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New Tool for EU Entrepreneurs

The online Enterprise Europe Network links research and policy groups with small-business owners.  Read more

U.S. and China Feud; Best Analytics Tools

Trade relations between the US and China sour. After nearly two years of negotiations, China has rejected claims made by the United States and Euro...  Read more

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 more

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 more

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—usuall...  Read more

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 more

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 more

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 more

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 more

Free Free-Trade

Trade wars can only hurt the U.S. and Europe.  Read more

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 more

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 more

Jack Plunkett Interview: The Future of Technology & the World

This article is part one of a two part series.  In part two, we will look at what small businesses should know. Read more

Turmoil Today, Jobs Tomorrow

The Coleman Foundation Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies explains the results of studies on regional economies.  Read more

A Must-Read List for First-Timers

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: <...  Read more

Is 2011 the Year of a Digital Privacy Revolution?

Federal legislation for digital privacy is poised for a major overhaul in 2011, kindling a heated dialogue among policy makers, start-ups, and legal scholars.  Read more

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 more

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 more

Op-Ed

Why democracy is America's second most valuable export  Read more

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 more

Exporting Entrepreneurship

Why democracy is America's second most valuable export The classic formula for helping troubled nations become part of the free w...  Read more

Update: McCain Strikes Boldness From Climate Speech

D'oh! I was a bit premature yesterday when I laudedRead more

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 more

Top 10 Global Companies

From London to the Congo, here’s where Inc. 500 companies are finding opportunity abroad.  View slideshow

07.22.2011 | Inc.com Daily

The language of entrepreneurship, your business's debt ceiling, a profile of Groupon's Andrew Mason, and more.  Read more

Wordly Wise

Harbor International has prospered for years through global turmoil. Hakan Castegren has seen it all since he launched Harbor International Fund...  Read more

Happy Birthday, WTO?

An organization best known for sparking riots also deserves some credit for promoting the interests of American entrepreneurs.  Read more

Advanta Cuts Its Credit Cards; A New Era in Antitrust

Europe fines Intel $1.45 billion in a record antitrust case. The EU released its scheduled verdict against Intel today and it was a resounding vict...  Read more

Orthodox Entrepreneurs; Vice Industries Feel the Pain

Zipcar Goes IPO . Zipcar, the car sharing service based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is going public next year, according to Read more

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 dream of.  Read more

Going Global, Part 13: Is It Safe Yet?

The murder in Instanbul this January of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink served as a sob...  Read more

Going Global, Part 15: Wheeling and Dealing Around the Globe

Top trade representatives from "the group of six" gathered in Delhi today to formally recommence trade negotiations that stalled last July after failure t...  Read more

Seventeen Workers and $60 Million in Sales

The Inc. 500's greatest contribution.  Read more

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 more

Microsoft Drops Iron Curtain On Outlook

And there was much rejoicing! Wow! Microsoft Read more

One World

How will globalization affect small businesses?  Read more

More Time for Work? Let the Car Drive Itself

If only we could get work done on the way to work! In the next decade, the idea might become a reality. In business, the opportunity to let the car do the dr...  Read more

Funny Business on April Fools

Google kills it again with digi-hoaxes, as others try to get in on the gag action. Plus, the rest of the day's (real) news for entrepreneurs.  Read more

A Rare Glimpse Into the Mind of Steve Jobs

Why doesn't the SBA lend directly to small businesses? It's a reasonable question, according to a recent Read more

A Lesson From the World's Richest People

What strategies can you learn about running your business from Switzerland?  Read more

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