Railroad employment Class I linehaul carriers, April 2006 (% change from April 2005).(Industry...

The impact of the terrorist acts of Sept 11th on Crowley Maritime Corp, as an ocean carrier, has required us to reemphasize and tighten our already sound security programs, and to comply with new federal, state and local requirements. As a company, our liner services and much of our project ......

Over 3,000 class actions have been filed in California since 2000, many of which alleged that employers failed to pay proper wages and benefits to their employees. There is typically a four-year statute of limitations on these claims. These class actions have resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, with ......

In late December 1997, the IRS released final regulations on qualified personal residence trusts (QPRTs). Prop. Regs. 25.2702-5 (issued in April 1996) caused a flurry of concern among estate planners. Prop. Regs. Sec. 25.2702-5(c)(9) had provided that a grantor could no longer purchase a residence from a trust (or cause ......

The talk show queen and her contingent hailed it as a classic victory of free speech over the demagogues of subjugation, a.k.a. Texas cattlemen. Instead, the case in which the cattlemen sued Oprah Winfrey for the cattle market's bearish reaction to her April 1996 comment - "It has just stopped ......

Public interest in the future structure of the U.S. labor market has been understandably high in recent years, for several reasons. Some types of manufacturing and service jobs are going offshore. The recovery in employment from the 2001 recession has been sluggish. And the quality of job creation has been ......

Public interest in the future structure of the U.S. labor market has been understandably high in recent years, for several reasons. Some types of manufacturing and service jobs are going offshore. The recovery in employment from the 2001 recession has been sluggish. And the quality of job creation has been ......

Universities are raising the stakes to make their programs stand out.

Host Hattie Bryant of Small Business School interviews Vicky Carlson of Office Pavilion, a Herman Miller Furniture dealership in San ......

You've all heard my rants about multitasking. I've written an entire chapter about the downsides of multitasking in Focus Like a Laser Beam . If you would like a brief article that you can pass along to others, check out my article in the latest issue of Washington CEO ......

This year's National Small Business Week looks like it's going to be full of great content.

If you actively manage the stock investments in your portfolio, you know the importance of foresight and careful consideration. This month, Forbes is offering a list of "April's Most Dangerous Stocks." ......

SBA marks 50th "SBA marks 50th with 'Hall of Fame' ceremony" Kent Hoover "The Small Business Administration expects about 3,000 small businesses to attend its National Entrepreneurial Conference and Expo in Washington, D.C. " - Brief article on the SBA's 50th. They've helped a lot of us so check ......