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Glamorous Celebrity Deaths and Minimal Taxes in 2010 :: Women on.

Women on Business

However, since the new tax changes are only in effect from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2012, we may face another estate tax controversy down the road. So at least in the short term, we have a solution to the estate tax dilemma.

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What Big Consumer Brands Can Do to Compete in a Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

The ones that manage to escape are discount chains —such as T. In dollar terms, small players—defined as those with sales less than $1 billion—grabbed approximately $15 billion in sales from their larger peers between 2012 and 2017. Penney, and Barnes & Noble. Price competition hurts.

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The Fastest-Growing Cause for Shareholders Is Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

While activism takes many different forms, it usually begins with investors holding private conversations with company management on the need to change a process, business model, or management practice. In contrast, fair marketing and advertising of products are very important for companies in these sectors.

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

Quarterly profits have only increased 5% since 2012 , but investors’ valuations of those profits (as measured by earnings per share) has increased 59% over the same period. CEOs from rival firms); conversely not all inside CEOs have it (CEOs promoted from finance). The S&P and the Dow indexes are up 18% and 19%, respectively.

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The Secrets to TripAdvisor's Impressive Scale

Harvard Business Review

When he saw TripAdvisor.com start to pick up traffic, he decided to pursue an online advertising based business model with banner ads. Advertisers are brought to the site and driven mainly through self-service channels, so there is no need for a large sales force or account management team. and EBITDA margins are 47%.

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VC Funding Can Be Bad For Your Start Up

Harvard Business Review

Take Claus Moseholm, co-founder of GoViral , a Danish company created in 2005 to harness the then-emerging power of the Internet to deliver advertisers’ video content in viral fashion. In fact, venture capital financing may even be detrimental to your startup’s health.

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A Couple Reasons to Smile About

Women on Business

These tax rates will remain in effect through 2012. Extends the repeal of phase-outs of personal deductions and limits on itemized deductions for higher income taxpayers through 2012. Extends certain middle class incentives and credits such as the Earned Income Credit and Coverdell Education Savings credit.