Joint venture agreements are contacts entered into by small business owners who wish to form joint ventures, i.e. partnerships, between their business and another company.  These joint venture agreements, also known as joint venture contracts or JV agreements, consummate and formalize a joint venture arrangement.  However, before undertaking such a venture, the small business owner [...]

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In a Confidentiality Agreement, also known as a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), two parties agree in writing to keep certain information confidential between them. While it is advisable for small business owners to secure the services of an employment or intellectual property attorney, non-lawyers with business experience can draft said contracts independently if they keep [...]

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So today reports are surfacing that Bernard Madoff, the perpetrator of the largest Ponzi scheme in history, is dying of cancer in a North Carolina Federal Prison.
The 71-year-old is reportedly taking 20 pills a day to treat his cancer and has told other inmates that he does not have long to live.
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Passwords, Financial Documents, log-in details for social sites, vacation and private photographs, contracts…. we all have them on our computers.
Well, what happens when your computer crashes and you continue to have problems? If you are not a computer technician, you take them in to get fixed. Right?
Well you might have second thoughts after reading this.
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The old cliché that time is money still manages to ring true in today’s hectic business world. There are a multitude of distractions in the average office, and sometimes, you can fall into these traps without even knowing it. Here is a far from complete list of the top ten productivity time wasters and how [...]

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It wasn’t that long ago that there were only a handful of ways one could surf the Internet. As recently as 2002, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer had close to 90% penetration, which meant that web pages really only had to be coded for that one browser. Today, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera are taking bites [...]

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The average work day is filled with small battles, some of which we win and some of which we don’t. One battle that we fight every minute of every day is one against distraction. If you have been losing this battle more than winning it lately, here is a list you can double check to [...]

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If you have been accused of a crime or if you are required to attend litigation, the choice you make of legal representation may be the most important decision of your life. The American system of law has very little to do with guilt or innocence, instead, it is based on who can weave the [...]

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For millions of young adults, a student loan is the first kind of borrowing they do. With the current economic downturn affecting every part of the credit market, many are wondering if private student loans are still an option. The answer is that dozens of private student loan providers have stopped offering loans in the [...]

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The key to any successful business these days is making contacts. Millions of words have already been written in thousands of best selling books about how to make new and permanent contacts, but here is a quick reference list you can consult when it seems that you’ve run out of options.
Video teleconference - As more [...]

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