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Raises;

Merit raises ballooned to 9.1% in inflation-ridden 1982.Now they're down and still falling. Jittery about the economy, employers are cutting the ave...  Read story

Boxed Set

New business packages magazine subscriptions to be sold as gifts through retailers.  Read story

Popular Perks

Chart showing the most common privileges granted to employees of small companies.  Read story

Honest Workplaces More Productive

Being open and honest with workers boosts morale and productivity, a survey finds.  Read story

IP Conference in New York

Jan. 8, 2007 -- IncreMental Advantage, a Princeton, N.J.-based private research group, is hosting a two-day conference on managing intell...  Read story

How to Retain Key Employees

Advice from entrepreneurs on how to keep key employees motivated.  Read story

Compensation: Incentives

Chart: Compensation survey of 630 companies asking their reasons for adopting an incentive pay program.  Read story

The Health-Care Bill, Today

A look at what small companies now pay for health-benefits programs.  Read story

Small-Business Optimism Up

Fewer owners are reporting cash-flow problems this month, a survey shows.  Read story

Family Values in Small Business

Chart showing percentage of companies which offer employee leave or unpaid parental leave.  Read story

Industrial Revenue Bonds

Tax-exempt industrial revenue bonds provide the best financing rates in years.  Read story

Businesses Suspect Credit Card Rip-Off

A majority of small retailers say they are not treated fairly by their credit-processing firms, a new survey shows.  Read story

How to Fire

Insight into successful firing and hiring practices.  Read story

Seller, Beware!

How to spot the customers you don't want. You know just who we're talking about: the high-maintenance, low-profit customer. The on...  Read story

Benefits;

Does your company's benefits package include tuition reimbursement, weekly cocktail parties, scuba-diving lessons, ski weekends, white-water rafting trips...  Read story

Environment

Chart outlining public attitudes about stricter environmental regulations.  Read story

Health Education Wanted

A Gallup poll suggests that when a company takes an active role in health promotion, employees listen.  Read story

The Economy This Week

Small-business and consumer outlook improves; private-sector payrolls rebound.  Read story

Compensation;

Mention the phrase "competitive pay rates," and most executives focus on industrywide comparisons of their top-level managers. They rarely consider that ...  Read story

New Study Reveals Why Meetings Are So Unbearable

Frequent interruptions, cell-phone use, and a lack of bathroom breaks are among the many complaints employees have.  Read story

Street Smarts: The King and I

A visit with a king provides some unexpected business lessons.  Read story

Keeping In Touch

From simple beeps to ticker-tape printouts, the message is clear. Pagers and mobile phones are rapidly becoming more useful and affordable.  Read story

The Passing Of The Broker's Boardroom

With the arrival of interactive computers and radios that sound alarms and talk back, an office-bound investor no longer is at the mercy of a broker's teleph...  Read story

Better Returns on Spare Cash

If your company has spare cash, alternatives to bank accounts and CDs can help generate extra working capital.  Read story

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the October issue of Inc.  Read story

Former Inc. 500 Firm Acquired for $325 Million

Orange Glo, which makes OxiClean and other cleaning products, will be bought by Arm & Hammer's parent company.  Read story

Upstarts: Virtual Campuses

Here's how start-up University Access partnered with universities and PBS to sell long-distance learning programs. Plus: why corporations are likely customer...  Read story

CEO's Notebook

CEOs give advice on: learning how to identify the customers you don't want; enhancing your employees' health coverage; and integrating new employees into an ...  Read story

Why Pay For Ads That Don't Work?

Imagine if advertisers had to pay only when a customer bought something. That day may be here.  Read story

Venture On The Cheap Publicly Traded Companies

Nearly two years ago, Merrill Lynch Venture Capital Inc. put together an unusual partnership. While most venture capital funds raise money in chunks of $1...  Read story

Mother Of Invention

Lots of businesses are born of necessity, but few of so frightening a necessity as this  Read story

Dealing With Diversity

Research shows that innovation won't happen without a diverse work force. Then why do so many CEOs clone themselves for every position?  Read story

Find Out What Your Customers Really Want

Small groups can show you better ways to sell your product.  Read story

Business Development Companies: Boom Or Bust

A 1980 law made it easier for venture capital companies to go public. But the market's collapse and some fundamental questions have produced a trickle rather...  Read story

Improving The Odds For Hiring Success

Businesses are using personality testing to check out their own hunches about salespeople.  Read story

What Do Workers Want?

Survey results on what employees want from their jobs.  Read story

Letters

Readers react to articles from the January 1999 issue of Inc., including Leigh Buchanan's "The Smartest Little Company in America" and David Shenk's "Why You...  Read story

Are You Rich Yet?

Their wealth may look enormous on paper, but Inc 500 CEOs generally don't describe themselves as rich. You may disagree.  Read story

Signals For An Upturn?

The Small Business High Technology Institute stands ready to mobilize the private sector and to stimulate the federal governemnt toward maximizing innovation.  Read story

Making The Most From Your Computer

Keep track of your investments with a computer What do insiders know that the rest of us don't?  Read story

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