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How Your Office Can Go Green in 2013

Eco-Office Gals

Here are a few ways in which offices can contribute towards conserving the environment without much expense. ??Reducing Post from: Eco-Office Gals How Your Office Can Go Green in 2013. The post How Your Office Can Go Green in 2013 appeared first on Eco-Office Gals. Reducing Energy Consumption. Go green with your commute.

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Use of Contract Labor by Sole Proprietors Surging

Small Business Labs

The IRS recently released the 2013 data on sole proprietors. In 2013 there were a bit over 24 million sole proprietors reporting about $1.34   As the chart below shows, sole proprietor contract labor expenses increased 38% between 2010 and 2013.  trillion in gross business receipts. . 

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How to Name Your Business

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It’s far less expensive to name a company with a descriptive title and tagline,” Isen says. This article was published in May 2013 and has been updated. Consider the type of name you’re after. A few tools to brainstorm your name: Online business-naming tools such as Wordoid.com can help generate ideas.

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What I’ve Learned From Buying 8 Companies in 13 Years

Small Business CEO

Acquisitions are expensive and time-consuming, but they grant business leaders access to a new pool of resources to more fully achieve their vision. Between 2000 and 2013, I bought eight companies and assembled a vibrant, harmonious portfolio.…

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Economic Insecurity and the Decline of Babies

Small Business Labs

But they may go even lower in 2013. Centers for Disease Control indicate 2013's fertility may decline slightly compared to  2012. And they are expensive to raise. .  This maintains the number of U.S. births per 1000 women aged 15-44 at 63, its lowest level since records have been kept.

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The On-Demand Economy and the "Plight of the Sometimes Poor"

Small Business Labs

Conducted in 2012 and 2013, the study tracked the finanical lives 235 low- and middle-income households. They are very expensive and very hard to do.  The reason is this study covered several very important, growing trends: Income instability, volatility and uncertainty are causing problems for a wide range of Americans.

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Book Review: Hand to Mouth - Living in Bootstrap America

Small Business Labs

In 2013 Linda Tirado saw the following question on an online forum she followed: Why do poor people do things that are so self-destructive? Dental care in particular is expensive and hard to secure for the financially challenged.   The most depressing parts of the book are on health care, or the lack of it for poor Americans.

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