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Since winning gold in the 1992 Olympics for ice skating, Kristi Yamaguchi has been busy running her Always Dream Foundation, a nonprofit she founded in 1996 that supports organizations dedicated to the betterment of children. In addition, she writes children’s books and recently launched Tsu.ya, an activewear clothing line for…

Understanding your web visitors can be quite tricky. Each person brings different data that needs to be measured, analyzed, and reported. It’s often difficult to know what to look for. Fortunately, there are many web tools that can help. Here are the top 10.

If tax cuts lapse at the end of the year, the U.S. will lose 710,000 jobs according to the Chamber of Commerce. Further, the economic output could decline by 1.3 percent. The House plans to vote on extending the Bush-era tax cuts the week of July 30.

Because of inflation, audit fees rose in 2011, according to the 2012 Audit Fee Survey. Private companies reported a 7% increase, and publicly held companies reported a 5% increase in external audit fees paid.

Senate Democrats’ written proposal seeks to extend expiring income tax cuts for one year. Ninety-eight percent of households would receive the extension, while those earning $200,000 individually and $250,000 for married couples wouldn’t. Further, the Senate proposes setting the top tax rate on dividends at 23.8 percent versus President Barack…

American companies are scaling back plans to hire workers and a rising share of firms feel the European debt crisis is taking a bite out of their sales, a survey showed on Monday.

Want to boost your profits today by cutting costs? You could hire cost-cutting consultants to help you, or even better, do it yourself and save even more money. Here are some quick tips to get you started.

A new bill in Congress proposes online businesses start collecting sales tax, no matter where a consumer logs in to shop. Technically consumers, who shop online, should be reporting sales tax from web purchases on their tax returns. But many don’t. Now states are backing this bill in order to…

Most people want to work hard to please both their employer. One of the best ways to empower and motivate employees is not to have all decisions and work orders, no matter how small, pass through you. In other words, you are sending a message that says, “I don’t trust…

“Kids are different today than they were a decade ago,” said Bonnie Riggs, restaurant analyst for consumer market research firm The NPD Group, in a May report. “They want to grow up fast and don’t want to be thought of as kids. Moms are also more concerned with the foods…