Remember the Luminaries . . .
Not too far over the horizon, we’ll be looking at 2015. But before we get into the crush of the holidays, it seems fitting that we take stock of things for which we should give thanks. As a business...
View ArticleYear-End Tax Planning for Business Owners, Executives
Buying equipment before year-end to take advantage of accelerated tax depreciation deductions has been a normal move for business owners in recent years. Unless late legislation enhances this option,...
View ArticleIn the News: Nov 2014
MissouriBuchanan County Jobless Rate Now Under 5St. Joseph continues to be one of Missouri’s shining examples on the employment front, with a September jobless rate of 4.9 for the month, figures from...
View ArticleBanks Weather Economy, Regulations to Stay Strong
“It’s got to be small startups and small businesses that are starting,” said Kevin Barth, president and COO of Commerce Bank in Kansas City. “You’ve got to always be helping the next business get...
View ArticleReaders’ Letters
Baseball MemoriesWhat a great editorial from Joe Sweeney [“I Remember It Like It Was Yesterday,” Ingram’s, October 2014]. I read it aloud to a great Cardinal fan, along with my aunt, Sr. Olivia Marie,...
View ArticleIn the Lap of Luxury
Tim Hickok surveyed the rubble of a residential building sector after the real-estate crash of 2007, and the smoke rising from those ashes smelled like . . . opportunity. For the past three years,...
View ArticleWhy Your Sales Process or Sales System Doesn’t Work
Are you being forced to sell someone else’s way? Are you uncomfortable using a “system” of selling? I read a report yesterday stating that 70 percent of all sales systems and sales initiatives fail. I...
View ArticleA Never-ending Vigil
If you’re a business owner or executive who’s sleeping like a baby at night, Rob Arnold offers this elbow to the ribs that might keep you up for a spell: “The interconnectedness of all business...
View ArticleIT Security on a Small Business Budget: 5 Basics
Target, Home Depot, Apple—most recently, they share the dubious distinction of being the victims of security breaches. Whether it’s Target and Home Depot getting hacked and exposing access to thousands...
View ArticleSuccessful Investing, Like Baseball, Entails Losses
Hopefully you were busy watching the Royals play in the post-season and not focusing on the stock market. But if you were switching the channel over to CNBC (shame on you) or surveying the market, you...
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