Negotiating tips businesses can learn from consumers

June 8, 2010
By Naomi Monk
Negotiating tips businesses can learn from consumers

Business owners are also consumers.  Think about the products and services you purchase for your business operations.  If you do not get what you paid for do you know how to negotiate or complain effectively to get results? Here are some excellent strategies business owners can learn from consumers who have honed this skill SUE IN...
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Business success is more of an obstacle course than a career ladder

June 1, 2010
By Naomi Monk
Business success is more of an obstacle course than a career ladder

See what you can learn from an interview with Barbara J. Krumsiek, chief executive and chairwoman of the Calvert Group Ltd., an investment firm, where Krumsiek reveals that her success in business is more of an obstacle course than a career ladder. Q. Were there...
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Six ideas to fix the U.S. financial system

May 24, 2010
By Naomi Monk
Six ideas to fix the U.S. financial system

Here are six ideas by CNN editor, Allan Sloan, on reigning in Wall Street. See if you agree with him. Step 1. Demand more skin in the game Any reform plan worth its salt should greatly increase capital requirements — the amount of money that...
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Wussy regulator defends oversight of failed Washington Mutual

May 18, 2010
By Naomi Monk
Wussy regulator defends oversight of failed Washington Mutual

Facing withering attacks for failing to prevent the largest American bank failure ever, a former regulator defended his actions and pushed back against claims that he was too cozy...
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Community banks taking brunt of bursting commercial real estate market

May 5, 2010
By Naomi Monk
Community banks taking brunt of bursting commercial real estate market

Federal banking regulators closed 23 banks, the highest monthly toll in nearly a year, as the troubled commercial real estate market continues its fallout. In total, the April bank closings...
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Securities and Exchange Commission files suit for fraud against Goldman Sachs

April 16, 2010
By Naomi Monk
Securities and Exchange Commission files suit for fraud against Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs, which emerged relatively unscathed from the financial crisis, was accused of securities fraud in a civil suit filed Friday by the SEC, which claims the bank created...
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