Strong communication skills are crucial to any successful business interaction, and a keystone of good communication is good listening. This article delineates 5 steps to improve your listening skills and help you become a truly good listener in every circumstance.

The bursting of the dotcom bubble in the year 2001 was a defining moment in the global web industry. People believed that the web had been given far too much significance than it merited, not withstanding that initial glitches are a common feature of all technological revolutions. The shakeouts in fact mark the beginning of new and innovative technology ready to replace the old and the redundant.

When marketing a product or service, businesses find it difficult to set their prices. Too high, and no-one will buy, too low, everyone will buy, but you will go broke. So how do you set your prices? You must set your prices on value, and on what the market will bear.

The vast majority of people injured by their employer's negligence don't claim compensation. Why might this be?

Okay so I do a lot of research; have traveled afar and obviously I have something to say. Ah; “Rants from Lance” indeed. Yes in fact it is over do but it is time; It is Soap Box time; I Read an interesting article today about the fact that 80% of all penalties for employment withholding costs were fined to small businesses with under ten employees.

Ah, the ebb and flow of work. Sometimes it seems like there is much more ebbing than flowing with all of the workflow, the deadlines, the projects and presentations, but overall the tide seems to constantly be flowing in and out, in and out, in and . . . sorry.

Recently the Maryland State Legislature thought it prudent to require more disclosure than is already required by law and a complete audit of each franchisee of every company, which was franchising in their state and providing jobs and tax base.

Mining Gold is hard work you know? There are many people in the US to this day who still mine for gold. Did you know that in many countries people have protested mines, gold and silver are easy ones to protest because it is associated with greed as those minerals are also considered legal tender.

Most of the American citizens believe in the Federal Trade Commission’s original mission, although having seen the truth and reality of the Federal Trade Commission’s ten-year delay on the changes to the franchise rule and the way they conduct themselves, do we really need the franchise rule at all?

Once upon a time, long, long ago -- in the early 1990s -- the concept of fractional ownership in private aircraft was born, and there was much rejoicing throughout the land. People who never believed...