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Recruiting;
Awarding bonuses to employees who recruit new people has been an effective management ploy since the days of the Model T, but these days you may do better... Read more
The Great Fund Failure
Mutual funds were designed to let the small guy invest in the market cheaply and efficiently. The system doesn't work, though, when fund investors are to... Read more
The People Prediction Game
Determining someone's personality type has become a popular management practice for putting the right people in the right jobs. But it can also sell people s... Read more
You Have Some Choices
A brief look at why two growing companies decided to offer 401(k)s and how they balanced cost and service. Read more
All-in-one Accounts
When Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. introduced its Cash Management Account (CMA) in 1977, it undoubtedly expected a lot of competition. Tha... Read more
Picking a Plan
1. Evaluate Your Needs If you want to encourage your employees to contribute to their retirement, there are two options: a so-called SIMPLE (savi... Read more
Best of the Net: Setting Policy
If a dangerous and insecure world raises questions about your insurance coverage, these sites can help you reexamine your options -- up to a point. Read more
Most Likely to Succeed
Generation Y is getting an early start. Read more
March Madness: Time to Control Staff Web-Surfing?
In late December, Fidelity Investments canned an employee for playing fantasy football on company computers. With March Madness only a few weeks away, is it ... Read more
Mobile E-Signatures for Legal Deals on the Go
E-signatures are coming to a mobile phone near you. As business continues to move from the computer inside the office to the handheld on the go, digital sig... Read more
No Fooling
Inc.'s editor explains why the employee manual at the Motley Fool, a personal-investing Web site, gives a clear sense of what it's like to work for the company. Read more
Shaking the Foundations
For years philanthropy has been the preserve of the super-rich. Now entrepreneurs are bringing it to the mass market. Read more
A Startup To Help Startups and the Stork Visits Twitter
The dark side of micro-lending . The Wall Street Journal has a long, fascinating story on a new credit bubble in India. On the surface it sounds fam... Read more
How to Launch Your Company's 401(k) Plan
How to set up a retirement plan that maximizes employee contributions, minimizes fees, and puts your staff on the path to making wise investment choices. Read more
Who Are the Real Entrepreneurs?
A noted entrepreneur explains why many people who share that lable are not really entrepreneurs. Read more
Play Money
Founder of simulated stock market confronts decision among three different long-term growth strategies. Read more
Play Money
Some companies are earning high returns on their idle cash -- and living to regret it. Read more
Upstarts: New-Biz Watch
For-profit schools: a look at Advantage Schools; Michigan's governor's take on school privatization; and companies that failed in this market. Read more
Sole Survivor
One third-generation family business has survived imports, mergers, offshore manufacturing and new technologies. Read more
Looking The Other Way
How Jack Sullivan Chooses stocks Read more
Offshore Drilling
Why foreign-based VCs are taking a closer look at U.S. firms. Read more
Health Care Stocks: "90% Confusion And 10% Opportunity"
Choosing the right health care stocks; Read more
Short On Cash?
There's a new way to sell receivables: on an exchange. Read more
Parallel Lives
Bill Gates has a golf handicap in the double digits. And so does Ronald Harland! Tom Monaghan launched his pizza empire in Michigan. And Lisa St... Read more
The Advice Squad
How outside boards give CEOs what they can't get anywhere else. Read more
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