As you may have noticed, things are slow around here on the blog. The main reason is that Ive been busy on a book project that Im working on with a few other bloggers. Im hoping that it is mostly out of the way now and I can go back to my regular posting schedule in the New Year.
Thank you to all the readers who entered in the Quicken Home and Business 2012 Giveaway. The winner, chosen at random is Philip S. Ive contacted Philip with instructions on where to download Quicken. If you really, really must have a copy of Quicken, Intuit is selling it for $49.99 ($60 off the list price of $109.99) at participating retailers such as Staples, Best Buy and Future Shop between Dec. 26, 2011 and Jan. 6, 2012. (Thanks to gene for sharing this deal with readers.)
Before I sign off for the year, I want to take a moment to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year.
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One of the many difficulties of starting a small business is gaining access to capital during the startup phase. With the large growth in small specialty businesses across the country, credit card companies are beginning to design special programs to help this new breed of business achieve success. For even those small businesses that have access to capital, the perks and benefits associated with small business credit card programs, can still be useful to help you compete more effectively in the marketplace. Below are just six of the many ways in which a small business credit card can help your business to operate more smoothly and improve your bottom line.
Ease Your Cash Crunch
A small business credit card can ease your business’s cash woes. T
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Government proposes scheme to help elderly people to downsize from larger homes and suggests we should be planning to pay for any care we receive in later life.
The Government has proposed that elderly people in larger homes should be helped to downsize into smaller, rented properties to ease Britain’s housing crisis. It’s also suggested that care provision should be saved for in advance to avoid the prospect of people having to sell their homes to pay for the cost.
The rental scheme will allow people to rent their homes to local authorities, who in turn rent them out to young families.
The authorities would maintain the property and pass the income back to the homeowners or their estate.
Research says that 25 million bedrooms are empty in family homes in England. Hou
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US BioDesign announced today the launch of its cardiovascular biomaterials business segment. This portion of US BioDesign will be responsible for the research, analysis and production of products and services in the cardiovascular device area. This includes OEM components for all cardiovascular products, including cardiac and peripheral stents, vascular grafts and stent grafts, vascular access devices, pacemakers, and accessory products for heart valves.
The U.S. cardiovascular device market was $8.29 billion in 2007 and is expected to reach $20.70 billion by 2014, which represents a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 14.5% from 2009 to 2014. The U.S. cardiovascular biomaterial market was $3.43 billion in 2007 and is expected to reach $7.74 billion in 2014 with a CAGR of 13% from 2009 to 2014.
US BioDesign is well situated to take full advantage of these rapidly growing markets as a result of the world class research and development expertise of its team and its ability to solve customers’ problems as biomedical engineers, not textile engineers.
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The Policy Institute of Montana issued a report recently calling for higher taxes through a more progressive system. The report is titled “Tax is not a Four-Letter Word: Ideas for a More Progressive Taxation System in Montana.” The Institute would like to raise income taxes on the wealthy . It would like to eliminate corporate tax havens, repeal the oil and gas tax holiday, and raise the tax rates on mineral royalty holders. It would also like to reduce property tax assistance for wealthier homeowners.
I have never thought Montana had a progressivity problem. The state does not have a sales tax. It has a relatively high personal income tax. Most of the Institute’s proposals are aimed at raising more revenue. And the Institute seems very concerned about addressing the growing income inequality. Indeed, the only tax relief for the poor outlined in the report is a call for adoption of an earned income tax credit. In ot
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