Planning for Your Company's Future

Ensure that your company is headed in the right direction with these few steps.

Two women 'with Down's syndrome' kill 65 at Iraqi pet market

Two women who reportedly had Down's syndrome may have been unwilling suicide bombers in twin blasts that killed up to 65 people at pet markets in Baghdad today. A female bomber killed 45 people at a packed pet market in Baghdad this, police said, in the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in six months.

UBS facing subprime banking investigations: report (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. government prosecutors are
investigating whether Swiss banking giant UBS misled investors
by reporting inflated prices of mortgage-backed securities it
held despite knowing those valuations had eroded, the Wall
Street Journal said on Saturday.

Employment drops in a pink slip blizzard (AP)

AP - In a shower of pink slips, U.S. employers cut jobs last month for the first time in more than four years, the starkest signal yet that the economy is grinding to a halt if it hasn't already toppled into recession.

Watchdog: Congress causes biggest tax problem

End-of-year congressional votes to change the tax code have created havoc for the Internal Revenue Service and top the list of problems bedeviling taxpayers, according to an annual report released Wednesday.

What Counts as an "Issue" In the Clinton-Obama Race?

To the editors of the New York Times, the quality of leadership seems not to be an "issue." The ability to unite the country is not an "issue." What Obama calls the empathy deficit -- attunement to the experience and needs of real people -- is not an "issue." Honesty is not an "issue." Trust is not an "issue." Moral judgment ...

Banter Is Enouraged at Some Workplaces

Small business owners should welcome employee chatter.