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Jul 26

Getting Health Insurance in Canada

My purpose is to discuss the important information that you'll need to know if you are thinking about or planning on moving to Canada as a permanent resident.In this article, we're going to talk about some of the first things you need to do when you arrive in Canada as a permanent resident.Health Insurance CardOne of the first things you'll want to do after arriving is apply for health insurance cards for every member of your family.  Applications are available in many places, ...
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Date July 26th, 2010 Filed in Business
Jul 22

Try Selling Around Themes when Running a Dollar Store

One thing is for sure when starting a dollar store; you must know your competition.  As the dollar/discount market continues to draw more businesses, knowing the competition is a way to not only know the challenges you face, but also to set actions in-place to excel.  With careful study of your competitors and then implementing actions to make your store stand above the rest, customers will respond.  That response will be defined by sales and more return visits.  However ...
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Date July 22nd, 2010 Filed in Business
Jul 21

Soft Key Performance Indicators are "mission-critical" - this is the way to develop them

In this article we will work through a real example of an operational soft KPI that changed the relationship of a business with its customers. After reading it you will be able to apply a similar thought process to your own business. Setting target levels of service. The Business: Specialist auto component repair services. The business had a working KPI model in place. The Customers: Auto repair firms dealing with consumers and their insurers.So The service: Pick up of repair ...
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Date July 21st, 2010 Filed in Business
Jul 20

Health Reform- The Tax Impact on Small Businesses

Tax credits for certain small employers that provide insurance. The new law provides small employers with a tax credit (i.e., a dollar-for-dollar reduction in tax) for non-elective contributions to purchase health insurance for their employees. The credit can offset an employer's regular tax or its alternative minimum tax (AMT) liability. Small business employers eligible for the credit. To qualify, a business must offer health insurance to its employees as part of their ...
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Date July 20th, 2010 Filed in Business
Jul 19

Two Types of Women Entrepreneurs at Their Best in Relationships

Often switching instantly from one role to another to yet another throughout the day, female entrepreneurs must become adept at managing their distinctly separate relationships ' from one moment to the next, sometimes instantaneously. While this ongoing Clark-Kent-becomes-Superman evolution may seem difficult at times, strategies exist for handling it well.      A recent study from Jane Out of the Box, an authority on female entrepreneurs, reveals there are five distinct ...
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Date July 19th, 2010 Filed in Business
Jun 19

Selecting Investigators for Workplace Investigations

In order for an investigation to be successful, consideration must be given when assigning an investigator to a case. In small organizations where employees frequently interact and know each other personal level, investigator selection becomes increasingly difficult. Depending on the size of an organization, companies may use third party investigators, while others use internal staff. There are pros and cons to both options, as internal employees are fully versed in company ...
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Date June 19th, 2010 Filed in Business
Jun 10

Online Degrees and Employee Screening

The most prominent trend in the employment screening industry has been a proliferation of online databases offering cheap background checks.  Any one can access the internet and with a quick search be able to purchase, for example, criminal records for a low fee.  While that is very appealing to companies looking to trim the budget on background checks, it may in fact be a dangerous trend.What do the companies say that have been running background checks, back when employment ...
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Date June 10th, 2010 Filed in Business
Jun 4

Detecting and Preventing Employee Embezzlement

Employees are attempting to become increasingly creative with the methods used to embezzle money from their employers. Kickbacks, payroll fraud, false reimbursement claims and the use of company credit cards for personal use are all examples of employee embezzlement.  Employers encounter these matters on an all-too-frequent basis. Employers can fight back by creating internal "road blocks" , helping deter employees from getting their hands on money that is not ...
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Date June 4th, 2010 Filed in Business
May 13

Ten Global Payroll Challenges (and How to Overcome Them)

As multinationals continue the search for process excellence and economies of scale, more and more processes are being standardized and centralized, whether within a true shared services organization or otherwise. One of the more recent entrants to this increasingly crowded stage is payroll: more and more organizations are making the move form disparate local, national or regional payroll systems to one global payroll operation, centralized and optimized and yielding significant ...
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Date May 13th, 2010 Filed in Business
May 8

Shandong Linqing Bearing Base

Based on local strengths to create high-quality products bearing base - Enhance the county's economic strength, Shandong Linqing September 13, from Shandong Province Bureau of Quality Supervision, the SME Office, Province of relevant industry associations (department), authentication centers and technical institutions of the province of experts on-site assessment team production base of high quality line of nine people, to Linqing right province of high-quality products ...
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Date May 8th, 2010 Filed in Business
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