Matters Column
A weekly column on matters concerning legal, money, small business, family business and people issues.
ARTICLES
Honesty, integrity always are the best policies
If you are following the news regularly, you should be very concerned about the future of small business.
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Retirement strategies for the family business owner
Which type of business owner are you?
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Football and the First Amendment — who do we root for?
There is no denying the power of athletes to affect, inspire and even anger us.
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Best of times? Worst of times? Check the data
Most people would say that the first step in solving a problem is to define the issues.
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Young people face immense financial challenges
August is the month when back-to-school sales seem to be everywhere and when the excitement of returning to school intensifies.
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Do what you love — but as pastime or profession?
It is fun to watch someone take an idea that you entertained and make a successful enterprise out of it. If it is a good idea and you don’t act on it, someone else will.
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Mom and pop should study up on new OT rules
The U.S. Department of Labor has released its long-awaited final regulations governing the “white collar” exemption for executive, administrative and professional employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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‘Gray divorces’ and ‘silver separations’ present special challenges
Once again, baby boomers have come up with something new and all about us. It’s called the “gray divorce.”
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When payments leave U.S., kiss most of the tax revenue goodbye
Brexit. BEPS. EU State Aid. Inversions.
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Leadership develops within a team, not on its own
Hard to believe, after all these months, the potential political leadership options for our country are becoming formalized for a vote in November.
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