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Self Help Africa: Why Only Profits Can Cure Poverty

Bill Frezza | Posted 05.21.2013 | World
Bill Frezza

Africa has long been a place where charity goes to die. Tragically, most of this aid has been wasted, either stolen by corrupt local politicians or handed out in a way that traps people in a state of dependency that only generates more need for aid.

Accounting Firms Tally High Margins

Mary Ellen Biery | Posted 04.04.2013 | Small Business
Mary Ellen Biery

Privately held accounting, tax prep, bookkeeping and payroll services companies (NAICS code 5412) posted an average annual net profit margin of 21.2 percent, based on financial statements filed during the 12-month period ended February 2013.

The Greatest Gift: Harmony Cooking for Those You Hate and Love

O'Brien Browne | Posted 04.02.2013 | Business
O'Brien Browne

If you hate your boss, bring her/him home-made muffins. If your best friend is getting on your nerves, bake bread together. If you can't stand your family, cook for them.

Profit Shares Hit New Highs, Washington Focuses on Disability

Dean Baker | Posted 04.02.2013 | Business
Dean Baker

The downturn caused by the collapse of the housing bubble was the key factor behind both soaring profits and rising disability rates. In terms of their relative importance to the economy, soaring profits swamp rising disability payments.

Pride And Greed: For What Purpose?

Brad Reid | Posted 03.28.2013 | Religion
Brad Reid

Both pride and greed are moral failings to avoid. Individuals, businesses and even nations may be trapped by pride into reckless behaviors and by greed into catastrophic overreaching. The ancient wisdom that calls us to avoid these attitudes is still true.

Engaging the Pharmaceutical Industry in the Fight Against Childhood Cancer - Piece No. I

Jonathan Agin | Posted 05.19.2013 | Impact
Jonathan Agin

The fight against childhood cancer is not possible without innovative drugs that are available for delivery without significant restrictions.

Real Corporate Change Takes the Six I's

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 03.31.2013 | Business
Dr. Jim Taylor

The question isn't whether your business must change; that is a given if you want it to survive and thrive. Rather, the question is: Will our company change?

Despite Nonstop Whining, Corporate Profits Set Record

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 01.17.2013 | Business

Science has determined that people need to know 7.5 things per day, on average, about the world of business. You can't argue with science. Lucky for y...

The Incontrovertible Business Case for Clean Energy

William S. Becker | Posted 03.11.2013 | Green
William S. Becker

Just as a responsible householder would fix his plumbing, a responsible nation would fix the leaks in its energy economy. Responsible businesses are figuring this out and are saving money with green energy.

Facebook Uses 'Double Irish' Dodge To Pay Less Than 1 Percent In Foreign Taxes

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 04.22.2013 | Business

Social media giant Facebook is the latest American corporation to use its offshore entities as a way to dodge the taxman, paying only a 0.3 percent ta...

Time to Panic Over the Pullback?

Michael Farr | Posted 10.26.2012 | Business
Michael Farr

Is it likely that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is flirting with five-year highs right before we are about to go into recession? The answer is obviously no, but there is another factor that has been introduced into the equation.

Is Tesco Failing Overseas?

PA | Posted 12.02.2012 | Politics

Supermarket giant Tesco reported a fall in group profits today as a return to sales growth in the UK was overshadowed by a downturn in Asia and Europe...

Facebook: It's Free... But Should It Be?

Shruti Eva Saini | Posted 10.29.2012 | Business
Shruti Eva Saini

What if, instead of focusing on corporations for profit, Facebook turned to its primary consumers: us, the individual users of the site? Would you pay?

Exxon Mobil's Rising Profit Masks Larger Problems

AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 09.25.2012 | Business

NEW YORK (AP) — A jump in Exxon Mobil's net income couldn't mask broader problems for America's largest oil company. The Irving, Texa...

Romney, Obama, and Personal History

Jesse Larner | Posted 09.18.2012 | Politics
Jesse Larner

The Republicans seem to think that Mitt Romney's personal history better prepares him for the office. Because he made hundreds of millions of dollars in business. But what did Romney do, really?

What's Wrong With Our Country?

Laura Mola | Posted 09.11.2012 | Home
Laura Mola

If Ralph Lauren manufactures in China, so be it, then that's where these uniforms were coming from. End of story. End of pride.

Young Entrepreneur Council: 10 Tricks for Startups Trying Out Marketing Stunts

Scott Gerber | Posted 07.14.2012 | Small Business
Scott Gerber

What's a fun paid marketing stunt that's worth the cash for small-but-savvy startups that might not have huge budgets?

Young Entrepreneur Council: Quit Blaming the Economy for Why You're Not Making Enough Money

Scott Gerber | Posted 06.27.2012 | Small Business
Scott Gerber

The Young Entrepreneur Council promotes entrepreneurship as a solution to unemployment and underemployment and provides entrepreneurs with access to tools, mentorship and resources that support each stage of their business's development and growth.

You Can Be a Patriot Or a Profiteer... But You Can't Be Both

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 06.27.2012 | Politics
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

This week, the three military contractors that do the most business with the Pentagon announced their quarterly profits for 2012. Their profits continue to grow while they push Washington, D.C. to protect their budgets at the expense of the rest of us.

Corporations May Have A Tougher Time Escaping Taxes On Foreign Profits

Reuters | Posted 06.23.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The corporate tax lobbying group WIN America has canceled its business with outside firms effectively ending its ad...

Oil Giant Takes Home Big Profits

Reuters | Posted 06.18.2012 | Business

* EPS ex-items of 89 cts top Wall St view of 85 cts * Revenue rises 30 pct to $6.9 bln * Shares up 4.5 pct ...

Big Bank Sees Profits Drop

Reuters | Posted 06.13.2012 | Business

* Net income $5.4 billion vs $5.6 billion year earlier * Q1 EPS $1.31 vs $1.28 year earlier April 13 (Reuters) - JPMorga...

U.S. Workers Aren't Using Their Vacation Days

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.12.2012 | Business

Wanna get away? No. Nearly half of American workers didn't use all of their allotted vacation days last year, according to a recent survey conduct...

Major U.S. Corporations Squeezing Even More Money Out Of Employees

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.09.2012 | Business

Major corporations are making certain they get their money's worth out of each individual employee. S&P 500 companies made an average $420,000 in ...

Harvard Business Students Debate KKR and Sustainability

Gwen Ruta | Posted 05.22.2012 | Green
Gwen Ruta

For years, Friedman's theories held young business students in thrall across the country, but last week at Harvard Business School, I saw a totally different ethos.