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I know, I know, as Phil Gramm told us last week, it's all mental, but the headline in this morning's business section glared at me from the newspaper in my hands -- not one of the voices in my head. "Inflation up 9 percent o

As a child my dad would take me on his bread route. Wally Christenson was the regional sales manager for the Tastey Bread company, and delivered bread and bakery items to grocery stores large and small throughout Wisconsin. I sat in a bread box as

62 percent of employers pay for long-distance calls when employees call home during business travel. 37 percent of employers offer a compressed work week. 24 percent of employers offer extra benefits such as postal services, legal ass

It's fairly intuitive that the best way to keep down the number of sick days employees take is for them to actually take sick days when they need them and keep the influenza out of the office. As businesses try to scale back health care spending,

86 percent of business owners think safeguarding customer data is a high priority. 83 percent of business owners believe that a breach would impact their business's reputation. 34 percent of businesses surveyed have no tools or proced

It's easy to curse Big Oil every time you stop at the pump. Or George Bush. Or the Saudis. I know I can't fill up my Jeep without getting a little bit angry. But how fair is that? I mean, honestly, is anything ever that simple? When employees hear

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FINRA is increasing the pace of investigations and enforcement actions against advisors who defraud older investors, according to the Wall Street Journal. FINRA's goal: to protect seniors against unscrupulous financial advisors who take their