Article Featured on Reuters The U.S. trade deficit fell more than expected in July as exports rose to their highest level in 10 months, offering further evidence that economic growth picked up early in the third quarter. The Commerce Department said on Friday the trade gap narrowed 11.6 percent to $39.5 billion, declining after three straight […]
Some vessels seized by authorities and creditors, with others refused entry to ports unload after South Korean company loses the support of banks. The bankruptcy of the Hanjin shipping line has thrown ports and retailers around the world into confusion, with giant container ships marooned and merchants worrying whether hundreds of tonnes of goods being […]
Article Featured on NPR | By CAMILA DOMONOSKE Twitter The U.S. added 151,000 new jobs in August and the unemployment rate held steady at 4.9 percent, according to the monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both those metrics fell short of expectations: Economists were expecting about 180,000 new jobs, and a slight […]
Image: Songquan Deng / Shutterstock.com | Article by Simon Bowers | Featured on Guardian Why must Apple repay Ireland €13bn in back taxes? And will this make multinationals more transparent in their tax affairs? The European commission has ordered Apple to pay back the Irish state up to €13bn in taxes in a landmark ruling. […]
Isler Northwest LLC proudly supported the KGW School Supply Drive this summer. The goal of the KGW School Supply Drive was to collect enough school supplies and cash to send 8,000 students in need back to school fully equipped to learn. All donations went to Schoolhouse Supplies, a local nonprofit organization that supports public education […]
Article By Eileen Reichenberg Sherr, CPA, CGMA | Featured on Journal of Accountancy Late Schedules K-1 have made it difficult, if not impossible, to file a timely, accurate return under the prior-law deadlines. This past summer Congress passed, and President Barack Obama subsequently signed, legislation that modified the due dates for several common tax returns. […]
BY MARCEL SCHWANTES Principal and founder, Leadership From the Core | Featured on Inc.com Lets leave intellectual theory behind. These are the nuts and bolts of great leadership, and you can apply it starting today. Back when I was doing the corporate grind, Bruce was the first boss (and my favorite to this day) that exposed me […]
Article by Enda Curran | Jeff Black | Rich Miller | Featured on Bloomberg Was Larry Summers right after all? Around the world, governments are planning fresh spending to boost growth and support wages, heeding the advice of the Harvard University economist and others who have argued that economies need the jolt as society ages and productivity sags. That’s signaling the […]
By Aoife White | Featured on Bloomberg Facebook Inc. officials failed to show up after getting seven summonses from the Internal Revenue Service demanding internal corporate records on one of its offshore tax strategies, according to an IRS court filing. U.S. authorities are examining Facebook’s federal income tax liability for the period ending Dec. 31, 2010 and […]
Blaming your customer for a sales slump doesn’t solve the problem. Instead, try looking at how your business can improve its sales process. BY AMANDA ABELLA | Author, ‘Make Money Your Honey’ @amandaabella | Featured on Inc.com As a business and branding coach for bloggers and small business owners, I’ve sometimes heard an interesting take on why their sales are […]