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The Great Depression


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Banks Can Now Pay Interest on Business Checking Accounts

But not all banks will offer them, and if you choose one, watch for hidden fees.  Read more

Giving Thanks at the Office

In the spirit of the season, it's time to sit back and reflect on not only what we're thankful for, but also for whom we are thankful. The experie...  Read more

Will the Recession Kill Green Business?

We are arguably in the midst of the biggest boom the green-business movement has ever seen, with all those who have been paving the way for more than two ...  Read more

The Success Gene

Why some family businesses thrive year after year after year.  Read more

5 Stupid Tech Questions

The other day I referred to the announcement of 40,000 layoffs on Monday alone. I stand corrected. It was actually more than 70,000 American workers losin...  Read more

"The Worst Mancession in Recent History"

Atlantic: "Worst mancession in recent history." In nearly every age group, men are losing jobs at a faster rate than women. The male unemployment r...  Read more

Inc.com Daily | Entrepreneur News

Meebo's Web check-in service, Marriott's video game recruiting tool, the 'art of the little bet,' and what else you need to know today.  Read more

iPhone 4 Day One Play by Play

It's selling out everywhere. No surprises there. People are standing in lines wrapped around buildings like it's Jaws playing at the theaters in 1974 (or ...  Read more

Bailout Fallout

Earlier today, the House of Representatives balked at the Paulson bailout plan, prompting the Dow to drop 777 points. Writing on his New York Times ...  Read more

Shrinking Angels Funds and a Memorable Coffee Bust

If only Norm Brodsky got to him in time. On Slate today, there's a great cautionary tale ab...  Read more

The Best Industries for Starting a Business Right Now

Which types of services are still booming? Which products remain popular in the face of weaker consumer confidence? Here's a look at some of the fastest-grow...  View slideshow

How to Save Money, and Avoiding Survivor's Guilt

After the layoff. A Time Magazine article reports on the dangers of ...  Read more

Legal and Illegal Preemployment Inquiries

The chart below outlines the type of information you can ask for in applications and during job interviews as specified in federal laws. The chart may als...  Read more

I Was Seduced by the Web Economy

A look at seven E-commerce myths and the entrepreneurs who bought into them.  Read more

Kevin Rose on How to Get Web Traffic

How to grow your website . At the Future of Web Apps conference in London, Kevin Rose gave a talk on how to grow your web site's audience from one t...  Read more

What the Obama Plan Means for Business

Taking apart the new financial regulations. New York Times' columnist Joe Nocera Read more

Resolved, Determined, Motivated

Blood and guts! That's what's going on everywhere in the marketplace right now. There's the credit crunch, decreased consumer spending, the bailout quan...  Read more

The GOP's Stimulus Speciousness

In the waning hours of the GOP's unsuccessful effort to...  Read more

10 Presidents’ Day Leadership Lessons

Small business owners can learn many lessons in leadership from the 44 men who have worked in the Oval Office. Here are universal lessons on how to be a lead...  View slideshow

Tough Love for Employees and Pandora's New Deal

The deal that saved online radio. Pandora, and other Internet radio sites, are breathing a sigh of relief today, one day after record labels and on...  Read more

The Key to Good SEO, and Some Good News (Maybe)

How to fix your Google results . Wall Street Journal reporter Julia Angwin writes about her efforts to take control of her Google results. Angwin is...  Read more

Facebook Finds a Friend in Washington

Facebook may hire Robert Gibbs, the former White House press secretary, to head up the company's communications department, and the rest of today's news.  Read more

Oracle’s Shopping Spree; Cities that Foster Innovation

Is Selling to Larry Ellison the New IPO? The Wall Street Journal has a front page story on a rare "shopping spree," in which Larry Ellison's Oracle...  Read more

The Candidates And The Crises

This was the week for the presidential candidates to address the twin economic crises of the moment: the collapse of the sub-prime housing market on Main ...  Read more

Is Twitter the New Fireside Chat?

For all the things that Barack Obama did well in this campaign, perhaps the most impressive was his use of social media technologies. There was the Obama ...  Read more

How Not to Get Duped by Invisible Display Ads

When an employer strikes . If you've ever thought of spying on an employee you suspect might be working with a competitor, the story of Kathy Lawlor...  Read more

How to Design a Great "About Us" Page on Your Website

Whether you're starting from scratch or revisiting an About Us page in need of a little TLC, you can take yours from forgettable to memorable by incorporatin...  Read more

The King of the Barbershop Resurgence

Aidan Gill's old-school salon was named best new barbershop last year, and he's become oracle in America's fastest-growing industries.  Read more

Obama Outlines $30 Billion Small Business Loan Proposal

How does President Obama's plan to increase hiring break down?  Read more

How I Did It: Gloria Pink

Gloria Pink, of the famous Pink's, gives reasons Angelenos of all stations will wait an hour for a hot dog.  Read more

Is the U.S. Losing Its Economic Edge?

Not a chance, thanks to innovative entrepreneurs and curious consumers. Amar Bhidé on why the techno-nationalists have it all wrong.  Read more

iPad And "Nimble" Pricing

Nimble? Apparantly, that's Apple-speak for price cuts regarding the iPad. Here's where it comes from: a meeting earlier this week between Credit S...  Read more

Against the Odds: A Bank Start-up

Kate Kelly launched Minnesota Bank & Trust amidst the 2008 market crisis. She says she’s ready to take it through another.  Read more

When Peter Drucker Speaks

In a review of Drucker's new book, "The World According to Peter Drucker," Speaker of the House Gingrich explains why Drucker is the most influential writer ...  Read more

Why a CEO Needs to Have a Plan B

For nearly three decades, in good times and bad, Jack Stack has run his company, SRC, as though disaster could strike at any moment. Now, with the economy cr...  Read more

Kelly Cutrone's Advice for PR Success

Kelly Cutrone, star of Bravo's Kell on Earth and founder of People's Revolution, talked to Inc.com about training the Gen Y workforce, learning the power of ...  Read more