Ingram’s Magazine: May 2013
Not Just Good, but Consistently Good The easy way out with selecting great employers would be to identify top players in the big, mid-size and small categories, and just run with them every year. One problem with that: We’d box…
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Most of us will be paying more in taxes in 2013 and beyond, but have you put pencil to paper yet to calculate what it will mean in actual dollars come tax time next year? In addition to higher income…
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A year from now, publicly traded companies must make their first filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on complying with the conflict minerals provision of the Dodd–Frank Act. Private companies that supply goods to public companies may also be…
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Having a good relationship with a banker can mean a lot to an expanding business. But sometimes the friendly banker can’t supply the capital you need to grow. What happens next? Improve your credit score. Shoring up this important metric…
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The banking and financial services industry is riddled with political, regulatory and market pressures. While other industries may face similar political and regulatory pressures, few share the international markets pressures currently felt by the banking and financial services industry. Events…
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It’s the best strategy for engaging, establishing control, proving value, creating a buying atmosphere, and forging a relationship. I define assertiveness as a state of mind and a state of preparation before implementation in a sales call. This writing assumes…
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Corporate Law/M&A/Finance Norm Fretwell, a banking-law whiz we covered a year ago here with Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, has had a distinguished career, and the firm has bolstered its business-law acumen with the addition of David Zimmerman, a longtime…
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What Recession? As an opening question, participants were asked how the economic slowdown of the past five years had affected their practice. To a person, they responded positively. “It has made both our lawyers and our professional staff more conscious…
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Most of us will be paying more in taxes in 2013 and beyond, but have you put pencil to paper yet to calculate what it will mean in actual dollars come tax time next year? In addition to higher income…
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Accounting, Auditing & Attestation The Kansas City office of CBIZ has put its attest practice unit in the hands of Bob Dowling, who brings more than 25 years of public accounting experience to role of practice leader. There, he supervises…
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A year from now, publicly traded companies must make their first filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on complying with the conflict minerals provision of the Dodd–Frank Act. Private companies that supply goods to public companies may also be…
more
Having a good relationship with a banker can mean a lot to an expanding business. But sometimes the friendly banker can’t supply the capital you need to grow. What happens next? Improve your credit score. Shoring up this important metric…
more
The banking and financial services industry is riddled with political, regulatory and market pressures. While other industries may face similar political and regulatory pressures, few share the international markets pressures currently felt by the banking and financial services industry. Events halfway…
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