Celebrate! Grieve! Sit And Bite Your Nails! A Guide To The Reagan Tax Program
If there was ever a time to question the adage "Nothing is certain but death and taxes," now is the moment. While death still seems a good bet, no one is... Read story
Donna Sammons Carpenter
Driving A Hard Bargain
DOING BUSINESS WITH BIG BUSINESS ISN'T AS SIMPLE AS IT USED TO BE. BUT THE PAYOFFS ARE STILL ENORMOUS. Read story
Everybody Into The Pool
COMPANIES MAY SOON FIND THEMSELVES SELLING MORE PARTNERSHIPS TO R D POOLS THAN TO INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS. Read story
Will Doctors Turn Patients Away At The Door?
Preventive medicine has taken on a new meaning -- to protect the doctor from malpractice suits. Paul Huth, a lawyer in Detroit, founded Physician's Alert... Read story
Going With The Flow
CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS ARE A GOOD WAY TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT YOUR COMPANY. THE PROBLEM IS FINDING THE TIME TO DO THEM. Read story
Heart On Ice
When doctors out to retrieve a human heart for a recent transplant operation in Louisville, they carried with them a red plastic picnic cooler. It wasn't... Read story
Beware The New Retirement Equity Act
New retirement legislation comes to the defense of widows, young people, and new parents. But for small and medium-size companies, it could be a nightmare. Read story
Play Money
Some companies are earning high returns on their idle cash -- and living to regret it. Read story
We're In The Money
Profit sharing and other retirement programs are being used to reward and retain even young employees. The key is a short vesting schedule. Read story
Taxing Matters
The Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 is bad news for small business. Read story
Taking Credit
For years, small business has assumed that the problems associated with the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit outweigh the advantages. It's time to take another look. Read story
Eat, Drink, And Be Wary
Travel and entertainment costs don't have to take such a big bite out of your company's budget. Read story
To Buy Or Not To Buy
Sometimes the answer to a vexing real estate problem is a little cooperative effort. Read story
Someday Supplements
Recent changes in the tax laws have prompted small companies to turn to supplemental-benefits plans as a way to beef up their retirement programs. Read story
Calling For Trouble
Ed Beagan, his face flushed with anger, grinds out one cigarette, then lights another. "What's the difference," he demands to know, "between what the Mafi... Read story
Alternatives To Incorporating
Given recent changes in the tax laws, operating your business as a corporation may no longer be a plus. Read story
Dusting Up The Coal Business
Max and Carroll Ladt are doing what they can to take the lumps out of the coal business. Ladt and his son Carroll are putting to work a process that... Read story
Tax Deductible Computing
Want to cut the cost of your personal computer? The best way, says James H. Stevralia, an associate in the law firm of Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & L... Read story
Foreign Affairs
Collecting delinquent foreign accounts is no easy task it requires determination and, in some cases the help of lawyers and professional bill collectors. Read story
No Accounting For Software
H-R Industries Inc., a Dallas manufacturer of printed circuit boards, needed payroll and accounting software for its IBM Personal Computer, so the company... Read story
Preferential Treatment
Employers are looking for preferred provider organizations to help cap the cost of employee health care. But it is too soon to tell just how hardy these plan... Read story
