, Profitability, Corporate Profits, Generating Profits, Gross Profit Margin, Sageworks, Driving Profits, Business Profitablity, Cutting Costs, Cost-Cutting, Small Business News
Mary Ellen Biery

If sales volumes aren't improving or are volatile, business owners can still grow profits. Here are three ways to generate more bang for the bucks your business brings in.

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12 Free Apps That Will Cut Your Monthly Bills

SavvySugar | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Cost-Cutting, Money-Saving Iphone Apps, Apps, iPhone Apps, Money Saving Tips, Money Saving, Women News

Apps, apps, and more apps - everyone loves apps, especially if they're free. Check out these apps that will save you money and won't cost you a cent. ...

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About Leadership: False Economy

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Cost-Cutting, Leadership, Employee Perks, Business News
Bernie Bulkin

Cutting costs is for all seasons, but there is a great temptation for overzealous leaders to make decisions which look good but are counterproductive.

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BofA Cuts Investment Bankers In Industrials Group

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Bank of America, Investment Banks, Layoffs, Business News, Cost-Cutting, Brian Moynihan, Investment Banking, Video, Business News

Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) dismissed 13 investment bankers in its industrials group and may cut more, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing two ...

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Wells Fargo Turns To Cost-Cutting As Profits Rise By 30 Percent

AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Cost Cutting, Mortgage Lender, Net Interest, Economy, Wells Fargo, New Mortgages, Cfo, Waning Profits, Housing Clump, San Francisco, Business News

NEW YORK — The nation's largest mortgage lender is turning to cost-cutting as the economy sputters and the grinding housing slump means waning p...

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HSBC Considers Running Down Its Credit Card Business

Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Cost Cutting, Jakarta, Banking, U.S. Card Business, CEO Stuart Gulliver, Credit Cards, Retail Banking, Business Model, HSBC Holdings, World Economic Forum, Video, Business News

JAKARTA - HSBC Holdings will run down its $33 billion U.S. credit card business if it cannot find a buyer, the bank's chief executive said on Mond...

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10 Fastest Growing U.S. Industries

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Great Recession, Microsoft, Claims Adjusters, Voip, Telecommunications, Cost-Cutting, Wind Energy, Growing Industries, Skype, Technology, Newspaper Industry, Business News

Over the course of the recession, major companies have failed, entire industries have withered. But at least a few have not only survived, but grown. ...

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Corporate Profits At All-Time High As Recovery Stumbles

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cost Cutting, Corporate Profits, IHS Global Insight, Lynn Reaser, Labor Department, Employment, Bank Profits, BMO Capital Markets, Nariman Behravesh, Loma Nazarene University, Layoffs, Increased Labour Costs, Unemployment, Gdp, Financial Firms, Paul Ashworth, Capital Economics, Hiring, Unemployment Benefits, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Sal Guatieri, Business News

NEW YORK -- Despite high unemployment and a largely languishing real estate market, U.S. businesses are more profitable than ever, according to federa...

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Wal-Mart Profit Up But U.S. Sales Weak, As Many Customers Still Can't Afford

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomson Reuters, Bill Simon, Retail Sales, Third World America, Wal-Mart Profits, Brazil, Mexico, Cost-Cutting, Consumer Demand, Consumer Spending, Sam's Club, Wal-Mart, China, Business News

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported a 3.6 percent increase in second-quarter net income and raised its earnings guidance for the full year ...

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Economist Predicts Just 2% Growth In 2010

New York Times | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgage Purchase, Earnings, Cost Cutting, Walmart, Recovery, Lending, Credit Crisis, Economic Growth, Mcdonalds, Dubai, Gdp, Federal Reserve, Fed, Bernanke, Financial Crisis, Wall Street, Productivity, Business News

A Robust economic recovery in 2010 is certainly on most investors' wish lists as this year draws to a close. A return to prosperity would not only mea...

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Post Office Lost $3.8 billion Last Year

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Junk Mail, Economy, Post Office, Usps, Post Office Earnings Report, Email, Cost-Cutting, Postal Service, Mail, Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Postal Service reported a loss of $3.8 billion last year, despite a reduction of 40,000 full-time positions and other cost-cutt...

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This Gift Could Save Your Job

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Borowitz Report, Mckinsey, Santa, Andy Borowitz, Unemployment, Downsizing, Christmas, Reindeer, Cost-Cutting, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Nowadays, Santa's favorite reindeer game is sacking Blitzen if he isn't pulling his weight, thus downsizing the team from an unwieldy eight to a lean and mean seven.

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Not Business as Usual, It's Time for Business Un-Usual!

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sell to Survive, Cost Cutting, Business Expansion, Recovery, Economic Stimulus Package, Free Credit, Revenue, Selling, Solutions in Recession, Grant Cardone, Gross Sales, Income, Recession, Closing, Business News
Grant Cardone

Revenue creation is now the holy grail and things like organizing, planning and long management meetings must be put on the back burner

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Staples Institutes No Staples Policy as Part of Cost Cutting Measure

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Funny, Comedy and Satire, Small Business, Humor, Recession Small Business, Cutting Costs, Satire, Staples, Office Supply Retailers, Office, Cost-Cutting, Recession, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Office Supplies, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

You're welcome to remove and attempt to reuse staples from documents stapled before this change goes into effect, but the management would like to remind you that blood traces are not acceptable on finished reports.

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NBC to Produce Just One Episode of Jay Leno Show; Will Rerun It Until Someone Notices

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Borowitz Report, Brangelina, Brad Pitt, Andy Borowitz, Hubble Telescope, Jay Leno, Jeff Zucker, Angelina Jolie, Cost-Cutting, Happiness Project, Happiness, Nbc, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

"To many Americans, Jay Leno is their favorite comfort food," Mr. Zucker said. "We can think of nothing more comforting than offering them the opportunity to watch the same episode of Jay's show over and over and over again."

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How Not To Crack The Piggy Bank: 8 Ways To Save A Buck!

Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Weak Economy, Cost-Cutting, Reduce Debt, Money, Save Money, Economy, Cost-Savings, Healthy Living News
Felicia C. Sullivan

Last week you might have spied me on Fox Business News blathering on about how to pinch pennies in these precarious economic times. However, I wasn't able to fully cover all the ways in which I'm trying to save money without dumpster diving.

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