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Three Paths To Increase Revenue and Margins
If you lead an organization or a business unit, odds are you have at least one objective related to growing your top line or improving the bottom line. The task is deceptively difficult. The goal to increase revenue (and/or improve margins) is a clear mandate but, practically speaking, one that is very difficult to exe
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YOUR MONEY: Tax planning for businesses in the year ahead
As I mentioned in an earlier article, the landmark passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in late 2017 brought the most significant changes to the tax landscape we have seen since 1986. Previously we discussed how individuals were impacted by the changes, but businesses could also have significant adjustments to m
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The Silent Profit Killers Lurking Inside Your Business
Here are the most commonly overlooked ways businesses lose money.
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5 Ways to Protect Your Wallet From Holiday Shopping Fraud
I'm betting that you're deep into the weeds of holiday shopping right now, alongside many Americans. It's unfortunate, but the holiday season brings many opportunities for fraud and scams that result in lost money and plenty of headaches for shoppers.
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Inflation Rate Spikes As Retail Workers Quit And Chairman Powell Deflects
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 17: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee July 17, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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Dispelling Five Common Payment Recovery Myths
With customer acquisition costs rising, more subscription-focused businesses are searching for ways to improve customer retention and extend lifetime value. One solution is to reduce involuntary churn caused by failed payments.
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Let’s talk about diversity in real estate investing
Diversity is something we’re all paying more attention to lately. It isn’t just good for humanity — it’s good for business. While becoming a real estate agent has often been a good career for women, there is also a gender gap between women and men when it comes to commercial real estate, as well as a diversity and gend
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Emerging From The Pandemic: How Small Businesses Can Begin To Recover
As small businesses plan strategies for reopening and recovery, the new business landscape offers little more than painful choices. Being shut down or running minimal operations may turn out to be less stressful than facing the challenges ahead—new rules for safe operation, huge debts, uncertain ability to retain a wor
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Missed Rents’ Impact on Real Estate
By Niel Harmse & Bryan Reid of MSCI Real EstateLockdowns and social distancing have impacted many tenant businesses, resulting in an unprecedented number of requests for rental relief, stressing real estate rental income streams. For equity investors, income returns have weakened, despite softening asset values. Recent
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Maximum employment? What it means post-pandemic may have changed already
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U. S. unemployment rate hit a record low of 3.5% a year ago, but that bit of history comes with a footnote. It arguably was not the best overall time for workers in recent decades. That honor goes to the final months of 2000. Even though unemployment rates were a bit higher, wage growth was s