‘Business’ Archives
Best Buy Is the Worst Buy? – Not So Fast
Best Buy Is the Worst Buy? – Not So Fast - AMZN, BBY - Foolish Blogging Network. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) has some critics saying that the company is losing out to online shoppers. Showrooming is said to be the reason that brick-and-mortar sales aren't growing as fast as online sales. Showrooming is where you go into a physical store, look at the [...]
Bringing manufacturing back to America
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Bringing manufacturing back to America Owner Michael O’Shaughnessy talks about the decision to have Element Electronics open up a new television assembly plant outside of Detroit – the only one of its kind in the [...]
Teaching Unethical Behavior
Teaching Unethical Behavior By James F Grebey Businesses provide ethics classes and seminars to teach employees about acceptable behavior in the workplace. Employees who are honest by nature usually take away some food for thought from these sessions while those who are not honest by nature take away only a free lunch. Ethics classes tend to [...]
The most popular American companies in China
The most popular American companies in China. By Douglas A. McIntyre and Charles B. Stockdale, 24/7 Wall St. The primary reason, it is often argued, that China is an important market for many large U.S. companies is that its population has doubled since the early 1960s. But the whole picture is actually more complex than that. China’s real [...]
More than 100 Sears and Kmart stores to close
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy More than 100 Sears and Kmart stores to close The company that owns Sears and Kmart said Tuesday it would close more than 100 stores, after lackluster sales during the holidays. Both chains have struggled in recent years. NBC’s Lester Holt [...]
BofA to pay $335 million in Countrywide settlement
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy BofA to pay $335 million in Countrywide settlement The Justice Department announced Wednesday it has settled lending discrimination charges against the defunct mortgage lender Countrywide, which steered black and Hispanic customers into more expensive subprime loans, [...]
Big malls make room for small retailers – USATODAY.com
Big malls make room for small retailers – USATODAY.com. Small, independent retailers, many of them mom-and-pops selling off-beat items, are increasingly popping up in shopping malls that have historically been filled by big brand-name retailers such as the Gap, Foot Locker and Victoria's Secret. "We've lost some big boxes to bankruptcies, and [...]
Bank loans to small business fall to 12-year low
Bank loans to small business fall to 12-year low. By Jacob Fenton, Investigative Reporting Workshop New federal data show that the number of small bank loans to business has fallen to the lowest point in more than a decade, cutting the flow of money to a sector that's usually a job-creation powerhouse. "It's usually the smaller business that [...]
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals, Tips and the Story Behind It All
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals, Tips and the Story Behind It All By Krystle Chow Savvy shoppers will know that Black Friday 2010 is coming up on November 26 and that it's the best time to score fantastic deals on the hottest items such as electronics and toys. Whether it's to get a bit of a head start on Christmas shopping, or [...]
Small Business Tax Questions: How Much Tax Will I Pay On S Corporation Profits?
Small Business Tax Questions: How Much Tax Will I Pay On S Corporation Profits? By Wayne Davies If you own a profitable S corporation, are you wondering how much income tax you'll pay on those profits? This article will answer that question. S corporation profits are reported on Schedule K-1. This K-1 is prepared as [...]
