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Cash Flow Calculator
This cash calculator shows you how business-to-business sales, carrying inventory, and rapid growth can absorb a business' money.

Starting Costs Calculator
Calculate the start-up costs of your new business before you get going. This calculator helps you evaluate how much capital you'll need to start your business.

Discounted Cash Flow
Analysts use discounted cash flow to explore the "time value of money". Essentially, money today is worth more than the same amount of money tomorrow. This calculator helps you explore this concept.

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Trade Show
SALES AND MARKETING
Make the Most of Your Next Trade Show
September 24, 2007
Think about what you can do in the weeks—or even months—prior to the event that can make the difference between generating quality leads versus returning home empty-handed.


Slide ShowTECHNOLOGY
Diary of a Raging Anti-Slideite
September 21, 2007
PowerPoint is ubiquitous in today's workplace, but is it useful? One ex-PowerPoint aficionado emphatically says, "No!"

Fare IncreaseTRAVEL
BCD Travel Lowers Projected Airfare Hikes
September 20, 2007
BCD Travel's 2008 Industry Forecast, released today. shows an airfare increase between two and four percent.

Mannequin MadnessSUCCESS STORIES
Small Business Success Story: Mannequin Madness
September 20, 2007
Judi Henderson-Townsend explains how she tapped into technology in order to grow her fledgling used mannequin business into a smart and savvy enterprise.

Sales Versus MarketingSALES AND MARKETING
Ending the Bitter Feud Between Sales and Marketing
September 19, 2007
Appalachia had the Hatfields and McCoys. Tennis had Connors and McEnroe. And business, too, has its own infamous bitter battle.

Social NetworkingTECHNOLOGY
Loyalty Programs Enter Social Networking Space
September 19, 2007
Loyalty Lab, an on-demand customer management solution for consumer brands, now connects customer relationship programs to Facebook.


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FINANCE
Oil Continues Fall as Production Rises in Gulf
Crude oil prices fell for a second day, dropping to $81.01 a barrel, as workers returned to work in the Gulf of Mexico after the passing of a storm.

SALES AND MARKETING
Starbucks To Hand Out Free Music
Beginning Oct. 2, Starbucks plans to give away 1.5 million song downloads every day to promote its new partnership with Apple Computer.

TECHNOLOGY
Buy a Child a Laptop, Get Another Free
The One Laptop Per Child program, a project to bring technology to children in third-world countries, will announce a new buy-one-get-one-free campaign today.


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Stay Ahead of TechnologyStay Ahead of Technology—and Your Competition
September 04, 2007
Technology is moving so fast that it often seems impossible to keep up with. Stop running, then. Attend this virtual tradeshow and learn when to leverage the latest advancements, and when to stop chasing the next big thing.
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