Down by Law
After years of lagging behind in all things wired, Europe finally appears poised to embrace the Internet. The Continent's on-line population will quadrupl... Read story
European Union
European Union (EU)
The European Union (EU), formerly known as the European Community (EC), was formed in the 1950s to encourage and oversee political and economic cooperatio... Read story
Value-Added Tax
A value-added tax (VAT) is a fee that is assessed against businesses by a government at various points in the production of goods or services—usually an... Read story
EU Sanctions Hurting Businesses
April 2004 --The European Union (EU) has begun imposing sanctions against the U.S., and manufacturing companies with business overseas are... Read story
E.U. Plans to End Trade Tariff Against U.S.
Oct. 28, 2004 --The European Union indicated this week that it would rescind trade tariffs that have been hurting U.S. exporters since Mar... Read story
Senate Approves Corporate Tax Cuts
Oct. 12, 2004 --Congress voted Monday to approve an inclusive $140 billion corporate tax-cut bill in the hopes of defusing ongoing Europea... Read story
U.S. Maintains Innovation Edge Over European Nations
Dec. 14, 2004 --In the face of an increasingly global economy, the United States has actually widened its advantage over most European nat... Read story
New Tool for EU Entrepreneurs
The online Enterprise Europe Network links research and policy groups with small-business owners. Read story
Free Free-Trade
Trade wars can only hurt the U.S. and Europe. Read story
Guest Speaker: The Root Causes of Immigration
As employers draw greater scrutiny for hiring undocumented workers, a way out of the current crisis may come from, of all places, Ireland. Read story
Testing Laboratories
Testing laboratories are utilized by all manner of businesses to provide objective analytical data on the quality of a product or a process. Some compani... Read story
Turmoil Today, Jobs Tomorrow
The Coleman Foundation Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies explains the results of studies on regional economies. Read story
Retaliatory E.U. Tariffs Squeeze U.S. Exporters
Sept. 21, 2004 --A standoff between the two houses of Congress over how to restructure corporate tax legislation is forcing U.S. companies... Read story
U.S. to Consider Quotas on Chinese Textile Imports
Nov. 2, 2004 --With the presidential election coming down to the wire and several key states still up for grabs, the Bush administration l... Read story
Op-Ed
Why democracy is America's second most valuable export Read story
China Imposes Higher Export Tax on Textiles
May 23, 2005 --China, under fire from both the U.S. and the E.U. over surging trade deficits, has decided to fire back. Beijing an... Read story
Giving Unternehmers a Good Name
The president of Europe's 500, an organization of the European Union's fastest-growing companies, talks about business. Read story
Fully Committed
Let others proceed gingerly. Bülent Çelebi has set up an American-style company in Turkey, where he enjoys advantages his competition can only dr... Read story
Wordly Wise
Harbor International has prospered for years through global turmoil. Hakan Castegren has seen it all since he launched Harbor International Fund... Read story
Happy Birthday, WTO?
An organization best known for sparking riots also deserves some credit for promoting the interests of American entrepreneurs. Read story
Seventeen Workers and $60 Million in Sales
The Inc. 500's greatest contribution. Read story
Trading Places: Inc.'s 2008 Export Guide
Who has petrodollars to spend? Where can you sell construction equipment? Jewelry? Management consulting? And where is the market that grew an astounding 55,... Read story
One World
How will globalization affect small businesses? Read story
Entrepreneurship Booming in Emerging Economies
Start-up activity grew in China and India in 2006, but fell slightly in the U.S., according to a new study. Read story
Tariffs
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How To Get Started
From dealing with red tape to protecting patents to getting paid... Read story
Into Africa
Yes, you can do business there. Read story
The Trouble With Lifestyle Entrepreneurs
New Zealand's business owners have struck a work-life balance that many of their American counterparts would envy. So why is this becoming a national crisis?... Read story
Going Carbon Neutral
It's easier than you think Read story
U.S., China Plan Textile Talks
August 15, 2005 --Negotiators from the U.S. and China will meet this week in San Francisco to discuss placing limits on textile imports fr... Read story
Dossier: Trade Secrets
Stephanie Black's film Life and Debt challenges a political position that many CEOs support. Read story
New Global Hot Spots
Look beyond Shanghai for the next big thing. Read story
There Will Be Blood Testing - Rules-Based Medicine - biomarkers
A decade ago in France, on a cool October night, American immunologist Dr. Mark Chandler had an ah-ha moment that wrenched him from his slumber. He jumped... Read story
The Connected Car
The introduction of the Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles will require a vast ecosystem of entrepreneurial businesses. Read story
When Politics and Trade Collide
Free trade, and the impact it has on U.S. workers, has become a hot-button issue on the presidential campaign trail. Neal Asbury, the Small Business Administ... Read story
How to Save American Business
An open letter to President George W. Bush on the state of our entrepreneurial union. Read story
John Scharffenberger, The Tastemaker
John Scharffenberger is a crucial part of the gourmeting of America. He got his start making fine chocolate and now he plans to create an American version of... Read story
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