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A Cornucopia of Cost Cuts
A no-stones-unturned attitude toward cost savings permeates companies' thought processes. May 8, 2009
Import Duties: Bend Me, Shape Me, Any Way You Want Me
Small and midsize businesses can use the same customs-duty strategies large multinationals use. May 8, 2009
Attack of the Penny Savers
Small companies don their creative cost-cutting caps to shore up cash reserves and ride out the downturn. May 1, 2009
Looking for Funding? There Must Be Something Wrong With You
Venture capitalists are still reluctant to invest and will look skeptically at any company willing to sell itself during this down market. April 30, 2009
Treasury Moves to Break Logjam in Secondary Credit Markets
Aiming to get loans flowing to small businesses, the U.S. Treasury will start gobbling up securities backed by Small Business Association loans by the end of this month. March 16, 2009
Layoffs Could Trigger COBRA Cash Crunch
If you terminated 1,000 people recently, you might have to lend the government a million interest-free bucks for a few months. March 13, 2009
Customers "Banking" on Your Working Capital
Nearly all business-to-business suppliers are feeling their working capital squeezed by customers delaying payments, according to the Credit Research Foundation. March 4, 2009
Financial Woes Spur Some Short-term Hiring
Companies may be cutting back overall, but many see project-based workers as offering the flexibility needed to keep going. February 25, 2009
How to Slash Your Credit Exposure
The downturn gives companies an excuse for demanding that customers share more financial information, to keep on top of clients' ability to pay and stay viable. January 22, 2009
Happy New Year, Global Accounting
Though it's a little early for cork-popping, IASB chairman David Tweedie talks about what's ahead for global accounting — and offers resolutions geared to holding fast against political pressure in 2009. December 10, 2008