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Can Your Facebook Friends Sink Your Credit Score?

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 06:58 PM ET | Jan 25, 2010

Want more proof that there is a downside to social networking? Look no further than the latest nitwit banking industry scheme to determine your creditworthiness.

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Employees Stealing Data At Frightening Rate

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:40 AM ET | Nov 24, 2009

Two new studies indicate that workers are not only able to steal confidential data from employers, they're ready and willing to do so -- at rates that are troubling, if not downright frightening.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Security

IDC Names Top SMB Vendors

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:33 PM ET | Nov 13, 2009

Research firm IDC calls out 16 companies that demonstrate innovation in meeting the needs of small and midsize companies in six broad areas. The list includes the usual suspects -- big vendors with broad product lines like HP and IBM -- but also a number of smaller contenders as well.

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Top 3 Ways For SMBs To Cut Tech Costs?

Posted by Fredric Paul 10:06 PM ET | Nov 5, 2009

Today's Wall Street Journal offers small businesses a trio of tips on how to cut spending without hurting your business. And -- surprise -- it uses a bMighty Mid-Market Hero as an example!

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Small Business Economic Forecast: Cautious, With A Chance Of Pay Cuts

Posted by Fredric Paul 03:14 AM ET | Nov 5, 2009

A CDW survey finds that as the economic malaise drags on, less than half of SMBs are still optimistic about growth. SurePayroll, meanwhile, also notes drops in optimism, perhaps because small business salaries are taking a dive.

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PayPal Opens Up And Gets Cheaper

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:42 AM ET | Nov 4, 2009

At PayPal's inaugural developers conference here in San Francisco, PayPal reiterated its commitment to opening up its technology platform and backed up the promise with new and improved APIs and significant cuts in the prices it charges to process payments. In the long run, this could mean new ways for small and midsize companies to charge customers and even pay their own bills.

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SMBs To Lag In IT Purchases

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:58 AM ET | Oct 28, 2009

While overall hardware buying plans have returned to August 2008 levels, midsize and small businesses are split on their buying plans and levels of confidence.

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Putting An End To The Patent-Troll Plague

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 05:02 PM ET | Oct 9, 2009

How bad will things have to get before the U.S. legal system finally slams the door on patent trolls? We might find out very soon.

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Recession Refocuses Small-Biz Growth Strategies

Posted by Gayle Kesten 06:53 PM ET | Aug 12, 2009

Five pages into a new report about post-recession growth strategies among small and midsize businesses and, lo and behold, the "t" world finally comes up.

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Business & E-Business
Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | Hardware & Software | IT

Why Isn't Software Getting Any Cheaper?

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 03:39 PM ET | Aug 10, 2009

For many years now, two traits have defined the PC hardware industry: falling prices and skyrocketing performance. So why is software playing the heavy in this high-tech lovefest?

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Hardware Vs. Software: The Great Price Divide

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 07:21 PM ET | Aug 9, 2009

How much value does commercial software really offer for the money? It's an interesting question, given our assumptions about the price of computer hardware.

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July Jobs Report: Less Down Is Still Down

Posted by Gayle Kesten 11:28 AM ET | Aug 6, 2009

The numbers are still nothing to cheer about -- especially among the 279,000 small and midsize business employees affected -- but at the very least, fewer jobs were lost last month than reported for June, according to the ADP's latest National Employment Report.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Economics

Massive Job Losses Don't Spare Small Businesses

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:53 PM ET | Jul 2, 2009

The national unemployment figures are in, and they stink. Really, really stink. And small businesses aren't doing much better.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | HR

Small Businesses Hold Back On Tech Spending

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:43 AM ET | Jul 2, 2009

If you're a small business desperately trying to hold the line on your IT budget, you're not alone. A new CDW survey reveals that fewer SMBs expect technology budgets to improve in the next 6 months.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | Economics | IT

Online Sales Tax Brouhaha Hits More SMB Amazon Affiliates

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:34 PM ET | Jun 29, 2009

Amazon.com has dropped affiliate relationships with small businesses in North Carolina and Rhode Island as the states prepare to implement new laws requiring the company to collect online sales tax.

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