Small Business

How Millennials Could Make or Break the Brexit Vote

By Suman Bhattacharyya

In the final days before the referendum on Britain leaving the EU, poll numbers show the “leave” and “remain” sides in a dead heat. The Financial Times Brexit poll of polls has “leave” at 45 percent...
13 Tax Tips for Self-Employed Workers in 2016

By Janna Herron

The gig economy often means trickier taxes for self-employed workers. A third of the American workforce falls into that category, according to TurboTax, including 3.2 million on-demand workers, like...
How To Become an Everyday Millionaire…From Those Who’ve Done It

By Janna Herron

When you picture a millionaire’s lifestyle, does townhouse living or budgeting only $40,000 a year come to mind? Probably not. But it’s that type of frugal living that helped four everyday people to...
The Naughty Employee Costing Your Company More Than $12,000

By Millie Dent

We all have those colleagues who criticize you to co-workers behind your back, make rude remarks about your outfit or demand extra work from everyone but themselves. These toxic behaviors might be...
Employees Are Paying More – Much More – for Health Care

By Beth Braverman

While wages have been stagnant over the past decade, the amount that workers pay for employer-sponsored health insurance has more than doubled. Average employees at mid-size and large companies paid...

Behind Every Successful Woman, There’s a Clock

By Beth Braverman

Author Laura Vanderkam has made a career out of studying how people spend their time. For her latest book, I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time , Vanderkam looked...
10 Worst States for Working Mothers

By Marine Cole

Working mothers may want to avoid moving to the South, where the quality of child care leaves a lot to be desired and professional opportunities are scarce.
What Successful People Don't Say at Work

By Travis Bradberry, Inc.com

You can't build a strong professional network if you don't open up to your colleagues; but doing so is tricky, because revealing the wrong things can have a devastating effect on your career.
10 Worst Cities to Start a Business in 2015

By Marine Cole

If you’re about to start a business, you may want to stay away from the New York City area and from the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.
10 Best Cities to Start a Business

By Marine Cole

Some of the best cities to start a business are located in the South, where resources for small companies are often more available and more affordable than in Silicon Valley or the New York area.

7 Smart Ways to Manage Your Office Holiday Party

By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

A few years ago, a former colleague who had recently been hired attended our annual holiday party, which included a sit-down dinner. At his table, he performed a napkin folding “trick” that was meant...
7 Top Tips for Holiday Gift Card Purchases

By Herb Weisman, CNBC

You probably have some gift cards on your holiday shopping list. Once again, this year they're the most-requested present. Here are seven simple ways to get more for your gift-card dollars. 1. Buy...
Now, Even Your Bra Could Be Hacked

By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

This could be the biggest thing to hit the world of intimate apparel in years – and the biggest boon for creative hackers , too. A prototype for a “smart bra” that can detect the presence of stress...
Why the Holidays Are Hazardous to Your Love Life

By Emily Shire, TheWeek.com

Tis the season for bad relationship decisions, says a new survey from the dating site PlentyOfFish . Holidays are not only a time for good cheer and gift-giving, it’s also the time for hooking up...
Boozy Buying Is New Source of Income for Retailers

By Kelli B. Grant, CNBC

Endless lines. Pushy crowds. Hearing "The Twelve Days of Christmas" for the umpteenth time in a matter of hours. Spend a little time shopping this holiday season , and odds are good you'll want a...

Search form