IPO Basics: A Road Map
Registration Statement Before a company may offer its shares for sale, it must first file a registration statement with the Securi... Read story
Corporate Reporting
IPO Basics: The Registration Statement
Nov 1, 1999
Registration statements have the following two principal parts: Part I is the prospectus, the legal offering or "selling" document. The "i... Read story
Who's Tops At The Bottom Line?
Jun 1, 1981
In terms of percentage gains in net income, the top performer among the INC. Second 100 is Gerber Scientific (No. 123), which engineered a 36,488% increas... Read story
Net Income
The net income of a company is its profit. The terminology is influenced by its source, which is the company's Income Statement. This statement shows Inco... Read story
Show Your Stuff
May 1, 1984
Depending on what you manufacture, your company may be able to put products as well as numbers in its annual report. Courier Corp., a printer headquartere... Read story
Bridgeline Software Going Public
Dec 15, 2006
Dec. 15, 2006 -- Bridgeline Software, a Woburn, Mass., software firm, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange... Read story
Your Financial Snapshot
By Mark Henricks | Dec 11, 2007
Financial ratios can tell you how your company is doing financially, as well as tell you how you're doing as compared to competitors. Read story
UNTITLED
Feb 1, 2003
What do Coca-Cola , Gillette and The Washington Post Co. have in common? For one thing, they all boast W... Read story
Power of an Open Book
Jan 1, 1997
Here's a new argument for opening your company's books: It can be a hot customer-service tool. Unipower Corp., a Coral Springs, Fla., electronics manufact... Read story
Return on Assets (ROA)
Return on assets (ROA) is a financial ratio that shows the percentage of profit a company earns in relation to its overall resources. It is commonly defin... Read story
Employment Costs Rising
Jul 31, 2007
Following sharper gains earlier this year, private-sector wages and salaries rose 0.8 percent in the second quarter, the Labor Department reported Tuesday... Read story
Benefit Costs Drive Compensation Spending in Third Quarter
Oct 31, 2006
Oct. 31, 2006 -- Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 1 percent in the third quarter of 2006, compared 0.9 percent ove... Read story
Shutterfly Files $92 Million Initial Public Offering
By Angus Loten | Jun 30, 2006
The Inc. 500 company, which is banking on growth in the photo print market, will trade on the NASDAQ. Read story
Not So Fast
By John Stiglmeier Jr. | Mar 1, 1988
The mailbag also contained letters about the INC. 500, including a few from people who were, in one way or another, dismayed by the list. A company'... Read story
Super Marketer
By Joseph Rosen | Dec 1, 1985
You state that A&P's above-average net income is due to closing of unprofitable stores. I believe that some further research will show that A&P's... Read story
The Inc. 100: We Missed A Trio Of Winners
By Jack Stephens | Aug 1, 1981
I read with interest your INC. 100 list in the May issue. Movie Systems Inc. was incorporated in November 1975. We would appreciate consideration for fut... Read story
Wired For Profit
Feb 1, 1983
A moment of sympathy, please, for the small investor. He is always the last to know what's going on -- and the least likely to profit from it. Consi... Read story
The Metrics
Nov 1, 2008
Net Profit Margin Net Pretax Profit ÷ Revenue The bottom line -- the amount you have left after every other expense is t... Read story
Self-Employment Contributions Act (SECA)
The Self-Employment Contributions Act (SECA) of 1954 is a tax law that requires the owners of small businesses—such as S corporations, partnerships, and... Read story
Telecom's Golden In Russia
By Jim Oberweis
Jim Oberweis is the chef du jour in the sizzling small-cap kitchen. Here's a taste of what he is serving up to clients and subscribers. Read story
Corrections
Jul 1, 1985
The 1985 INC. 100 listing (May) included an incorrect report of the 1984 net income for Genex (#80). The correct figure is a $7.4-million loss. In "... Read story
Inc. 500 Industrial-Services Firm Lists Stock on OTC
By Leslie Taylor | Aug 18, 2006
MISCOR Group ranked No. 128 and reported sales of $46.3 million in 2005. Read story
IPOs: How Soon and How Much?
Nov 1, 1999
Timing the Market A number of factors can affect the success of an initial public offering. A company may have some control over c... Read story
Complex Equations
By Peter C. Loughrin | Feb 1, 1985
In "The One-Minute Lender" (December 1984), Bruce Posner muses that some bankers have asked the authors of the H-score how to calculate cash flow. Pretty ... Read story
Raising the Bar for Bonuses
By Ellyn E. Spragins | Jun 1, 1991
Creating a bonus plan that motivates employees. Read story
IPO Basics: Due Diligence
Nov 1, 1999
During the due diligence phase, the company, its underwriters, and their attorneys will focus on the registration statement. This phase will require the c... Read story
Fiscal Year
A fiscal year is any 52-week period used consistently by an organization for the purposes of financial reporting and policy setting. It may or may not cor... Read story
Transferring an S Corp. to Your Kids
By Jill Andresky Fraser | Jul 1, 1993
Grantor-retained annuity trusts let children of S corp owners pay less in estate or gift taxes on stock transfers. Read story
New Ways to Retain and Reward Employees (Hint: We're Not Talking Stock Options)
Oct 10, 2002
In the wake of media reports about abuse of stock options, some technology firms are rethinking the incentives they use to compensate valuable employees. Mea... Read story
For The Graduate Who Has Everything
By George Gendron | May 1, 1992
Gift ideas for high school graduates. Read story
How to Cut Your Own Pay
By Jill Andresky Fraser | Feb 1, 1993
How one CEO tailors his salary to his company's performance. Read story
Personal Income Rising
By Angus Loten | Dec 19, 2007
Following a slowdown earlier this year, U.S. income growth picked up over the third quarter, the government reports. Read story
Memories Of De Lorean
By Craig R. Waters | Oct 1, 1983
It has been nearly a year since the British government closed the De Lorean Motor Co. plant in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, losing 2,600 jobs in the bargai... Read story
Online Sales Outpacing Brick-and-Mortar Retailers
Nov 17, 2006
Nov. 17, 2006 -- E-commerce sales rose by 3.4 percent in the third quarter to $25.6 billion, the Commerce Department reported today. ... Read story
Guaranteed attention
By Inc Staff | Dec 1, 1990
Pushing an invisible product with new colorful packaging. Read story
Inc.500 Firm Reports Growth for Tenth Straight Quarter
Nov 3, 2006
Nov. 3, 2006 -- Evault, an Emeryville, Calif-based data protection firm, today reported profitable growth for the tenth consecutive quart... Read story
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